306 FLUS43 KGRR 172014 HWOGRR HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 410 PM EDT SAT MAY 17 2008 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-181100- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 410 PM EDT SAT MAY 17 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE WITH PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. THE MAIN STORM MOTION WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND A BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ACCOMPANY ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION THERE IS AN INCREASED FIRE DANGER RISK THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS TOWARD THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. $$ LMZ844>849-181100- ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI- HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI- WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI- 410 PM EDT SAT MAY 17 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALLER CRAFT BOTH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO RUN BETWEEN 3 AND 5 FEET. THERE COULD A THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WAVES WILL REMAIN IN THE 3 TO 5 FOOT RANGE INTO SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. $$ DUKE MJS