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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 562

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1120 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  INDIANA

  FAR NORTHERN KENTUCKY

  LOWER MICHIGAN

  WESTERN OHIO

  LAKE HURON

  LAKE MICHIGAN



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1120 AM UNTIL

  800 PM EST.



...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL INTENSE TORNADOES LIKELY

  NUMEROUS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS LIKELY WITH SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT

    GUSTS TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

BLOOMINGTON INDIANA TO 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAGINAW MICHIGAN.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 561...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER IL AND WI ARE

EXPECTED TO SPREAD EAST/NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA TODAY IN

CONJUNCTION WITH AN INTENSE LARGE-SCALE WEATHER SYSTEM.  GIVEN THE

COMBINATION OF MODERATE INSTABILITY AND VERY STRONG VERTICAL

SHEAR...SUPERCELLS AND BOWING STRUCTURES APPEAR LIKELY WITH A RISK

FOR LONG-TRACKED...SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES...CORRIDORS OF WIND DAMAGE

AND LARGE HAIL.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24055.





...MEAD

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