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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 660

WW 660 SEVERE TSTM IN MI LM 280015Z – 280600Z

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 660
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
815 PM EDT Tue Aug 27 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Northern Indiana
  Far Southwest Lower Michigan
  Lake Michigan

* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 815 PM
  until 200 AM EDT.

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

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will spread southeastward across far
southwest Lower Michigan and northern Indiana this evening while
posing a threat for mainly severe/damaging winds up to 60-70 mph.
Isolated large hail may also occur.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles east southeast
of South Bend IN to 40 miles southwest of South Bend IN. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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 658...WW 659...

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 500. Mean storm motion vector
30035.

...Gleason

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