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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 76

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

520 PM CDT SUN MAR 25 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN

       NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN

       LAKE MICHIGAN



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 520 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF IRONWOOD

MICHIGAN TO 20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF OSHKOSH WISCONSIN.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 75...



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS

CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WI AND WESTERN LOWER MI THIS EVENING...AHEAD OF

STRONG UPPER TROUGH.  INITIAL STORMS MAY BE SUPERCELLULAR WITH A

RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES.  HOWEVER...ACTIVITY IS LIKELY TO

ORGANIZE INTO A SQUALL LINE DURING THE NIGHT WITH AN ENHANCED RISK

OF DAMAGING WINDS TOWARD MIDNIGHT.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.





...HART

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