WW 528 SEVERE TSTM IN MI OH LM 291835Z – 300000Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 528 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 235 PM EDT Mon Aug 29 2022 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Northern Indiana Southwest and central Lower Michigan Northwest Ohio Lake Michigan * Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 235 PM until 800 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...A band of storms with embedded bowing segments will likely continue eastward from northeast Illinois/southern Lake Michigan into Lower Michigan and northern Indiana and eventually northwest Ohio through late afternoon/evening. Damaging gusts up to 70 mph appear to be the main threat, though an isolated tornado or two could occur with embedded circulations, and the strongest updrafts may also produce marginally severe hail near 1 inch diameter. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles northeast of Muskegon MI to 50 miles southwest of Fort Wayne IN. 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 527... 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 550. Mean storm motion vector 27045. ...Thompson
