HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1239 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-310800- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 1239 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. A FEW STORMS COULD CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING IS LIKELY WITH SOME OF THE STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN LOCAL FLOODING. THE MAIN STORM MOTION WILL BE EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MPH. THE STORMS SHOULD COME TO AN END BY LATE THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EAST OF US-131 AND SOUTH OF I-96 SUNDAY AFTERNOON BUT THESE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT COMES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE MONDAY.
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