SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN ALCONA COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... IOSCO COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... EASTERN OGEMAW COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
559 PM EDT MON MAR 12 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ALCONA COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
  IOSCO COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
  EASTERN OGEMAW COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 559 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SELKIRK...OR 10 MILES EAST
  OF WEST BRANCH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL
  MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GLENNIE...AU SABLE...OSCODA...RIFLE RIVER STATE PARK...LUPTON...
  LONG LAKE...HALE...SOUTH BRANCH...PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP...BARTON
  CITY...WURTSMITH AIRFIELD...MIKADO...SID TOWN...WILBER AND MILEN
  TOWNSHIP.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN.