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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 245

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

540 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN

  EASTERN WISCONSIN

  LAKE MICHIGAN



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 540

  PM UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...BROKEN SQUALL LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR MARQUETTE...MI SW

TO S OF LACROSSE...WI EXPECTED TO CONTINUE GENERALLY EASTWARD...WITH

FORWARD SPEED GREATEST ACROSS MI AND NORTHERN WI. EMBEDDED STORMS

WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...MARGINALLY SEVERE

HAIL...AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO OR TWO.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF ESCANABA MICHIGAN TO 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

OSHKOSH WISCONSIN.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 242...WW 243...WW 244...



AVIATION...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 27030.





...CORFIDI

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