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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 26

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

945 PM EST Tue Feb 27 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Northern Indiana

  Southern Lower Michigan

  Extreme northwestern Ohio

  Lake Michigan



* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 945 PM

  until 500 AM EST.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A complex of severe thunderstorms, initially exiting the

Chicagoland area and crossing southern Lake Michigan, will continue

to pose a threat mainly for severe gusts and hail as it moves into

MI, though a tornado or two cannot be ruled out.  Meanwhile,

thunderstorms forming over northern IN ahead of the complex may

offer large hail and strong gusts as they move northeastward as

well.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

statute miles north and south of a line from 15 miles west southwest

of Benton Harbor MI to 30 miles east northeast of Jackson MI. For a

complete 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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 25...



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

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector

25035.



...Edwards