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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 7:49 PM Aug. 9, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN CASS AND BERRIEN COUNTIES... At 349 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles west of Allegan to near Hartford to Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Niles, Benton Harbor, St. Joseph, Dowagiac, Fair Plain, Benton Heights, Bridgman, Berrien Springs, Cassopolis, Watervliet, Coloma, Stevensville, Shorewood-Tower Hill, Paw Paw Lake, Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert, Lake Michigan Beach, Pokagon, Sodus, Riverside, and Baroda. This includes the following highways... Interstate 196 between mile markers 0 and 7. Interstate 94 in Michigan between mile markers 9 and 42. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Special Marine Warning
Issued: 7:48 PM Aug. 9, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT... For the following areas... Nearshore and Open Waters from St Joseph to South Haven MI... At 347 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Port Sheldon Harbor to 9 nm east of Saugatuck Pier Heads to 11 nm northwest of New Buffalo, moving east at 25 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts to nearly 50 knots and small hail. SOURCE...Buoy. At 320 pm a Marine Weather Station near Saugatuck reported 58 mph winds. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. Locations impacted include... St. Joseph Light. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Boaters should seek safe harbor immediately until these storms pass. Wind gusts to nearly 50 knots, small hail, high waves, dangerous lightning, and heavy rain are possible with these storms. && HAIL...<.75IN; WIND...49KTS
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 7:33 PM Aug. 9, 2026 – National Weather Service
CW . ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI LAKE MICHIGAN MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST. JOSEPH MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID-LINE OF LAKE. ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI LAKE MICHIGAN FROM GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI 5NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE LAKE MICHIGAN FROM HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI 5NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI 5NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI 5NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 7:33 PM Aug. 9, 2026 – National Weather Service
MI . MICHIGAN COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE ALLEGAN BARRY BERRIEN BRANCH CALHOUN CASS CLINTON EATON HILLSDALE INGHAM IONIA JACKSON KALAMAZOO KENT MUSKEGON OTTAWA ST. JOSEPH VAN BUREN
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