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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 656

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 656

[html]WW 656 SEVERE TSTM MI LM 271745Z - 280000Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 656
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
145 PM EDT Tue Aug 27 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Lower Michigan
  Lake Michigan

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 145 PM until
  800 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Multiple of storms are expected to spread
east-southeastward this afternoon through early evening across
western/interior Lower Michigan, with damaging winds and some hail
possible.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles east northeast
of Manistee MI to 30 miles west of Kalamazoo MI. For a co*plete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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...c*NTINUE...WW 655...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
28025.

...Guyer


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 656 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0656.html)