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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 543
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1235 AM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northeast Indiana
  Southeast Lower Michigan
  Northwest Ohio
  Lake Erie

* Effective this Tuesday morning from 1235 AM until 500 AM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...A long-lived bowing line of storms will tend to weaken
slowly through the early morning hours, but occasional damaging
gusts up to 60-70 mph, isolated hail up to 1 inch in diameter and a
tornado or two with embedded circulations will remain possible in
the interim.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles northeast of
Jackson MI to 35 miles east southeast of Fort Wayne IN. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 541...WW 542...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27040.

...Thompson