Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
737 AM EDT FRI APR 15 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN PART OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...

AT 735 AM EDT... WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
ON SHORE NEAR SOUTH HAVEN... 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF KALAMAZOO AND NEAR
NUNICA AND COOPERSVILLE... 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAND RAPIDS. THESE
STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 MPH. THE STORMS
WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL REACH THE
COMMUNITIES OF PULLMAN BY 800 AM AND ALLEGAN BY 815 AM. THE STORM NEAR
COOPERSVILLE WILL REACH THE COMMUNITIES OF SPARTA BY 800 AM AND CEDAR
SPRINGS BY 830 AM.

THESE STORMS CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THESE STORMS YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE TO AVOID THE DANGERS OF
LIGHTNING.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI
829 AM EDT FRI APR 15 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE BATTLE CREEK AREA...

WEATHER RADAR AT 820 AM EDT INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE
DEVELOPING IN THE BATTLE CREEK AND COLDWATER AREAS. THE STORMS WERE
LOCATED FROM ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BATTLE CREEK NEAR BEDFORD
SOUTH TO NEAR ATHENS IN SOUTHWEST CALHOUN AND BRONSON IN WESTERN
BRANCH COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 40 MILES
AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT BATTLE CREEK BY 840 AM AND COLDWATER BY
850 AM EDT.

THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG WINDS UP TO NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR AND
SMALL HAIL OF 1/2 AN INCH.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...MOVE INDOORS TO PROTECT YOURSELF
FROM THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES EXCEPT IN EMERGENCIES.

STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER
UPDATES AND STATEMENTS.

PL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI
845 AM EDT FRI APR 15 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE BATTLE CREEK AREA...

WEATHER RADAR AT 820 AM EDT INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE
DEVELOPING IN THE BATTLE CREEK AREA. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM
ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BATTLE CREEK NEAR BEDFORD AND WEST OF
BRONSON IN WESTERN BRANCH COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING FROM THE
SOUTHWEST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT BATTLE CREEK BETWEEN
845 AM AND 900 AM EDT.

THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG WINDS UP TO NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR AND
SMALL HAIL OF UP TO 1/2 AN INCH.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...MOVE INDOORS TO PROTECT YOURSELF
FROM THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES EXCEPT IN EMERGENCIES.

STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER
UPDATES AND STATEMENTS.

PL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI
925 AM EDT FRI APR 15 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS HEADING TOWARD SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...

AT 920...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST WEST OF
HOUGHTON LAKE TO GRAND RAPIDS TO JUST WEST OF BATTLE CREEK. INDIVIDUAL
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN
HOUR...WHILE THE LINE MOVED EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.  PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITIES OF WEIDMAN IN ISABELLA COUNTY...BELLVUE IN EATON COUNTY AND
BATTLE CREEK SHOULD EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE OVERHEAD BY 945 AM.

THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG WINDS TO NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR AND
SMALL HAIL OF UP TO 1/2 AN INCH.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...MOVE INDOORS TO PROTECT YOURSELF
FROM THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES EXCEPT IN EMERGENCIES.

STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND
STATEMENTS.

DESROSIERS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1000 AM EDT FRI APR 15 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...

AT 1000 AM EDT... THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER ALL OF
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
KEELER... 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KALAMAZOO TO CROTON... 30 MILES NORTH
OF GRAND RAPIDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THEY WILL
REACH MARCELLUS AND SIX LAKES BY 1100 AM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF
A LARGE PRECIPITATION AREA THAT COVERED ALL OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.
THE PRECIPITATION AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PRECIPITATION WILL BE
ENDING ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE... FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO GRAND
HAVEN BY 1020 AM AND ENDING FROM BLOOMINGDALE TO SPARTA BY 1100 AM.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE ABOUT... PROTECT YOURSELF FROM LIGHTNING BY
GETTING INSI"DE A BUILDING.
COOLEY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1030 AM EDT FRI APR 15 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...

AT 1030 AM EDT... THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
WERE MOVING EAST... INTO EASTERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM KALAMAZOO TO CALEDONIA... 15 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF GRAND RAPIDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THEY WILL
REACH ASSYRIA AND IONIA BY 1130 AM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A
LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION THAT COVERED MUCH OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.
THE REAR EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION EXTENDED FROM KEELER TO GRAND JUNCTION
...HUDSONVILLE AND WHITE CLOUD. THE PRECIPITATION AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH. PRECIPITATION WILL BE ENDING FROM SCHOOLCRAFT TO LOWELL AND SIX
LAKES BY 1130 AM AND FROM STURGIS... BATTLE CREEK... IONIA AND VESTABURG
BY 1230 PM.
.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN YOUR COMMUNITY... PROTECT YOURSELF BY GETTING
INSIDE A SHELTER... SUCH AS A BUILDING OR AN AUTOMOBILE. DO NOT MAKE
YOURSELF THE HIGHEST POINT ON THE HORIZON... YOU COULD BECOME A
LIGHTNING ROD.
COOLEY