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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 656
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WW0656 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL6

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 656
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   635 PM EDT Thu Aug 24 2023

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Central and Southern Lower Michigan
     Lake Erie
     Lake Huron
     Lake Michigan

   * Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 635 PM
     until 100 AM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
       to 85 mph possible
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
       inches in diameter possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will intensify across western Lower Michigan
   this evening and spread eastward across the watch area.  Strong to
   intense wind gusts will be possible with the stronger cells, along
   with large hail.  A tornado or two is also possible with any
   supercells that can form.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
   statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles west southwest
   of Muskegon MI to 35 miles east northeast of Mount Clemens 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 654...WW 655...

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 75 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   28030.

   ...Hart
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