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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 90
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
630 PM EDT THU APR 2 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN INDIANA
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY EVENING FROM 630 PM UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH LIKELY
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA NEAR A WARM FRONTAL ZONE. A COUPLE OF THE
STRONGER STORMS WILL PROBABLY EVOLVE INTO SUPERCELLS. A COUPLE OF
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DAMAGING GUSTS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BENTON HARBOR
MI TO 35 MILES EAST OF KALAMAZOO MI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE
WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 89...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 300. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.
...SMITH
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