THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN LAKE ERIE * EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 455 PM UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROBEN HOOD MICHIGAN TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON MICHIGAN. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8). 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. && DISCUSSION...DEVELOPING STORMS IN CENTRAL LOWER MI SHOULD INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON WHILE MOVING SEWD/SSEWD INTO AN ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS BEEN DESTABILIZING IN THE WAKE OF EARLIER CONVECTION. THE COMBINATION OF INSTABILITY AND VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL SUPPORT A RISK FOR EMBEDDED SUPERCELL/BOW STRUCTURES WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. 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 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 34035. ...THOMPSON -SWC-
Posted on: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 20:52:06 +0000
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