581  
WUUS53 KGRR 181907  
SVRGRR  
MIC037-057-065-073-075-182000-  
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0065.260518T1907Z-260518T2000Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI  
307 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN...  
INGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN...  
GRATIOT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN...  
SOUTHERN ISABELLA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN...  
CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN...  
 
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 307 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOWARD CITY TO NEAR PORTLAND TO  
NEAR HOMER, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO  
MOBILE HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...  
GRAND LEDGE AROUND 310 PM EDT.  
LANSING, DEWITT, CAPITAL REGION INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AND  
EDGEMONT PARK AROUND 315 PM EDT.  
JACKSON, MASON, ST. JOHNS, EAST LANSING, AND LESLIE AROUND 320 PM  
EDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE  
ALMA, ITHACA, WILLIAMSTON, ELSIE, ST. LOUIS, STOCKBRIDGE, MOUNT  
PLEASANT, SHEPHERD AND BRECKENRIDGE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD  
WIND DAMAGE ACROSS WESTERN AND MID MICHIGAN. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A  
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4207 8414 4207 8471 4242 8472 4242 8460  
4277 8460 4277 8484 4346 8484 4347 8508  
4353 8508 4371 8461 4347 8461 4346 8437  
4278 8436 4278 8416  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 245DEG 50KT 4332 8535 4284 8485 4216 8476  
 
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED  
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH  
 
 
 
CAS  
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