692  
WWUS53 KGRR 092031  
SVSGRR  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI  
431 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 2026  
 
MIC159-092100-  
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-260809T2100Z/  
VAN BUREN MI-  
431 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT  
FOR VAN BUREN COUNTY...  
 
AT 431 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BANGOR TO PAW PAW TO NEAR  
DECATUR, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
PAW PAW, MATTAWAN, LAWTON, DECATUR, PINE GROVE, KEELER, LAWRENCE,  
GOBLES, BLOOMINGDALE, BREEDSVILLE, KENDALL, AND GLENDALE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY  
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE  
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4207 8622 4220 8615 4242 8603 4242 8577  
4207 8576  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 267DEG 31KT 4239 8595 4222 8590 4210 8601  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
THOMAS  
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