Monday, July 11, 2011

July 11: Tornado Warning (Brief Rain-Wrapped Tornadoes)- Sturgis, MI


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BRANCH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...
  ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT

* AT 1043 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED
  TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE.
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCHOOLCRAFT TO 6
  MILES NORTHWEST OF CONSTANTINE TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRISTOL...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE STORMS INCLUDE...
  CENTREVILLE...
  STURGIS...
  COLON...
  UNION CITY AND BRONSON...

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
KLINGER LAKE...FISHERS LAKE...WASEPI...NOTTAWA...MENDON...LEONIDAS...
FINDLEY...FAIRFAX...FAWN RIVER...BURR OAK...SHERWOOD AND MATTESON
LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS LINE OF SEVERE HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE
ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS SITUATION. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES...AND SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE.

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