Storms move through West Michigan, cause power outages
BATTLE IT OUT ON THE DEBATE STAGE. HI, EVERYBODY. THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. I’M BRIAN STERLING AND I’M SUSAN SHAW RIGHT OFF THE TOP AT 5 O’CLOCK. THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN 100,000. >> CONSUMERS ENERGY CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER. STATEWIDE AFTER A POWERFUL LINE OF STORMS MOVED THROUGH WEST MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. AND TAKING A LIVE LOOK AT THE CONSUMERS ENERGY OUTAGE MAP. YOU CAN SEE THE OUTAGES STRETCH FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO STANTON. >> STORM. TEAM 8 HAS BEEN LIVE HERE ON THE AIR AND ON WOOD TV, DOT COM WARNING YOU ABOUT THE WERE CELLS. OUR TEAM
COVERAGE STARTS WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST ELLEN BACCA RIGHT NOW. YEAH. IF EVER YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT A LINE OF STORMS IS COMING THROUGH. JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE AND OFTENTIMES WE ARE STREAMING ONLINE AT WOOD TV DOT COM OR ON FACEBOOK AS WELL AS CUTTING IN EVERY TIME WE GET A FRESH WARNING. HERE’S WHERE THE WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY ROLLING THROUGH THE LANSING REGION GETTING READY TO PUT LAST THROUGH THE JACKSON REGION AS WELL. BAY CITY JACKSON. DOWN THROUGH SAGGING ON FLINT. ALSO GETTING READY TO SEE SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. THE MEANWHILE IN WEST MICHIGAN. STRATUS
FORM RAIN, LIGHT RAIN AND IF YOU BOLT OF LIGHTNING, SO THE STORM THREAT HAS DROPPED OFF CONSIDERABLY. SO MUCH SO THAT WE’RE SEEING THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH GET KICKED TO THE
AS VAN BUREN KALAMAZOO FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR 2. AND HERE’S HOW IT LOOKS OUTSIDE. AGAIN, WATCH FOR SOME OF THOSE STRAY BOLTS OF LIGHTNING AND MIKE DELAYS. SOME SPORTS PRACTICES. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, SEVERITY HAS COMPLETELY DROPPED OFF WITH JUST A LIGHT RAIN AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARDS THE EAST SIDE OF THE TOLD YOU WE HAVE 100,000 CONSUMERS ENERGY CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER. AND THIS LINE HAS EVEN MOVED THROUGH JACKSON ANN ARBOR, DETROIT OR FLINT MICHIGAN. SO WE HAD SOME PRETTY POTENT GUSTS HERE THAT WERE RECORDED. SARAH, SHOW US WHAT WE SAW. YEAH.
MOST OF THOSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE TAGGED FOR ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT 50 TO 60 MILE PER HOUR WINDS AND THESE ARE CONFIRMED REPORTS RADAR INDICATED WAS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. BUT. >> OUR TOP REPORT WAS IN HOLLAND AT 66 MILES PER HOUR. MILES PER HOUR MARK DOWN IN PORTAGE 53 AND REALLY ACROSS THE BOARD ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT 45 TO JUST OVER THAT 60 MARK WAS THE THEME. THE GOOD NEWS CLEAR FOR THE TIME BEING. NOW. WE’RE JUST DEALING WITH SOME WIDESPREAD RAIN PUSHING ACROSS OUR REGION. AND WITH THAT, WE’LL START TO SEE THOSE STORMS DIE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY.
FRONT HAS SPED UP AND IT’S CATCHING UP TO ONE COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH IT PULLS IN SOME DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR. WE’RE NOT GOING HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE STRONG STORMS WE OFTENTIMES SEE SOME POP-UP SHOWERS DEVELOP BEHIND THAT FRONT. AND WE CERTAINLY COULD SEE THAT FOR AREAS. MAINLY SOUTH OF GRAND RAPIDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS IS TUESDAY AT 02:00AM BY THE TIME YOU’RE WAKING UP TOMORROW MORNING, THOUGH, JUST EXPECT A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER AND THEN WE’RE IN FOR A MUCH CALMER CONDITIONS FOR REALLY THE NEXT 7 TO 10 DAYS OUT RETURN IN
TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN. WE’LL HAVE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT HERE IN JUST A COUPLE MINUTES. BRIAN AND SUE. ALL RIGHT. SARAH ELLEN, THANK YOU. CONSUMERS ENERGY PREPARED FOR THIS LINE BRINGING EXTRA CREWS INTO GRAND RAPIDS AND THE I 94 CORRIDOR TODAY. >> CONSUMER SAYS THOSE CREWS WILL WORK THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND THEY NEED YOUR HELP IN MAKING SURE THAT THEY STAY SAFE. ALL THAT’S HAPPENING. >> IT’S GOING TO BE RAINY. WE EXPECT HEAVY RAIN AS PART OF THESE STORMS JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU SLOW DOWN AROUND OUR SLOW DOWN, GO AROUND, GIVE
THEM SPACE. THEY’RE GOING TO BE WORKING AS QUICKLY AND AS SAFELY AS POSSIBLE TO GET POWER BACK OUT AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY’RE ABLE TO GO HOME SAFELY AT THE END OF THE NIGHT. >> IF YOU SEE A DOWNED POWER LINE STAY AT LEAST 25 FEET AWAY AND CALL 911. 1ST. >> THEN THE POWER COMPANY. AND IF YOU DON’T HAVE IT ALREADY, MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THAT STORM TEAM 8 WEATHER APP DOWNLOADED AND READY TO GO. YOU CAN TRACK CURRENT CONDITIONS NO MATTER WHERE YOU
