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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2026, 11:12 PM EDT for Allegan County, Van Buren County, Michigan. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2026, 11:12 PM EDT (03:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2026, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Allegan County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 8:54 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 14, 7:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 7:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 8:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Muskegon, Newaygo | 35 min |
| Apr 14, 8:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 117 min | |
| Apr 14, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Muskegon, Newaygo, Ottawa | 88 min |
| Apr 14, 9:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GRR | Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 9:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Muskegon, Newaygo | 25 min |
| Apr 14, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Gratiot, Montcalm | 65 min |
| Apr 14, 10:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Muskegon, Ottawa | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kent | 57 min |
| Apr 14, 10:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Montcalm | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 10:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GRR | Mecosta, Montcalm | 13 hr |
| Apr 14, 10:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 81 min | |
| Apr 14, 10:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ionia | 56 min |
| Apr 14, 10:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Kent | 24 min |
| Apr 14, 10:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Ionia, Montcalm | 13 min |
| Apr 14, 11:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Clinton, Gratiot | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 11:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Barry, Ionia | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 11:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Clinton | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 11:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Gratiot | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 11:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GRR | Gratiot | 12 hr |
| Apr 14, 11:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Clinton | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 11:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Barry, Eaton | 83 min |
| Apr 14, 11:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Allegan | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 11:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Calhoun, Kalamazoo | 84 min |
| Apr 14, 11:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Barry | 35 min |
| Apr 15, 12:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Van Buren | 27 min |
| Apr 15, 12:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ingham | 66 min |
| Apr 15, 12:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Jackson | 64 min |
| Apr 15, 12:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Eaton, Ingham | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 5:38 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 67 min | |
| Apr 15, 6:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Allegan | 55 min |
| Apr 15, 6:30 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Newaygo, Oceana | 8 hr |
| Apr 15, 7:45 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Clinton | 3 days |
| Apr 15, 10:08 AM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | GRR | 53 hr | |
| Apr 15, 12:19 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Kent | 5 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:19 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Gratiot | 5 days |
| Apr 15, 12:19 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Clinton | 21 days |
| Apr 15, 12:19 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Kent | 21 days |
| Apr 15, 12:19 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Ingham | 6 days |
| Apr 15, 12:19 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Ingham | 6 days |
| Apr 15, 12:19 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Ionia | 6 days |
| Apr 15, 12:19 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Barry | 21 days |
| Apr 15, 12:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Kent | 4 days |
| Apr 15, 2:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GRR | Oceana | 5 days |
| Apr 15, 4:50 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Muskegon | 5 days |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.