At one point, three feet of standing water covered the entire football field. Waldo Stadium, on the campus of Western Michigan University, also had major flooding. August 23Ģ002: Several inches of rain in less than three hours caused flash flooding in Kalamazoo, where two homes and two businesses sustained extensive damage. Some businesses had to pump water out of their stores in Kalamazoo during the height of the storms. Several streets were closed by flooding in Oshtemo flooded. Flooding occurred in eastern Van Buren and Kalamazoo Counties where three to five inches of rain is estimated to have fallen in less than 6 hours. Damaging winds hit Hudsonville, Plainwell, Dorr and Grand Rapids. Three people were injured northeast of Battle Creek as a house and factory were damaged.ġ966: A tornado struck Bellevue in Eaton County, damaging a house, garage and two cars.Ģ001: Severe weather and flooding hit Allegan, Ottawa and Kent Counties. August 22ġ936: The Dust Bowl summer of 1936 produced more record heat, with a high of 98 degrees at Grand Rapids and 94 at Lansing.ġ964: Tornadoes struck in Calhoun, Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties. The damage path was 4 and a half miles long and up to one half mile wide. Weather History for SW Michigan August 21ġ958: Heavy rains fall for the second day in a row, causing some flooding in the Grand Rapids area where the two-day rain total from August 20-21 was over 4 inches.ġ975: A tornado blew down fruit trees in an orchard at Climax, in Kalamazoo County.Ģ003: A tornado with top winds of around 120 mph strikes eastern Ingham County injuring two people and destroying two homes. As of Tuesday, the sunrise was exactly 54 minutes later than it occurs at solstice and the sunset is exactly 54 minutes earlier. Sunrise is 7:00 am and sunset is 8:33 pm today. Increased coverage in the showers and thunderstorms is possible Thursday as a wave of low-pressure tracks into the Great Lakes Region.

We expect more sun today with warmer temps with a few afternoon thunderstorms developing mainly near and northeast of Mount Pleasant. Yesterday our high temp was 78° and the low was 52° with mostly sunny skies.

Golf clash wind chart explained