URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 446
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   140 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     NORTHERN INDIANA
     MICHIGAN
     NORTHWESTERN OHIO
     LAKE ERIE
     LAKE HURON
     LAKE MICHIGAN

   * EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 140 PM UNTIL
     900 PM EDT.

   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
       INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
     ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
     A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE

   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
   ALPENA MICHIGAN TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE
   INDIANA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

   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.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 445...

   DISCUSSION...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND BECOME
   CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MAINLY LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND
   GUSTS AS FORCING FOR ASCENT ATTENDING A SEWD MOVING SHORTWAVE TROUGH
   INTERACTS WITH THE DESTABILIZING BOUNDARY LAYER.