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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 196
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
455 PM EDT Tue May 7 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of
  Northeast Indiana
  Southern Lower Michigan
  Northwest Ohio
  Lake Erie

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 455 PM until
  1100 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A couple tornadoes possible
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms will likely move into the Watch
area through the late afternoon and evening.  The more intense
storms, including the possibility for several supercells, will pose
a risk for large hail, severe gusts, and tornadoes.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles
east and west of a line from 25 miles north northeast of Lansing MI
to 40 miles southwest of Findlay OH. For a complete depiction of the
watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
tornadoes and 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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 195...

AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 24035.

...Smith