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WWUS20 KWNS 182056

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SPC WW 182056

INZ000-MIZ000-OHZ000-LMZ000-190400-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 438

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

500 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN INDIANA

  WESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN

  NORTHWEST OHIO

  LAKE MICHIGAN



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON FROM 500 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT

  EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX NOW OVER SE WI/NE IL EXPECTED TO

MOVE/DEVELOP GENERALLY E OR ESE INTO PARTS OF LWR MI/NRN INDIANA

THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS POSSIBLY FORMING S AND

E OF THE CLUSTER. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING

WIND...MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL...AND A COUPLE TORNADOES.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

MUSKEGON MICHIGAN TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND 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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 436...WW 437...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28030.





...CORFIDI

