492  
WWUS83 KIWX 162059  
SPSIWX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA  
459 PM EDT THU APR 16 2026  
 
MIZ080-162130-  
BRANCH MI-  
459 PM EDT THU APR 16 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT BRANCH COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM  
EDT...  
 
AT 459 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
BRONSON, OR 10 MILES WEST OF COLDWATER, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
COLDWATER, BRONSON, QUINCY, UNION CITY, GIRARD, BATAVIA, SHERWOOD,  
SOUTH BUTLER, MATTESON LAKE, MARBLE LAKE, AND HODUNK.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 IN MICHIGAN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND  
21.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4193 8482 4187 8483 4187 8529 4207 8529  
4207 8483  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 268DEG 31KT 4192 8521  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
MCS  
 
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