Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
715 PM EDT TUE APR 12 1994

...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...

AT 705 PM... A SKYWARN SPOTTER IN HARTFORD... 30 MILES WEST OF
KALAMAZOO... OBSERVED PEA-SIZED HAIL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD REACH BLOOMINGDALE BY 730 PM... AND ALLEGAN BY
750 PM.

BE ALERT FOR SMALL HAIL... INTENSE LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AS THIS THUNDERSTORM MOVES THROUGH SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.
STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO STATIONS KIG 63... WWF 34... OR WWF 36 FOR
FURTHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
735 PM EDT TUE APR 12 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...

AT 730 PM EDT... WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A NEWLY DEVELOPED LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING THROUGH THE BLOOMINGDALE AND HARTFORD
COMMUNITIES... 25 MILES WEST OF KALAMAZOO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITIES OF ALLEGAN...
PAW PAW AND LAWTON CAN EXPECT THESE STORMS BY 750 PM.

THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. AS WITH ALL THUNDERSTORMS... PEOPLE IN THE PATH
OF THESE STORMS SHOULD GO INDOORS TO A\VOID THE DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH
LIGHTNING STRIKES.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI
734 PM EDT TUE APR 13 1994

...DENSE FOG PLAGUING THE JACKSON AREA...

AT 730 PM EDT...FOG WAS REDUCING VISIBILITY TO 3/8 OF A MILE IN JACKSON.
FOG WAS ALSO OBSERVED OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...
HOWEVER...VISIBILITIES WERE GENERALLY MORE THAN 2 MILES IN MOST AREAS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY DUE TO PATCHY
DENSE FOG.  TURN YbOUR HEADLIGHTS ON LOW BEAMS...AND ALLOW PLENTY OF
DISTANCE BETWEEN VEHICLES.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
807 PM EDT TUE APR 12 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...

AT 802 PM EDT... WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COMMUNITIES OF BURNIPS... ALLEGAN... MERSON
AND LAWTON... FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAND RAPIDS TO 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF KALAMAZOO. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD REACH U.S. 131... CUTLERVILLE...
SHELBYVILLE AND KALAMAZOO BETWEEN 820 AND 830 PM.

THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... GUSTY WINDS
AND POSSIBLY HAIL. PEOPLE IN THIS AREA ARE URGED TO STAY ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER. PRACTICE LIGHTNING SAFETY BY MOVING INDOORS
UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
837 PM EDT TUE APR 12 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN...

AT 837 PM EDT... WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
BETWEEN GRAND RAPIDS AND KALAMAZOO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KALAMAZOO
NEAR MARCELLUS. THIS STORM WILL REACH SCHOOLCRAFT BY 845 PM.

PEA-SIZED TO 1/2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING... AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

DRIVERS ENCOUNTERING THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING SHOULD BE AWARE THAT
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS UNDERPASSE@S MAY OCCUR. ALSO
REMEMBER THAT HEAVY RAIN CAN REDUCE VISIBILITIES SIGNIFICANTLY.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS PASS OVERHEAD... THE INTERIOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING PROVIDES THE BEST PROTECTION AGAINST THE DANGERS OF
LIGHTNING.

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