diff --git a/example/eventGenerator/EventLimitProvider.js b/example/eventGenerator/EventLimitProvider.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd6d765097
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/eventGenerator/EventLimitProvider.js
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * Open MCT, Copyright (c) 2014-2024, United States Government
+ * as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
+ * Administration. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Open MCT is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ * Open MCT includes source code licensed under additional open source
+ * licenses. See the Open Source Licenses file (LICENSES.md) included with
+ * this source code distribution or the Licensing information page available
+ * at runtime from the About dialog for additional information.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+export const SEVERITY_CSS = {
+  WATCH: 'is-event--yellow',
+  WARNING: 'is-event--yellow',
+  DISTRESS: 'is-event--red',
+  CRITICAL: 'is-event--red',
+  SEVERE: 'is-event--red'
+};
+
+const NOMINAL_SEVERITY = {
+  cssClass: 'is-event--no-style',
+  name: 'NOMINAL'
+};
+
+/**
+ * @typedef {Object} EvaluationResult
+ * @property {string} cssClass CSS class information
+ * @property {string} name a severity name
+ */
+export default class EventLimitProvider {
+  constructor(openmct) {
+    this.openmct = openmct;
+  }
+
+  getLimitEvaluator(domainObject) {
+    const self = this;
+
+    return {
+      /**
+       * Evaluates a telemetry datum for severity.
+       *
+       * @param {Datum} datum the telemetry datum from the historical or realtime plugin ({@link Datum})
+       * @param {object} valueMetadata metadata about the telemetry datum
+       *
+       * @returns {EvaluationResult} ({@link EvaluationResult})
+       */
+      evaluate: function (datum, valueMetadata) {
+        // prevent applying the class to the tr, only to td
+        if (!valueMetadata) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        if (datum.severity in SEVERITY_CSS) {
+          return self.getSeverity(datum, valueMetadata);
+        }
+
+        return NOMINAL_SEVERITY;
+      }
+    };
+  }
+  getSeverity(datum, valueMetadata) {
+    if (!valueMetadata) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const severityValue = datum.severity;
+
+    return {
+      cssClass: SEVERITY_CSS[severityValue],
+      name: severityValue
+    };
+  }
+
+  supportsLimits(domainObject) {
+    return domainObject.type === 'eventGenerator';
+  }
+}
diff --git a/example/eventGenerator/EventTelemetryProvider.js b/example/eventGenerator/EventTelemetryProvider.js
index e992e9831c..c18aec3e00 100644
--- a/example/eventGenerator/EventTelemetryProvider.js
+++ b/example/eventGenerator/EventTelemetryProvider.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
  * Module defining EventTelemetryProvider. Created by chacskaylo on 06/18/2015.
  */
 
+import { SEVERITY_CSS } from './EventLimitProvider.js';
 import messages from './transcript.json';
 
 class EventTelemetryProvider {
@@ -37,11 +38,15 @@ class EventTelemetryProvider {
     const utc = startTime + count + randomFewSeconds * duration;
     const ind = count % messages.length;
     const message = messages[ind] + ' - [' + millisecondsSinceStart + ']';
+    // pick a random severity level + 1 for an undefined level so we can do nominal
+    const severity =
+      Object.keys(SEVERITY_CSS)[Math.floor(Math.random() * Object.keys(SEVERITY_CSS).length + 1)];
 
     return {
       name,
       utc,
-      message
+      message,
+      severity
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/example/eventGenerator/plugin.js b/example/eventGenerator/plugin.js
index 3f694c8f8e..4a0aded343 100644
--- a/example/eventGenerator/plugin.js
+++ b/example/eventGenerator/plugin.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  * this source code distribution or the Licensing information page available
  * at runtime from the About dialog for additional information.
  *****************************************************************************/
+import EventLimitProvider from './EventLimitProvider.js';
 import EventMetadataProvider from './EventMetadataProvider.js';
 import EventTelemetryProvider from './EventTelemetryProvider.js';
 import EventWithAcknowledgeTelemetryProvider from './EventWithAcknowledgeTelemetryProvider.js';
@@ -54,5 +55,7 @@ export default function EventGeneratorPlugin(options) {
     });
 
     openmct.telemetry.addProvider(new EventWithAcknowledgeTelemetryProvider());
+
+    openmct.telemetry.addProvider(new EventLimitProvider(openmct));
   };
 }