Michigan Severe Thunderstorm Watch | Effective 05/18/2026 10:00

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued May 18 at 1:00PM EDT until May 18 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Grand Rapids MI
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
May 18, 2026 - 10:00am
Expires: 
May 18, 2026 - 5:00pm
Description: 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 221 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MICHIGAN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 21 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN CLARE GRATIOT ISABELLA MECOSTA MONTCALM OSCEOLA IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN CALHOUN CLINTON EATON INGHAM IONIA JACKSON IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN ALLEGAN BARRY KALAMAZOO KENT OTTAWA VAN BUREN IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN LAKE MUSKEGON NEWAYGO THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALLEGAN, ALLENDALE, ALMA, AVONDALE, BALDWIN, BANFIELD, BATH, BATTLE CREEK, BELDING, BIG RAPIDS, BRADLEY, BRIDGETON, BROOKFIELD, CHARLOTTE, CHASE, CLARE, COVERT, CROTON HEIGHTS, DEWITT, DORR, DOWLING, EAST LANSING, EASTMANVILLE, EATON RAPIDS, ELM HALL, EVART, FENNVILLE, FOREST HILL, FREMONT, GOWEN, GRAND LEDGE, GRAND RAPIDS, GRAND VALLEY, GREENVILLE, GRESHAM, HARTFORD, HASTINGS, HAWKINS, HOLLAND, IDLEWILD, IONIA, IRONS, IRVING, ITHACA, JACKSON, JENISON, KALAMAZOO, KEELER, LAMONT, LANGSTON, LANSING, LEOTA, MARION, MARNE, MATTAWAN, MCDONALD, MIDDLEVILLE, MOUNT PLEASANT, MUSKEGON, NEWAYGO, NORTON SHORES, ORLEANS, OTSEGO, PARIS, PAW PAW, PISGAH HEIGHTS, PLAINWELL, PORTAGE, PORTLAND, REED CITY, REEMAN, RIVERDALE, SEARS, SMYRNA, SOUTH HAVEN, ST. JOHNS, ST. LOUIS, TURK LAKE, WACOUSTA, WAVERLY, WAYLAND, WINN, WOODBURY, WOOSTER, AND WYOMING.
Area Description: 
Allegan, MI; Barry, MI; Calhoun, MI; Clare, MI; Clinton, MI; Eaton, MI; Gratiot, MI; Ingham, MI; Ionia, MI; Isabella, MI; Jackson, MI; Kalamazoo, MI; Kent, MI; Lake, MI; Mecosta, MI; Montcalm, MI; Muskegon, MI; Newaygo, MI; Osceola, MI; Ottawa, MI; Van Buren, MI
Forcast Office: 
NWS Grand Rapids MI
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov