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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 28

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

605 PM EDT Thu Mar 14 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northeast Indiana

  Lower Michigan

  Northwest Ohio

  Lake Erie

  Lake Huron



* Effective this Thursday evening from 605 PM until 1000 PM EDT.



* 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...An arcing band of low-topped storms will continue to

steadily race northeastward through the evening with the possibility

of isolated/embedded severe storms. Even late in the day,

temperatures have warmed a few degrees and some additional

destabilization is possible as environmental shear is otherwise very

strong. Damaging winds should be the primary concern, although a

brief tornado and/or hail could also occur.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles east and west of a line from 10 miles west of Bad Axe

MI to 65 miles southwest of Toledo OH. For a complete depiction of

the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU8).



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 25...WW 27...



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 400. Mean storm motion vector

23045.



...Guyer

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