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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 300

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

655 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN

  NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN

  LAKE SUPERIOR



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 655 PM

  UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A COMPLEX OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO

MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING...BEFORE

ENCOUNTERING MORE STABLE LAKE AIR OVER THE EASTERN U.P. AND NORTHERN

LAKE MICHIGAN.  IN THE MEANTIME...DAMAGING GUSTS AND ISOLATED LARGE

HAIL CAN OCCUR INLAND...AND GUSTS NEAR SEVERE LEVELS CANNOT BE RULED

OUT OVER THOSE PARTS OF LAKE SUPERIOR THAT ARE IN THE WATCH.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES EAST

SOUTHEAST OF MOSINEE WISCONSIN TO 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARQUETTE

MICHIGAN.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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...CONTINUE...WW 299...



AVIATION...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 27035.





...EDWARDS

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