Michigan Severe Thunderstorm Watch | Effective 05/18/2026 12:09

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued May 18 at 3:09PM EDT until May 18 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Grand Rapids MI
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
May 18, 2026 - 12:09pm
Expires: 
May 18, 2026 - 5:00pm
Description: 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 221 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MICHIGAN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN CLARE GRATIOT ISABELLA MECOSTA MONTCALM OSCEOLA IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN CALHOUN CLINTON EATON INGHAM IONIA JACKSON IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN BARRY KENT IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN LAKE NEWAYGO THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALMA, AVONDALE, BALDWIN, BANFIELD, BATH, BATTLE CREEK, BELDING, BIG RAPIDS, BRIDGETON, BROOKFIELD, CHARLOTTE, CHASE, CLARE, CROTON HEIGHTS, DEWITT, DOWLING, EAST LANSING, EATON RAPIDS, ELM HALL, EVART, FOREST HILL, FREMONT, GOWEN, GRAND LEDGE, GRAND RAPIDS, GREENVILLE, GRESHAM, HASTINGS, HAWKINS, IDLEWILD, IONIA, IRONS, IRVING, ITHACA, JACKSON, LANGSTON, LANSING, LEOTA, MARION, MIDDLEVILLE, MOUNT PLEASANT, NEWAYGO, ORLEANS, PARIS, PISGAH HEIGHTS, PORTLAND, REED CITY, REEMAN, RIVERDALE, SEARS, SMYRNA, ST. JOHNS, ST. LOUIS, TURK LAKE, WACOUSTA, WAVERLY, WINN, WOODBURY, WOOSTER, AND WYOMING.
Area Description: 
Barry, MI; Calhoun, MI; Clare, MI; Clinton, MI; Eaton, MI; Gratiot, MI; Ingham, MI; Ionia, MI; Isabella, MI; Jackson, MI; Kent, MI; Lake, MI; Mecosta, MI; Montcalm, MI; Newaygo, MI; Osceola, MI
Forcast Office: 
NWS Grand Rapids MI
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov