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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 322

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

405 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Eastern Lower Michigan

  Lake Huron



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 405 PM until

  1000 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Scattered large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms over western Lower Michigan will track

eastward this afternoon across the watch area.  A few supercell

storms are possible, capable of damaging wind gusts and isolated

tornadoes.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

north and south of a line from 30 miles west southwest of Saginaw MI

to 35 miles east of Bad Axe MI. 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 321...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 23035.



...Hart

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