Areas of Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall Friday

Scattered severe thunderstorms capable of large to very large hail, damaging winds with potentially significant gusts, and perhaps a couple of tornadoes are expected Friday afternoon into night across portions of the central Plains into upper Great Lakes. Thunderstorms with heavy to excessive rainfall may produce flooding over a part of the Midwest Friday. Read More >

Here is a look at the past climatology trends from the past 30 years. This is not a forecast.

The first graphic shows the frequency by day of severe weather in Southwest Michigan from 1985 to 2021. The black line is the trend line. Typically the highest occurrence of severe weather is from June to September with peaks and lulls.

Second, is a graph showing the trends of severe storms from 1985 to 2021.

Lastly is a chart showing severe storm events from last year compared to normal. A severe storm event is large, damaging hail or damaging winds.

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Areas of Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall Friday

Severe Weather Climatology for Southwest Michigan