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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 846
Initial RADAR image for Watch 846
List of Counties in Watch 846 (WOU)
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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 846
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   425 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN
          LAKE ERIE
          LAKE HURON
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 425 AM UNTIL 1000 AM EST.
   
   HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST NORTHWEST
   OF BAD AXE MICHIGAN TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF DETROIT MICHIGAN.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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 843...WW 845...
   
   DISCUSSION...LOW-TOPPED TSTM LINE...FOLLOWED BY TRAILING RAIN
   AREA/COLD POOL... EXPECTED TO SURGE NE ACROSS PARTS SRN AND ERN LWR
   MI THROUGH LATER THIS MORNING AS SURFACE LOW NOW NEAR GRR DEEPENS
   AND MOVES ENE TO NEAR SAGINAW BAY.  VERY STRONG LOW TO MID LEVEL
   WIND FIELD SUGGESTS POTENTIAL FOR EMBEDDED LEWPS/BOWS WITH HIGH WIND
   AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO.
   
   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 350. MEAN STORM MOTION
   VECTOR 21060.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
   
   
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