Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Issued by NWS Grand Rapids, MI
760 WWUS53 KGRR 201845 SVSGRR Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 245 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024 MIC067-201900- /O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-240620T1900Z/ Ionia MI- 245 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN IONIA COUNTY... At 245 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Saranac, or 9 miles southwest of Ionia, moving southeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Ionia... Lake Odessa... Saranac... Clarksville... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. 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. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4277 8503 4277 8531 4295 8531 4302 8519 4304 8501 TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 293DEG 15KT 4286 8519 TORNADO...POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH $$ JC