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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 7:19 PM May. 18, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR EASTERN CALHOUN...EASTERN IONIA...EATON AND MONTCALM COUNTIES... At 319 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Lakeview to 5 miles west of St. Johns to near Litchfield, moving northeast at 55 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Lansing... Ionia... Charlotte... Albion... Greenville... Marshall... Eaton Rapids... Portland... Stanton... Grand Ledge... Potterville... Howard City... Homer... Edmore... Carson City... Lakeview... Edgemont Park... Orleans... Crystal... Sidney... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... This is a DANGEROUS SITUATION. These storms are producing widespread wind damage across West and Southwest Michigan. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy structure and stay away from windows. && THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE; HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN; WIND THREAT...OBSERVED; MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 7:09 PM May. 18, 2026 – National Weather Service
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.
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