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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 421
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
605 PM EDT WED JUN 9 2004
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
LAKE MICHIGAN
LAKE HURON
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT FROM 605 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.
HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF MUSKEGON
MICHIGAN TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MOUNT CLEMENS MICHIGAN.
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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 414. WATCH NUMBER 414 WILL NOT BE
IN EFFECT AFTER 605 PM EDT. CONTINUE...WW 417...WW 418...WW
419...WW 420...
DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING POSSIBLE ROTATING
STORMS...EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING IN ZONE OF STRONG
SURFACE-BASED INSTABILITY /MLCAPE TO 2000 J/KG/ ALONG AND S OF W/E
ORIENTED COLD FRONT.
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 26030.
...CORFIDI
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