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WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 221

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

100 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2026



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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH

221 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS



IN MICHIGAN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 21 COUNTIES



IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN



CLARE                 GRATIOT               ISABELLA             

MECOSTA               MONTCALM              OSCEOLA              



IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN



CALHOUN               CLINTON               EATON                

INGHAM                IONIA                 JACKSON              



IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN



ALLEGAN               BARRY                 KALAMAZOO            

KENT                  OTTAWA                VAN BUREN            



IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN



LAKE                  MUSKEGON              NEWAYGO              



THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALLEGAN, ALLENDALE, ALMA, AVONDALE, 

BALDWIN, BANFIELD, BATH, BATTLE CREEK, BELDING, BIG RAPIDS, 

BRADLEY, BRIDGETON, BROOKFIELD, CHARLOTTE, CHASE, CLARE, COVERT, 

CROTON HEIGHTS, DEWITT, DORR, DOWLING, EAST LANSING, 

EASTMANVILLE, EATON RAPIDS, ELM HALL, EVART, FENNVILLE, 

FOREST HILL, FREMONT, GOWEN, GRAND LEDGE, GRAND RAPIDS, 

GRAND VALLEY, GREENVILLE, GRESHAM, HARTFORD, HASTINGS, HAWKINS, 

HOLLAND, IDLEWILD, IONIA, IRONS, IRVING, ITHACA, JACKSON, 

JENISON, KALAMAZOO, KEELER, LAMONT, LANGSTON, LANSING, LEOTA, 

MARION, MARNE, MATTAWAN, MCDONALD, MIDDLEVILLE, MOUNT PLEASANT, 

MUSKEGON, NEWAYGO, NORTON SHORES, ORLEANS, OTSEGO, PARIS, 

PAW PAW, PISGAH HEIGHTS, PLAINWELL, PORTAGE, PORTLAND, REED CITY,

REEMAN, RIVERDALE, SEARS, SMYRNA, SOUTH HAVEN, ST. JOHNS, 

ST. LOUIS, TURK LAKE, WACOUSTA, WAVERLY, WAYLAND, WINN, WOODBURY,

WOOSTER, AND WYOMING.



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