398  
WWUS53 KGRR 181443  
SVSGRR  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI  
1043 AM EDT FRI APR 18 2025  
 
MIC067-117-123-181447-  
/O.CAN.KGRR.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-250418T1515Z/  
NEWAYGO MI-IONIA MI-MONTCALM MI-  
1043 AM EDT FRI APR 18 2025  
 
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEWAYGO...IONIA  
AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTCALM COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...  
 
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED  
AREA. THEREFORE, THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  
 
LAT...LON 4330 8637 4329 8532 4277 8531 4276 8482  
4277 8621 4303 8623  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1437Z 272DEG 55KT 4314 8576 4300 8564 4283 8570  
 
 
 
MIC045-081-121-139-181515-  
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-250418T1515Z/  
KENT MI-OTTAWA MI-MUSKEGON MI-EATON MI-  
1043 AM EDT FRI APR 18 2025  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM EDT  
FOR KENT...OTTAWA...SOUTHERN MUSKEGON AND NORTHWESTERN EATON  
COUNTIES...  
 
AT 1037 AM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SPARTA TO NEAR GRAND RAPIDS TO NEAR WYOMING,  
MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. A LINE OF STRONG POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS WILL  
BE MOVING ONSHORE ALONG A LINE FROM MUSKEGON TO HOLLAND BY 11 AM  
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 65 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO  
ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
PORT SHELDON... CUTLERVILLE... WYOMING...  
BELMONT... GRANDVILLE... FRUITPORT...  
MUSKEGON HEIGHTS... GRATTAN... ALTO...  
MARNE... DUTTON... BORCULO...  
SPARTA... MUSKEGON SP... COOPERSVILLE...  
COMSTOCK PARK... WALKER... HUDSONVILLE...  
SLOCUM... CASNOVIA...  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE  
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER, INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM  
WINDOWS.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4330 8637 4329 8532 4277 8531 4276 8482  
4277 8621 4303 8623  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1437Z 272DEG 55KT 4314 8576 4300 8564 4283 8570  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
JC  
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