Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING, MI
551 PM EDT WED SEP 10 1986

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN CALHOUN AND SOUTHERN
   EATON COUNTIES...

AT 550 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF
BATTLE CREEK MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS
NORTHERN CALHOUN AND SOUTHERN EATON COUNTIES BETWEEN 551 PM AND 630 PM
EDT.  TORRENTIAL RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING..AND STRONG WINDwS HAVE BEEN
REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN BELLEVUE AND OLIVET ARE NEAR THE
PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.  BE ALERT FOR RAPID FLOODING OF
STREETS AND LOW-LYING AREAS AS THIS STORM PASSES.

BUNTING

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
705 PM EDT WED SEP 10 1986

...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE A POSSIBLITY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT..
IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE...

AT 700 PM EDT KENT COUNTY SHERRIFF REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL..STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN IN THE PLAINFIELD AREA OF NORTHEAST GRAND RAPIDS.
KRAFT ORCHARDS REPORTED STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH MANY BRANCHES DOWN IN
THUNDERSTORMS RUNNING THROUGH THAT NORTHWEST GRAND RAPIDS AREA ALONG
WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN,
STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SOME SMALL HAIL. SOME STREET
FLOODING IS OCCURING IN MANY AREAS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHGAN AND WILL
CONTINUE TO DO SO AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TONIGHT. ALSO LOW LYING AREAS
AND AND SMALL STREAMS MAY FLOOD DURING THE EVENING AND NIGHTTIME HOURS.
PERSONS SHOULD NOT DRIVE VEHICLES INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
RO	ADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT AND THE CAR MAY STALL.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT
AND MOST OF THURSDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES TOWARD THE GREAT
LAKES OUT OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS STATES.

DBS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
845 PM EDT WED SEP 10 1986

...HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY...

AS OF 830 PM EDT..THE FOLLOWING 24 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN
REPORTED IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...

KENT COUNTY AIRPORT       3.22"
SPARTA                    7.83"
PLAINFIELD                5.16"
CANNONSBURG               5.90"
PEACH RIDGE               5.33"
ROCKFORD   ~               5.19"
MJK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  MUSKEGON MI
925PM EDT WED SEP 10 1986

..VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN MICHIGAN...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MUSKEGON AND NEWAGO COUNTIES EXPIRED
AT 915PM EDT BUT A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100PM EDT
FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF MUSKEGON AND SOUTHERN NEWAGO COUNTIES.

AT 905PM EDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 50
MILES NORTHWEST TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUSKEGON.
THESE STORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WERE MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST
AT ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS VERY HEAVY RAIN ON TOP OF THE OVER 4
INCHES RECEIVED ALREADY TODAY MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN PARTS OF
MUSKEGON AND NEWAGO COUNTIES.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
END WSO MKG

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI
945 PM EDT WED SEP 10 1986

TIME (EDT)   LOCATION       REPORT

1805   BEDFORD...10 N BTL   TORNADO TOUCHDOWN SIGHTED BY SHERIFF AND FIRE
                            DEPARTMENTS. PATH 150 YDS WIDE. TWO
                            TRANSMISSION TOWERS DESTROYED INTO TWISTED
                            WRECKAGE.  LARGE TREES UPROOTED AND POWER
                            LINE DOWN.
1845    2 WEST OF ONANDAGA  FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED BY FIRE DEPT...MINOR
        15 S OF LAN         DAMAGE TO TREES.
1900    GRAND LEDGE         SMALL HAIL..HEAVY RAIN
        (10 W LAN)
1945    3 N STOCKBRIDGE   LARGE TREES UPROOTED AND TWISTED. SOME
        30 SE LAN         STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO 3 HOMES. PICKUP CAMPER
                          DESTROYED. DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG KANE ROAD
                          BETWEEN M36 AND MILNER RD IN EXTREME EASTERN
                          INGHAM CO..ADDITIONAL DAMAGE IN LIVINGSTON CO.
FORTUNE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI
1005 PM EDT THU SEP 10 1986

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO GRATIOT COUNTY...

AT 10 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR ALMA MICHIGAN
...40 MILES NORTH OF LANSING.  VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND
SMALL HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES EAST AT 35 MPH.

TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CLINTON AND GRATIOT COUNTIES UNTIL
1 AM EDT.
FORTUNE