490  
WWUS83 KGRR 261627  
SPSGRR  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI  
1227 PM EDT WED AUG 26 2026  
 
MIZ071-072-261800-  
KALAMAZOO MI-VAN BUREN MI-  
1227 PM EDT WED AUG 26 2026  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF VAN BUREN AND  
KALAMAZOO COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EDT...  
 
AT 1227 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BANGOR TO NEAR HARTFORD. MOVEMENT WAS EAST  
AT 30 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... PAW PAW...  
VICKSBURG... HARTFORD... GALESBURG...  
MATTAWAN... LAWTON... BANGOR...  
DECATUR... PARCHMENT... SCHOOLCRAFT...  
CLIMAX... RICHLAND... WESTWOOD...  
COMSTOCK NORTHWEST... GULL LAKE... ALAMO...  
PINE GROVE... FULTON...  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4207 8622 4210 8623 4239 8607 4242 8572  
4242 8530 4207 8530  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1627Z 264DEG 28KT 4229 8604 4215 8612  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
NJJ  
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