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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 526

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1050 PM EDT Fri Jul 19 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northern Lower Michigan

  Lake Michigan



* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 1050 PM

  until 600 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A well-developed convective system across northeastern

Wisconsin will cross Lake Michigan and move into northern Lower

Michigan during the next few hours.  The storms will continue to be

capable of producing damaging gusts, prior to weakening during the

early morning hours.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles west of

Manistee MI to 5 miles east southeast of Houghton Lake MI. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 525...



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 550. Mean storm motion vector

29045.



...Thompson

