Tornado Warning 33, NWS Detroit, MI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI
250 PM EDT SEPTEMBER 29 1986

...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL
   LOW MICHIGAN.

AT 230 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED VERY HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTHWEST OF FLINT NEAR DURAND. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA THAT EXTENDED TO WEST
OF LANSING.

AT 225 PM THE PUBLIC REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND AND
PEA SIZE HAIL NEA^R DURAND.

HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH FLOODING
OF LOW LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES CAN BE EXPECTED AS THESE
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARDS THE EAST AT 45 MPH.

BURNEY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI
520 PM EDT MON SEP 29 1986

   ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTH LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 11 PM EDT...

AT 5 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A NARROW BAND OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION EXTENDING
FROM NEAR BENTON HARBOR NORTH THROUGH HOLLAND AND THE AREA JUST EAST
OF MUSKEGON AND INTO NEWAYGO COUNTY.

THUS FAR ONLY TORRENTIAL RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS BAND...
BUT FURTHER INTENSIFICATION MAY OCCUR
.

PRESENT MOVEMENT IS TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 45 MPH. THE
HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL REACH THE GRAND RAPIDS AREA BETWEEN 530 AND
600 PM EDT.

HUGHES

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI
520 PM EDT MON SEP 29 1986

   ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTH LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 11 PM EDT...

AT 7 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM NEAR SAGINAW THROUGH LANSING TO NEAR COLDWATER. IN ADDITION TO
TORRENTIAL RAINS...GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50
MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.

PRESENT MOVEMENT IS TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS
WILL MOVE INTO THE FLINT AND JACKSON AREAS BETWEEN 715 AND 745 PM EDT.

A SECOND AREA OF HEAVY STORMS EXTENDED FROM EXTREME SOUTHERN LAKE
MICHIGAN SOUTHWEST INTO EASTERN ILLINOIS. PRESENT MOVEMENT WILL CARRY
THESE STORMS INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN LATER THIS EVENING.

HUGHES

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI
730 PM EDT SEPTEMBER 29 1986

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS..HIGH WINDS..AND FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED
                IN SHIAWASSEE COUNTY...

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI
730 PM EDT SEPTEMBER 29 1986

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS..HIGH WINDS..AND FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED
                IN SHIAWASSEE COUNTY...
SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL IN SHIASASSEE COUNTY REPORT HEAVY
THUBDERSTORMS..FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..AND TWO REPORTS
OF FUNNEL CLOUDS NEAR THE TOWN OF MORRIS IN SHIAWASSEE COUNTY.

RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE
COUNTY IN A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION AT THIS TIME. THE STORMS ARE
NOW ENTERING THE FLUSHING AREA IN WESTERN GENESEE COUNTY AS
REPORTED BY SPOTTERS. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES
AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER AS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THE FORMATION OF TORNADOES..
LARGE HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS..AND VERY HEAVY RAINS WITH THIS STORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR GENESEE..LAPEER AND SHIAWASSEE COUNTIES..A FLOOD WARNING IS IN
EFFECT FOR THE FLINT RIVER..AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL  800 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING.

PERSONS ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..OR LOCAL
TELEVISION AND COMMERCIAL RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES

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