Michigan Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 04/16/2026 13:08

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 16 at 4:08PM EDT until April 16 at 4:45PM EDT by NWS Grand Rapids MI
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
April 16, 2026 - 1:08pm
Expires: 
April 16, 2026 - 1:45pm
Description: 
SVRGRR The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Kalamazoo County in southwestern Michigan... * Until 445 PM EDT. * At 408 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Richland to near Climax to near Vicksburg, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Kalamazoo... Portage... Battle Creek... Vicksburg... Galesburg... Parchment... Schoolcraft... Climax... Richland... Comstock Northwest... Gull Lake... Westwood... Fulton... Augusta... Comstock... Scotts... Cooper...
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Kalamazoo, MI
Forcast Office: 
NWS Grand Rapids MI
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov