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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
1052 PM EDT Tue Apr 14 2026

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Kent MI-
1052 PM EDT Tue Apr 14 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR KENT COUNTY...

At 1051 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 5 miles north of Lowell to 6 miles southeast of
Hudsonville, moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...75 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...ASOS equipment.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Grand Rapids...        Wyoming...             Kentwood...
Walker...              Grandville...          East Grand Rapids...
Rockford...            Sparta...              Lowell...
Caledonia...           Gerald R. Ford Inter...Ada...
Grattan...             Cedar Springs...       Sand Lake...
Cutlerville...         Belmont...             Alaska...
Alto...                Cannonsburg...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM EDT for south central,
central and southwestern Michigan.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4329 8531 4277 8531 4277 8578 4318 8579
      4329 8559
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 298DEG 21KT 4302 8531 4279 8577

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

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