Tornado Watch

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 475
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
220 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

NORTHERN INDIANA
LOWER MICHIGAN
NORTHWEST OHIO
LAKE ERIE
LAKE HURON
LAKE MICHIGAN

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 220 PM UNTIL
1000 PM EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE
INDIANA TO 25 MILES NORTH OF ALPENA MICHIGAN. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 472...WW 473...WW 474...

DISCUSSION...DISCRETE STORMS DEVELOPING OVER LAKE MICHIGAN ARE
EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO WESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS DEVELOPING NEAR THE LAKE BREEZE
ACROSS WESTERN MICHIGAN...SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN INDIANA.
CONSOLIDATION INTO ORGANIZED FAST MOVING LINES SEGMENTS APPEARS
LIKELY IN STRONG AND HIGHLY SHEARED SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW. THIS MAY BE
ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...WITH A COUPLE OF
TORNADOES ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22045.