Severe Thunderstorm (May 26, 9 p.m. Eastern Time): Berrien County, MI and Northern IN

statement issued at National Weather Service (www.weather.com/): STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHWESTERN CASS... SOUTHEASTERN BERRIEN... NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL... EASTERN LA PORTE... ST. JOSEPH (IN)... NORTHWESTERN ELKHART AND NORTHEASTERN STARKE COUNTIES... AT 9:15 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BUCHANAN, MI TO 7 MILES WEST OF SOUTH BEND, IN TO KOONTZ LAKE... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PEA-SIZE HAIL... WINDS UP TO 50 MPH... OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... SOUTH BEND... NILES...