Attention, Michiana followers. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in place until 10pm Eastern time for that part of Indiana north of Lafayette and Kokomo.
WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 375 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 939 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2014 INC017-039-049-085-091-099-103-131-141-149-181-MIC021-027-010400- /O.EXT.KIWX.SV.A.0375.000000T0000Z-140701T0400Z/ SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 375...PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING...IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES IN NORTHERN INDIANA CASS IN ELKHART FULTON IN KOSCIUSKO LA PORTE MARSHALL MIAMI PULASKI ST. JOSEPH IN STARKE WHITE IN MICHIGAN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN BERRIEN CASS MI URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 375 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 335 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN ILLINOIS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN EASTERN WISCONSIN LAKE MICHIGAN * EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 335 PM UNTIL 900 PM CDT. ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND SCATTERED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80 MPH LIKELY ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE DISCUSSION...FAR ERN IA DERECHO-PRODUCING MCS EXPECTED TO MOVE MAINLY E THROUGH EARLY TNGT. THE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM WILL ENCOUNTER SLIGHTLY LESS UNSTABLE LOW-LVL ENVIRONMENT OVER NE IL/SE WI RELATIVE TO THAT OVER ERN IA/WRN IL. BUT GIVEN EXISTING STRENGTH OF CONVECTIVE SYSTEM...AND LIKELIHOOD FOR SOME INCREASE IN THE MEAN FLOW OVER NRN IL AS NW MO UPR IMPULSE APPROACHES...EXPECTED AN ORGANIZED BAND OF SVR STORMS TO CONTINUE E AT LEAST AS FAR AS LK MI. BACKING OF DEEP FLOW AHEAD OF MO IMPULSE...AND CONTINUED NWD SPREAD OF LOW-LVL MOISTURE...FURTHER SUGGEST THAT THE SQLN COULD BUILD A BIT FARTHER N INTO WI WITH TIME. IN INDIANA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE BENTON CASS ELKHART FULTON JASPER KOSCIUSKO LAKE LA PORTE MARSHALL MIAMI NEWTON PORTER PULASKI ST. JOSEPH STARKE WHITE MI MICHIGAN COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE BERRIEN CASS
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