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WWUS83 KGRR 160900
SPSGRR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
500 AM EDT SAT MAY 16 2026
MIZ045-046-051-052-057>059-065>067-161000-
MONTCALM MI-ISABELLA MI-CLINTON MI-GRATIOT MI-INGHAM MI-IONIA MI-
EATON MI-MECOSTA MI-BARRY MI-KENT MI-
500 AM EDT SAT MAY 16 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENT,
NORTHERN INGHAM, IONIA, NORTHERN BARRY, GRATIOT, SOUTHERN ISABELLA,
CLINTON, NORTHERN EATON, SOUTHERN MECOSTA AND MONTCALM COUNTIES
THROUGH 600 AM EDT...
AT 459 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR MORLEY TO NEAR MIDDLEVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS
EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LANSING... MOUNT PLEASANT... IONIA...
ALMA... GREENVILLE... ST. JOHNS...
PORTLAND... ITHACA... STANTON...
EAST LANSING... GRAND LEDGE... ST. LOUIS...
BELDING... WILLIAMSTON... LOWELL...
MIDDLEVILLE... LAKE ODESSA... HOWARD CITY...
SHEPHERD... CALEDONIA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 4270 8554 4361 8550 4366 8461 4347 8461
4346 8437 4278 8436 4278 8416 4269 8416
TIME...MOT...LOC 0859Z 270DEG 49KT 4355 8543 4265 8544
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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