WEST MICHIGAN — The National Weather Service issued a Tornado Warning for parts of Branch County on Tuesday, September 24, 2024.
At 5:40 p.m. a confirmed tornado was spotted about 10 miles south of Bronson. The storm was moving at about 20 miles per hours to the northeast.
The tornado warning expired at 6 p.m.
Cass County was put under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning at 6:24 p.m. until 7 p.m. A storm cell near Edwardsburg was capable of dropping penny sized hail with 60 mile per hour gusts.
That cell also triggered a Tornado warning for areas around Cassopolis and Vandalia. That warning runs until 7:15 p.m.
Tornado Warning including Cassopolis MI and Vandalia MI until 7:15 PM EDT pic.twitter.com/h0Po9fbUO3
— NWS Northern Indiana (@NWSIWX) September 24, 2024
The severe storms were part of a larger system bringing much needed rain to West Michigan on Tuesday.
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