SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
MIC149-130045-
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
757 PM EDT MON MAR 12 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 754 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED
  7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONSTANTINE...OR 10 MILES EAST OF SIMONTON
  LAKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
  THREE RIVERS...
  CENTREVILLE...
  STURGIS...
  COLON...

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE KLINGER
LAKE...WASEPI...NOTTAWA...FAWN RIVER...FINDLEY...BURR OAK AND
FAIRFAX.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO. A
TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWEST OHIO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NORTHERN INDIANA.