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SPSIWX



Special Weather Statement

National Weather Service Northern Indiana

619 PM EDT Mon May 4 2026

 

MIZ078-277-042300-

Cass MI-Southern Berrien MI-

619 PM EDT Mon May 4 2026



...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CASS AND SOUTHEASTERN BERRIEN

COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT...



At 618 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over

Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert, or 11 miles west of Buchanan, moving

east at 40 mph.



HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.



SOURCE...Radar indicated.



IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 

         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is 

         possible.



Locations impacted include...

Niles, Dowagiac, Buchanan, Bridgman, Berrien Springs, Cassopolis,

Three Oaks, Edwardsburg, Shorewood-Tower Hill, Shorewood-Tower

Hills-Harbert, Pokagon, Dayton, Penn, Baroda, Eau Claire, Galien,

Vandalia, Glendora, New Troy, and Harbert.



This includes Interstate 94 in Michigan between mile markers 8 and

18.

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 



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LAT...LON 4207 8590 4179 8584 4177 8665 4186 8666

      4192 8660 4197 8657 4207 8606

TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 256DEG 36KT 4187 8657 



MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN

MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH



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Andersen