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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Kalamazoo, MI; Van Buren, MI

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Kalamazoo, Van Buren
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What is happening

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...

What the bulletin says to do

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.

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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...

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    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 5 at 1:57AM EDT until September 5 at 2:45AM EDT by NWS Grand Rapids MI

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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Grand Rapids MI. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.

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