NWS Northern IndianaSV.W 0132May 4, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Berrien, MI
The National Weather Service office in Northern Indiana issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Berrien in Michigan, which was in force until 9:30 p.m. local time on May 4. It was the 132nd severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Northern Indiana issued in 2026. Michigan had 66 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2026, against 35 in an average May of 2008-2025 (Michigan's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 41 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Northern Indiana
- Area
- Berrien
- State
- Michigan
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 8:49 p.m. EDT, May 4, 2026
- Expires
- 9:30 p.m. EDT, May 4, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KIWX SV.W 0132
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan since 2008Every warning type in Michigan
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The notice as issued
SVRIWX The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Berrien County in southwestern Michigan... * Until 930 PM EDT. * At 849 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near New Buffalo, or 12 miles northeast of Michigan City, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Bridgman around 900 PM EDT. Buchanan around 915 PM EDT. Niles around 920 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Union Pier, Grand Beach, Glendora, New Troy, Harbert, Bertrand, Sawyer, Turner Shores, Dayton, and Michiana. This includes Interstate 94 in Michigan between mile markers 0 and 22.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan since 2008301 a year
- Every warning type in Michigan
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, May 20262,688 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels