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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 308

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

540 PM EDT Sat Jun 1 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northern Indiana

  Extreme southern Lower Michigan

  Extreme northwestern Ohio

  Lake Michigan



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 540 PM until

  1100 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Scattered severe storms will persist in an east-west band

across northern Indiana and northwestern Ohio for the next few

hours.  Additional storms could move into northwestern Indiana and

extreme southwestern Lower Michigan, as well.  Large hail and

damaging winds will be the main threats through late evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 30

statute miles north and south of a line from 10 miles north of

Valparaiso IN to 20 miles south 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 303...WW 304...WW

305...WW 306...WW 307...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

24035.



...Thompson

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