WWUS53 KGRR 150424
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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
1224 AM EDT Wed Apr 15 2026

MIC025-077-150515-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-260415T0515Z/
Calhoun MI-Kalamazoo MI-
1224 AM EDT Wed Apr 15 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM EDT
FOR CALHOUN AND SOUTHEASTERN KALAMAZOO COUNTIES...

At 1224 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles north of Brownlee Park to 5 miles northeast of
Marcellus, moving east 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.

These severe storms will be near...
  Portage, Battle Creek, Vicksburg, Schoolcraft, Climax, and
  Brownlee Park around 1230 AM EDT.
  Marshall around 1235 AM EDT.
  Union City and Burlington around 1245 AM EDT.
  Albion around 1250 AM EDT.
  Homer around 100 AM EDT.

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Fulton, Augusta, Pine Creek, Marengo, Bedford, Athens, Ceresco, Duck
Lake, Scotts, and Tekonsha.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM EDT for south 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.

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LAT...LON 4242 8472 4207 8471 4207 8576 4242 8523
TIME...MOT...LOC 0424Z 271DEG 48KT 4242 8514 4206 8572

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

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