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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

June 11, 2026Kalamazoo County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2026, 9:24 PM EDT for Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It was in force for 39 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: Jun 11, 2026, 9:24 PM EDT (01:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2026, 10:03 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Kalamazoo County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 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
Jun 11, 8:08 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 11, 8:59 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
859 PM EDT Thu Jun 11 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0855 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     2 NNE Holland           42.80N 86.08W
06/11/2026                   Ottawa             MI   Trained Spotter

            6 inch brand down at intersection of Chicago
            and South Waverly in Holland.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 11, 9:04 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 11, 9:10 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
910 PM EDT Thu Jun 11 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0905 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 WNW Zeeland           42.82N 86.02W
06/11/2026                   Ottawa             MI   Public

            Trees and wires down on yard along West
            Mckinley Avenue.

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Local storm report, Jun 11, 9:13 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 11, 9:18 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
918 PM EDT Thu Jun 11 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
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0909 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Allegan                 42.53N 85.85W
06/11/2026                   Allegan            MI   Public

            Trees and wires down at Cutler and Cedar
            street in Allegan MI.

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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
Jun 11, 8:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GRR	Allegan, Muskegon, Ottawa	94 min
Jun 11, 8:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Ottawa	38 min
Jun 11, 8:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Van Buren	55 min
Jun 11, 8:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GRR	Barry, Kent	62 min
Jun 11, 9:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Kent	38 min
Jun 11, 9:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Barry, Ionia, Kent	29 min
Jun 11, 9:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GRR	Eaton, Ionia	67 min
Jun 11, 9:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Calhoun	45 min
Jun 11, 9:54 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Clinton, Eaton, Ionia	36 min
Jun 11, 10:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GRR	Clinton, Ingham	60 min
Jun 11, 11:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Calhoun, Kalamazoo	3 hr
Jun 11, 11:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Jackson	50 min
Jun 12, 4:10 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	GRR	Mason, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa	34 hr
Jun 12, 4:10 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		34 hr

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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.