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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 321

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

155 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN INDIANA

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN

  NORTHWEST OHIO

  LAKE ERIE



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 155 PM

  UNTIL 900 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

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

FLINT MICHIGAN TO 70 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF TOLEDO OHIO.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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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DISCUSSION...A QLCS WITH EMBEDDED BOWING STRUCTURES SHOULD CONTINUE

TO INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES EAST AND SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA

THIS AFTERNOON. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD...THOUGH

ISOLATED OCCURRENCES OF LARGE HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27035.





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