390  
WFUS53 KGRR 022301  
TORGRR  
MIC077-159-022345-  
/O.NEW.KGRR.TO.W.0003.260402T2301Z-260402T2345Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI  
701 PM EDT THU APR 2 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHEASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN...  
KALAMAZOO COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN...  
 
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 700 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO  
WAS LOCATED OVER MARCELLUS, OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF THREE RIVERS,  
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...TORNADO.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.  
 
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT  
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.  
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE  
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.  
 
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...  
PORTAGE AND SCHOOLCRAFT AROUND 710 PM EDT.  
KALAMAZOO AROUND 715 PM EDT.  
WESTWOOD AROUND 720 PM EDT.  
PARCHMENT AND COMSTOCK NORTHWEST AROUND 725 PM EDT.  
GALESBURG, RICHLAND, AND GULL LAKE AROUND 730 PM EDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE  
COMSTOCK, AUGUSTA, SCOTTS, OSHTEMO, ALAMO, AND COOPER.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST  
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A  
MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER  
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4242 8568 4242 8530 4240 8530 4218 8538  
4207 8553 4207 8592  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 217DEG 47KT 4203 8580  
 
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
 
 
 
JC  
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