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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 196

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

455 PM EDT Tue May 7 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of 

  Northeast Indiana

  Southern Lower Michigan

  Northwest Ohio

  Lake Erie



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 455 PM until

  1100 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  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 thunderstorms will likely move into the Watch

area through the late afternoon and evening.  The more intense

storms, including the possibility for several supercells, will pose

a risk for large hail, severe gusts, and tornadoes.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles

east and west of a line from 25 miles north northeast of Lansing MI

to 40 miles southwest of Findlay OH. For a complete depiction of the

watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for

tornadoes and 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 195...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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.



...Smith