Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  MUSKEGON MI
645 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 1988

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INLAND OVER NORTHWEST LOWER
   MICHIGAN...

AT 645 AM EDT AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS
NORTHERN GRAND TRAVERSE BAY JUST OFF OLD LIGHTHOUSE POINT IN EXTREME
NORTHERN LEELANAU COUNTY.  THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING ONSHORE OVER
ANTRIM COUNTY NEAR TORCH LAKE NORTH TO NORWOOD IN CHARLEVOIX COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EMMET AND CHARLEVOIX
COUNTIES UNTIL 720 AM EDT THIS MORNING.  AS THE STORMS MOVE INLAND OVER
ANTRIM COUNTY...VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTING WINDS...SMALL HAIL
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL BE ENCOUNTERED.

IF 6THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.    {{}}BOLEN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  MUSKEGON MI
745 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 1988

...LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING ACROSS NORTHWEST
   LOWER MICHIGAN AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...

AT 745 AM EDT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ACROSS
NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS FROM
JUST WEST OF LEELANAU COUNTY...ACROSS LEELANAU COUNTY AND GRAND
TRAVERSE BAY THROUGH ANTRIM COUNTY ONTO CRAWFORD COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN ANTRIM
COUNTY UNTIL 815 AM EDT THIS MORNING.  THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINS AS THEY
MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST ALONG THE THUNDERSTORM LINE...VERY
HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS IN LEELANAU
...ANTRIM AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES.
}BOATER/S AND FISHERMEN IN THE VICINITY OF THE STORMS SHOULD SEEK
SAFE HARBOR$ IMMEDIATELY.

BOLEN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING, MI
930 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #391 FOR CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 3PM...
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE ISABELLA COUNTY AREA...

AT 930 AM RADAR DETECTED AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE SAGINAW BAY..WEST THROUGH GLADWIN..CLARE AND
OSELOA COUNTIES. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST
BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINS..DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL HAVE
BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.  PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS
SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING CONDITIONS DEVELOP.
STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

SHNOWSKI