Tornado Warning 2, NWS Detroit, MI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI
230 PM EDT SUN APR 3 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF THE SOUTH
   HALF OF THE LOWER PENINSULA UNTIL 700 PM...

AT 225 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR TRAVERSE CITY SOUTH THROUGH
MUSKEGON TO EAST OF SOUTH BEND IN NORTHERN INDIANA. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN FROM NEAR
KALAMAZOO SOUTH INTO INDIANA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPAREDr TO SEEK SHELTER
IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR THREATENING WEATHER OCCURS.

JJK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI
325 PM EST SUN APR 3 1988

       ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. CURRENTLY DETROIT WEATHER RADAR IS
INDICATING AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.
ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS OVER SOUTHEAST LOWER
MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN OHIO.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LANSING MICHIGAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EATON..CALHOUN..AND BRANCH COUNTIES AS A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THAT AREA.

REMEMBER THAT A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR
THE FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS..WHICH PRODUCE LARGE HAIL..
STRONG DAMAGING WINDS..AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS WELL AS TORNADOES
AND OFTEN WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PLEASE BE PREPARED TO
TAKE IMMEDIATE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPEAR IMMINENT.

FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES..AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS PLEASE STAY TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS.

KEITH DICKS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI
355 PM EDT SUN APR 3 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF THE SOUTH
   HALF OF THE LOWER PENINSULA UNTIL 700 PM...

AT 350 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDER-
STORM...SOME VERY HEAVY...FROM NEAR MUSKEGON TO LANSING THEN
SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN OHIO. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF HILLSDALE ON THE MICHIGAN-OHIO BORDER. MOVEMENT
WAS NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER
IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR T4HREATENING WEATHER OCCURS.

JJK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI
425 PM EDT SUN APR 3 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF THE SOUTH
   HALF OF THE LOWER PENINSULA UNTIL 700 PM...

THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING WEST AND
SOUTHWEST COUNTIES OF MICHIGAN.

KENT...ALLEGAN...VAN BUREN...BERRIEN...CASS...ST JOSEPH...KALAMAZOO

AT 420 PM RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS
OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM
WAS IN HILLSDALE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER
IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR THREATENING WEATHER OOCCURS.
JJK

TTAA00 KFNT032040CIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI
430 PM EST SUN APR 3 1988

       ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. CURRENTLY DETROIT WEATHER RADAR IS
INDICATING SHOWERS AND VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE MOST INTENSE
THUNDERSTORM WAS IN HILLSDALE COUNTY AND MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING FOR BOTH
HILLSDALE AND LENAWEE COUNTIES AS A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND NEAR THE
TOWN OF WALDON. BARNS AND BUILDINGS ARE REPORTED AS BEING DOWN AT
WALDON AT THIS TIME.

PRESENTLY THERE IS NO SEVERE WEATHER BEING REPORTED OR INDICATED IN
EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN..HOWEVER PERSONS ARE STRONGLY URGED TO
REMAIN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER..AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE IMMEDIATE SHELTER IF jNECESSARY.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND
RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

KEITH DICKS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI
450 PM EDT SUN APR 3 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF THE SOUTH
   HALF OF THE LOWER PENINSULA UNTIL 700 PM...

THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
OF MICHIGAN.

KENT...ALLEGAN...VAN BUREN...BERRIEN...CASS...ST JOSEPH...KALAMAZOO
MECOSTA...MONTCALM...ISABELLA...IONIA...BARRY...CALHOUN...BRANCH...
MIDLAND...BAY.

AT 445 PM RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS
OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM
WAS IN SOUTHEAST JACKSON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPAREyD TO SEEK SHELTER
IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR THREATENING WEATHER OCCURS.

JJK