Tornado Warning 1, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI
216 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991

...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN..

AT 200 PM EST SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DECREASING AS
THEY MOVED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. A LONE THUNDERSTORM WAS
IN SOUTHERN EATON COUNTY AT 200 PM MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40
MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO INGHAM COUNTY BY 230 PM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND UPDATES.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT RANGE WEATHER FORECAST...COR HEADING...
FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
445 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 430 PM SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.
PARTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS HAD DEVELOPED AND TEMPERATURES WERE CLIMBING
INTO THE LOW 70S. THIS IS SETTING THE STAGE FOR INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING IN FROM THE WEST. AN INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
FROM THE LEELAND PENINSULA...IN NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...SOUTHWEST...
TO THE EXTREME WEST CHICAGO SUBURBS. TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE OCCURRED IN THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN ILLINOIS AND WISCONSIN.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 60 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ONTO THE WEST MICHIGAN SHORELINE
FROM MUSKEGON TO BENTON HARBOR BY 600 TO 700 PM THIS EVENING. DURING
THIS TIME FRAME PERSONS SHOULD SECURE BUILDINGS AND FAMILIES TO
INSURE THEIR SAFETY AS THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS PASS OVERHEAD.
COOLEY

MIZ011-012-018-020-022-023-025-040-041-272300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI
500 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991

...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF MICHIGANS LOWER PENINUSULA
INCLUDING ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. THE NEAREST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE LOCATED OVER LAKE MICHIGAN AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 TO 60 MPH. AT THIS SPEED...THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AROUND 600 PM EST.

ALSO...STRONG WINDS WERE REPORTED IN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY AT 445 PM EST.
THESE WINDS WERE PART OF A GENERAL WEATHER PATTERN...NOT ASSOCIATED
WITH THUNDERSTORMS. SPOTTERS ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS AT 40 TO 50 MPH
WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES AND A UTILITY POLE. WINDS WILL INCREASE
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN IN ADVANCE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.
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STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS...
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT-RANGE WEATHER FORECAST
FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  MUSKEGON MI
510 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR BENZIE...GRAND
TRAVERSE AND MANISTEE COUNTIES...
...TORNADO WATCH FOR MOST OF LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 500 PM EST...RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST TO THE NORTH
OF KALEVA...OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRAVERSE CITY. THIS THUNDERSTORM
WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL BE REACHING TRAVERSE CITY NEAR
600 PM. ELSEWHERE...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN SKIES WERE
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN NORTH OF
A LINE FROM LUDINGTON TO REED CITY. TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 50S AND 60S.
WINDS WERE FROM THE SOUTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY.

BESIDES THE THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY OVER NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...THERE
WAS A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN WHICH WILL BE MOVING
INTO WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN BY 600 PM EST.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL POSSIBLE TORNADOES.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...YOU SHOULD SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...AND SHORT-RANGE WEATHER FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
545 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 545 PM AN INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR LUDINGTON...
SOME 80 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAND RAPIDS...SOUTHWEST ACROSS LAKE
MICHIGAN TO THE EAST CHICAGO SUBURBS. TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSOTRMS
HAVE OCCURRED IN THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. HAIL
3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED IN THE MUSKEGON AREA AROUND 530 THIS
AFTERNOON.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS RACING EAST AT AROUND 50 MPH AND WILL BE
MOVING INLAND FROM GRAND HAVEN TO BENTO3N HARBOR BY 600 TO 630 PM AND
INLAND AS FAR AS GRAND RAPIDS AND SOUTH BEND INDIANA BY 700 TO 800 PM.
STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR
LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
COOLEY

MIZ011-012-018-020-022-023-025-040-041-280000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI
554 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991

...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER
MICHIGAN UNTIL 1200 PM EST. AT 600 PM A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM NEAR CHICAGO...THROUGH MUSKEGON TO THE STRAITS OF
MACKINAC. THERE WAS ALSO A SHOWER IN ISABELLA COUNTY. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 TO 60 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
ENTER THE CITY OF MOUNT PLEASANT BY 600 PM.

THE LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER ISABELLA COUNTY BY 630 PM
AND THE JACKSON...BATTLE CREEK AND LANSING AREA BETWEEN 700 AND 800 PM.

THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL
AND TORNADOES. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION... STAY
TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION
A4ND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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