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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 475

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

220 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHERN INDIANA

       LOWER MICHIGAN

       NORTHWEST OHIO

       LAKE ERIE

       LAKE HURON

       LAKE MICHIGAN



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 220 PM UNTIL

1000 PM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE

INDIANA TO 25 MILES NORTH OF ALPENA MICHIGAN.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 472...WW 473...WW 474...



DISCUSSION...DISCRETE STORMS DEVELOPING OVER LAKE MICHIGAN ARE

EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO WESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN LATE THIS

AFTERNOON...WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS DEVELOPING NEAR THE LAKE BREEZE

ACROSS WESTERN MICHIGAN...SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN INDIANA.

CONSOLIDATION INTO ORGANIZED FAST MOVING LINES SEGMENTS APPEARS

LIKELY IN STRONG AND HIGHLY SHEARED SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW.  THIS MAY BE

ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...WITH A COUPLE OF

TORNADOES ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22045.





...KERR/HART

