Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 5 at 1:57AM EDT until September 5 at 2:45AM EDT by NWS Grand Rapids MI
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
September 4, 2026 - 10:57pm
Expires:
September 4, 2026 - 11:45pm
Description:
SVRGRR
The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern Van Buren County in southwestern Michigan...
Kalamazoo County in southwestern Michigan...
* Until 245 AM EDT.
* At 156 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mattawan, or
near Paw Paw, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Kalamazoo... Portage... Battle Creek...
Paw Paw... Vicksburg... Galesburg...
Mattawan... Lawton... Parchment...
Schoolcraft... Climax... Richland...
Comstock Northwest... Westwood... Gull Lake...
Fulton... Augusta... Oshtemo...
Comstock... Scotts...
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Area Description:
Kalamazoo, MI; Van Buren, MI
Forcast Office:
NWS Grand Rapids MI
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov