Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

MIZ071-072-152000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
257 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...

AT 250 PM EDT... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
VAN BUREN AND KALAMAZOO COUNTIES... NEAR SCHOOLCRAFT AND KALAMAZOO.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH... AND WILL REMAIN
IN THE VICINITY OF KALAMAZOO THROUGH 330 PM.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THEY WILL ALSO PRODUCE FREQUENT... DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN KALAMAZOO AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES SHOULD
MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED...
NOTIFY YOURR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
MJK

MIZ051-056>058-064-065-071-072-152030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
328 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 1995

... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR VAN BUREN
AND KALAMAZOO COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL
900 PM EDT.  SOME COMMUNITIES INCLUDED ARE SOUTH HAVEN...
PAW PAW... PORTAGE... AND GALESBURG.

AT 322 PM EDT... WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM SOUTH HAVEN
EAST TO KALAMAZOO AND SOUTH TO THE INDIANA BORDER.  MOVEMENT
WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  BY 345 PM... THE LEADING EDGE OF
THIS AREA WILL REACH FROM ALLEGAN TO HICKORY CORNERS OR 25 MILES
NORTHWEST TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF KALAMAZOO.  WIND GUSTS TO
60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ANOTHER AREA
OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM COOPERSVILLE
... 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAND RAPIDS... TO ALLEGAN. MOVEMENT
WAS ALSO TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING... FIND SHELTER INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES... UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.

DCZ

MIZ073-073-074-080-152200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI
340 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL
LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CALHOUN...JACKSON...
BRANCH...AND HILLSDALE COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL
900 PM EDT. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON...
COLDWATER...AND HILLSDALE.

AT 335 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOWER MICHIGAN. THE
STORMS WERE MAINLY CONFINED TO AN AREA SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM
SOUTH HAVEN TO KALAMAZOO SOUTH TO THE INDIANA BORDER. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO SCATTERED ACROSS HILLSDALE COUNTY. THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
KALAMAZOO. THE ENTIRE AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
.
THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY
RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR
AREA...MOVE INTO A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS.

KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO
LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS...OR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
RADIO FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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