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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
321 PM EDT THU APR 16 2026
MIZ064-065-071>073-162045-
KALAMAZOO MI-CALHOUN MI-BARRY MI-ALLEGAN MI-VAN BUREN MI-
321 PM EDT THU APR 16 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF WESTERN CALHOUN,
EASTERN VAN BUREN, SOUTHEASTERN ALLEGAN, SOUTHERN BARRY AND KALAMAZOO
COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...
AT 321 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ALLEGAN TO NEAR DECATUR. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KALAMAZOO... PORTAGE... BATTLE CREEK...
ALLEGAN... PAW PAW... OTSEGO...
PLAINWELL... VICKSBURG... GALESBURG...
MATTAWAN... LAWTON... DECATUR...
PARCHMENT... NASHVILLE... UNION CITY...
SCHOOLCRAFT... CLIMAX... RICHLAND...
MARTIN... BURLINGTON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4207 8609 4260 8584 4260 8507 4207 8508
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 271DEG 31KT 4254 8579 4217 8597
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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