Severe Thunderstorm Watch 652

Issued

Aug 6, 2000, 5:30 PM EST (22:30 UTC)

Expired

Aug 6, 2000, 11:00 PM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 062209
SEL2  
MKC WW 062201
INZ000-MIZ000-OHZ000-LEZ000-070400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 652
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
601 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 2000

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN INDIANA                               
   SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN                           
   WESTERN OHIO                               
   WESTERN LAKE ERIE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 630 PM UNTIL
MIDNIGHT EDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF DAYTON OHIO
TO 5 MILES NORTH OF LANSING MICHIGAN.

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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 649...WW 650...WW 651...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER WILL MOVE EASTWARD INTO WATCH
AREA AS STRONG MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH APPROACHES AXIS OF VERY
UNSTABLE AIR. MID LEVEL FLOW NEAR 50 KT AND DRY INTRUSION ALOFT
INDICATE PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

AVIATION...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.

...ROGASH

425,0825 394,0830 394,0861 425,0861

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.