WW 665 SEVERE TSTM MI LE LH 302045Z – 310100Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 665
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
445 PM EDT Fri Aug 30 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Southeast Lower Michigan Lake Erie Lake Huron * Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 445 PM until 900 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to intensify across the watch
area through early evening, posing a risk for strong/damaging wind
gusts and isolated instances of large hail. A tornado or two will
also be possible. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles northwest of Bad
Axe MI to 20 miles west southwest of Ann Arbor MI. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). 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. && 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 500. Mean storm motion vector
26025. ...Bunting
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