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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 6

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

920 PM EST MON JAN 7 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHEAST INDIANA

       EASTERN LOWER MICHIGAN

       NORTHWEST OHIO

       LAKE ERIE

       LAKE HURON



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 920 PM UNTIL

200 AM EST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE

INDIANA TO 10 MILES NORTH OF BAD AXE MICHIGAN.  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 1...WW 2...WW 3...WW

4...WW 5...



DISCUSSION...STRONG DEEP UNIDIRECTIONAL WSW FLOW DEPICTED IN VWP

DATA OVER SRN MI AND NRN IL SUGGEST LEWPY NRN IND/SRN MI SQUALL LINE

SHOULD CONTINUE ENE TOWARD DTX/TOL.  WHILE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM WILL

ENCOUNTER GRADUALLY DECREASING SFC-BASED INSTABILITY...STRENGTH OF

WIND FIELD AND EXISTING LEWP STRUCTURES SUGGEST A CONTINUED THREAT

FOR LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND AND PERHAPS A BRIEF TORNADO.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

350. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25050.





...CORFIDI

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