Matt Kirkwood
Morning Meteorologist at WOOD-TV (Grand Rapids, MI)
Morning meteorologist at WOOD TV8 Grand Rapids, Michigan. I've enjoyed the challenges of forecasting West Michigan's weather for nearly 30 years.
Articles
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3 weeks ago |
wlns.com | Matt Kirkwood |Rachel Van Gilder
MARTIN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — As the National Weather Service works to survey the damage caused by Thursday night’s storm, it says it has confirmed at least two tornadoes touched down in the Battle Creek area. Both of the Battle Creek-area tornadoes were EF0s, the NWS said. One was in the area of Galesburg to Battle Creek, with peak winds of 80 mph. The other was near Saint Marys Lake, north of the city.
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3 weeks ago |
woodtv.com | Matt Kirkwood |Rachel Van Gilder
MARTIN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — The line of strong storms that rushed through West Michigan Thursday night appears to have spawned a number of tornadoes, including a radar-indicated twister near Martin. On Thursday night, Storm Team 8 saw a debris ball on radar over the Martin area in southeastern Allegan County. West of town, the storm sheared the roof off a barn and blew down the walls.
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2 months ago |
woodtv.com | Matt Kirkwood
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A strong storm system moved through the Great Lakes this past weekend, producing record snow and ice across northern Michigan and severe thunderstorms across southern Michigan. Over 600 instances of severe weather were reported Sunday from Michigan to the deep south. April may pick up where March has left off as another strong spring storm system is projected to impact the Great Lakes on Wednesday. Wednesday has the potential to be quite a unique day of weather.
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2 months ago |
woodtv.com | Matt Kirkwood
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — We’ll squeeze one more day out of this mild pattern that will go through dramatic changes through the next 24 hours. An area of low pressure will move into Lower Michigan Wednesday night, bringing with it a chance of storms. The Storm Prediction Center has shifted the marginal risk (level 1 of 5) further north to US-10 and has upgraded areas from South Haven to just south of Kalamazoo to Coldwater in a slight risk (level 2 of 5).
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2 months ago |
woodtv.com | Matt Kirkwood
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — It’s not uncommon for the first big warm to occur with a threat of severe weather. This looks to be the case for many in the Midwest and Great Lakes Friday night into Saturday morning. As a strong warm front lifts across portions of the Midwest, a strong line of thunderstorms will materialize late Friday evening. West Michigan will have to wait until after midnight for our threat to materialize.
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Coldest temps in the nation were found this morning across MI and likely last morning of the season with a threat of frost. Nice rebound today highs in the 60s. Even warmer this wknd with 70s and 80s into next week. Spring MI weather at it's best. #wmiwx #miwx https://t.co/VgC2tUyWNn
Much cooler temps today that will set up for a cold night with some areas waking up to frost Friday morning. There's a freeze watch to the north but don't be surprised if @NWSGrandRapids issues a frosty advisory so stay tuned. That maybe the last threat of frost for the season https://t.co/UMpFEHb2H1
Members of Storm Team have been working hard behind the scenes to commemorate the tornado event of last year that ravage parts of Portage and other communities. You can view it tonight at 7. https://t.co/bGF2dYfpJo #wmiwx #miwx
