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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

April 27, 2026Kalamazoo County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2026, 4:32 PM EDT for Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It was in force for 58 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 27, 2026, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2026, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Kalamazoo County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 27, 2:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 2:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 27, 4:27 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 1:44 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more	6 hr
Apr 27, 2:37 PM EDT	Gale Warning	GRR		5 hr
Apr 27, 2:37 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		27 hr
Apr 27, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		2 hr
Apr 27, 5:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Kent	59 min
Apr 27, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Barry, Calhoun, Eaton	83 min
Apr 27, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Ingham, Jackson	63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2026 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2026

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.