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Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 405 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-200815- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 405 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...MOSTLY WEST OF US-131 DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF MONDAY. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS AN EXTENDED THREAT FOR SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... MOSTLY WIND DAMAGE AND HAIL MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. A STATIONARY FRONT WILL HELP OF FOCUS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS SEEMS HIGHEST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. AS TYPICAL WITH A STATIONARY FRONT... THERE IS ALSO THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND AT LEAST LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. RAINFALLS OVER OUR 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENINGS FOR MONDAY...TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. $$