Storm Prediction Center Severe Thunderstorm Watch 59

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   SEL9

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 59
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   555 PM CDT Wed Mar 19 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Eastern Indiana
     North Central Kentucky
     Southern Lower Michigan
     Western Ohio
     Lake Michigan

   * Effective this Wednesday afternoon from 555 PM until Midnight
     CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
       mph possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...A line of thunderstorms over eastern Illinois will track
   rapidly northeastward through the evening.  The strongest cells will
   pose a risk of locally damaging wind gusts and a tornado or two.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
   statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles northeast of
   South Bend IN to 60 miles east southeast of Bloomington IN. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

   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 57...WW 58...

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean storm motion vector
   24035.

   ...Hart

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The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.

   SAW9 
   WW 59 SEVERE TSTM IN KY MI OH LM 192255Z - 200500Z
   AXIS..60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
   35NE SBN/SOUTH BEND IN/ - 60ESE BMG/BLOOMINGTON IN/
   ..AVIATION COORDS.. 50NM E/W /28SSE PMM - 43N IIU/
   HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1.5 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..65 KNOTS.
   MAX TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.

   LAT...LON 42058467 38818448 38818670 42058701

   THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
   FOR WOU9.

Watch 59 Status Report Messages:

STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 59

VALID 200040Z - 200140Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.

..MOORE..03/20/25

ATTN...WFO...IWX...IND...ILN...GRR...

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 59 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

INC001-003-005-009-011-013-015-017-023-029-031-033-035-039-041-
047-049-053-057-059-063-065-067-069-071-075-079-081-085-087-091-
093-095-097-099-103-105-109-113-115-131-135-137-139-141-145-149-
151-155-159-161-169-177-179-181-183-200140-

IN 
.    INDIANA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAMS		     ALLEN		 BARTHOLOMEW	     
BLACKFORD	     BOONE		 BROWN		     
CARROLL 	     CASS		 CLINTON	     
DEARBORN	     DECATUR		 DE KALB	     
DELAWARE	     ELKHART		 FAYETTE	     
FRANKLIN	     FULTON		 GRANT		     
HAMILTON	     HANCOCK		 HENDRICKS	     
HENRY		     HOWARD		 HUNTINGTON	     
JACKSON 	     JAY		 JENNINGS	     
JOHNSON 	     KOSCIUSKO		 LAGRANGE	     
LA PORTE	     LAWRENCE		 MADISON	     
MARION		     MARSHALL		 MIAMI		     
MONROE		     MORGAN		 NOBLE		     
OHIO		     PULASKI		 RANDOLPH	     
RIPLEY		     RUSH		 ST. JOSEPH	     
SHELBY		     STARKE		 STEUBEN	     
SWITZERLAND	     TIPTON		 UNION		     
WABASH		     WAYNE		 WELLS		     
WHITE		     WHITLEY		 
$$


KYC015-037-041-077-081-117-187-191-200140-

KY 
.    KENTUCKY COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BOONE		     CAMPBELL		 CARROLL	     
GALLATIN	     GRANT		 KENTON 	     
OWEN		     PENDLETON		 
$$


MIC021-023-025-027-059-075-077-149-159-200140-

MI 
.    MICHIGAN COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BERRIEN 	     BRANCH		 CALHOUN	     
CASS		     HILLSDALE		 JACKSON	     
KALAMAZOO	     ST. JOSEPH 	 VAN BUREN	     
$$


OHC003-011-017-037-039-051-061-069-107-109-113-125-135-137-149-
161-165-171-200140-

OH 
.    OHIO COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ALLEN		     AUGLAIZE		 BUTLER 	     
DARKE		     DEFIANCE		 FULTON 	     
HAMILTON	     HENRY		 MERCER 	     
MIAMI		     MONTGOMERY 	 PAULDING	     
PREBLE		     PUTNAM		 SHELBY 	     
VAN WERT	     WARREN		 WILLIAMS	     
$$


LMZ043-046-080-200140-

CW 

.    ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE

NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI 

MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI 

LAKE MICHIGAN MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST. JOSEPH MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID-LINE OF LAKE. 

$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY.  PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

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