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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
138 PM EDT Mon May 18 2026

MIC021-027-181800-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-260518T1800Z/
Cass MI-Berrien MI-
138 PM EDT Mon May 18 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN CASS AND EASTERN BERRIEN COUNTIES...

At 138 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Van Buren SP to near Watervliet to near Niles to near
Roseland, moving northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Niles, Dowagiac, Buchanan, Benton Heights, Berrien Springs,
Watervliet, Coloma, Edwardsburg, Paw Paw Lake, Lake Michigan Beach,
Bertrand, Pokagon, Sodus, Riverside, Eau Claire, Magician Lake, Dewey
Lake, Dailey, Barron Lake, and Sumnerville.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 196 between mile markers 0 and 7.
 Interstate 94 in Michigan between mile markers 33 and 42.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4176 8642 4197 8642 4209 8638 4220 8640
      4224 8636 4224 8622 4207 8622 4207 8605
      4176 8606
TIME...MOT...LOC 1738Z 222DEG 46KT 4235 8631 4212 8622 4189 8619 4177
8622

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

DN