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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 358

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

215 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN

  LAKE HURON



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM UNTIL

  600 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST LOWER

MICHIGAN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AND SOME OF THE STORMS COULD

MAINTAIN INTENSITY OVER THE WESTERN PARTS OF LAKE HURON.  LARGE HAIL

AND DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF

ALPENA MICHIGAN TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSCODA MICHIGAN.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 354. WATCH NUMBER 354 WILL NOT

BE IN EFFECT AFTER 215 PM EDT. CONTINUE...WW 355...WW 356...WW

357...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27030.





...THOMPSON

