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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 53
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WW0053 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL3
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 53
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1105 PM CDT MON APR 5 2010
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA
          PARTS OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS
          PARTS OF NORTHERN INDIANA
          SOUTHERN MICHIGAN
          PARTS OF NORTHWEST OHIO
          SMALL PART OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
          LAKE ERIE
          LAKE MICHIGAN
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 1105 PM
   UNTIL 600 AM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES 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 40
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES WEST OF
   ROCKFORD ILLINOIS TO 25 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF DETROIT MICHIGAN.
    FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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 52...
   
   DISCUSSION...SERIES OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO
   DEVELOP IN THE VIGOROUS WARM ADVECTION ZONE ACROSS THE WATCH DRIVEN
   BY THE 50KT KT LOW LEVEL JET.  IN ADDITION TO WIND DAMAGE LARGE HAIL
   WILL BE LIKELY WITH THE CLUSTERS OF STORMS...SOME WHICH MAY BE
   ELEVATED SUPERCELLS.
   
   AVIATION...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 27040.
   
   
   ...HALES
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