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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
602 AM EDT WED JUN 12 2013

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602 AM EDT WED JUN 12 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM MIDDAY INTO THIS EVENING
SOUTH OF A WHITEHALL TO ST. JOHNS LINE. HIGHER LIKELIHOODS OF
SEVERE STORMS EXIST THE FURTHER SOUTH YOU ARE IN MICHIGAN TODAY.
THE HIGHEST THREAT EXISTS TOWARD THE MICHIGAN/INDIANA STATE LINE.

A COMPLEX OF STORMS MAY MOVE OUT OF WISCONSIN AND ILLINOIS EITHER
THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS COMPLEX OVER
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AS WELL NEAR A WARM FRONT. STORMS SHOULD
COME TO AN END OVERNIGHT.

STORMS TODAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS TO IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH...LARGE HAIL TO AROUND ONE INCH...HEAVY RAINS AND
POSSIBLY A FEW TORNADOES. HEAVY RAINS MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY
TIME FRAME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY TODAY.

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ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI-
HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI-
WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI-
602 AM EDT WED JUN 12 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS MAY SWEEP ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN
TODAY WITH SEVERE STORMS LIKELY. STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. HAIL AND TORNADOES ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE ALONG WITH CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING STRIKES. THE TIME
FRAME OF POTENTIAL STORMS OVER THE LAKE IS NOON THROUGH 11 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY TIME
FRAME AS WELL.

NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY LIKELY BUILDING
WAVES TO HEIGHTS THAT WILL BE A HAZARD TO SMALLER CRAFT FROM LATE
TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY TODAY.

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DUKE