SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 355 PM UNTIL 900 PM EDT

   SEL6          URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED     SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 396     NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK     355 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2012          THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A     SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF                  CENTRAL AND SOUTH FLORIDA            COASTAL WATERS          EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 355 PM UNTIL 900     PM EDT.          HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70     MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.          THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45     STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF     SARASOTA FLORIDA TO 45 MILES SOUTH OF MIAMI FLORIDA.  FOR A     COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE     UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).          REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE     FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH     AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR     THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS     AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY     DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.          OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 395...          DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO     INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FL     PENINSULA...MAINLY IN VICINITY OF SEA BREEZE CONVERGENCE ZONES.      AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE/INSTABILITY AND SUFFICIENT WESTERLY FLOW     ALOFT WILL PROMOTE ORGANIZED MULTICELL OR BRIEF SUPERCELL STORM     STRUCTURES CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.          AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT     TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60     KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM     MOTION VECTOR 27020. 

Again, sorry for the delay of getting this watch out.