Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1988, 10:13 PM EDT for Branch County, Michigan. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 1988, 10:13 PM EDT (02:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 1988, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Branch County, MI
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2137 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLAN 230213
SVRLAN
MIC023-230315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI
1013 PM EDT FRI APR 22 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF LOWER MICHIGAN
NORTHERN BRANCH
1005 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF BATTLE CREEK MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE ALONG THE CALHOUN AND BRANCH COUNTY
LINE. THE STORM SHOULD MOVE BETWEEN COLDWATER AND MARSHALL
MICHIGAN BETWEEN 1020 AND 1045 PM EDT.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY...
AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
FORTUNEWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 9:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 905 PM EDT FRI APR 22 1988 ...PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL IN OTTAWA AND KENT COUNTIES DURING THE PAST HALF HOUR. HAIL WAS REPORTED 8 MILES NORTH OF HOLLAND OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAND RAPIDS AT 830 PM EST. HAIL HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN THE CITIES OF WYOMING...KENTWOOD AND GRAND RAPIDS. THIS PEA SIZE HAIL IS COMING FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE NOW MOVING THROUGH THE GRAND RAPIDS AREA. THERE WILL LIKELY BE MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. BKR
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 9:14 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 915 PM EDT FRI APR 22 1988 ...HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN IN VAN BUREN COUNTY... HEAVY RAIN AND 1/2 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE VAN BUREN COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT AT 905PM EDT. THE HAIL WAS OVER THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE COUNTY OR ABOUT 30 MILE SOUTHWEST OF KALAMAZOO. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS HEAVU RAIN AND HAIL IS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 AN HOUR. THIS MOVEMENT SHOULD TAKE THE THUNDERSTORM INTO KALAMAZOO AND ALLEGAN COUNTY BETWEEN 930PM AND 1000PM EDT. BKR
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 9:24 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING, MI 914 PM EDT FRI APR 22 1988 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN.... AT 910 PM THIS EVENING RADAR SHOWS AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN IONIA COUNTY SOUTH INTO WESTERN EATON COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY AROUND 40 TO 45 MPH TO THE EAST NORTHEAST. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED PEA SIZE HAIL AS THEY MOVED THRU GRAND RAPIDS AND ITS SUBURBS. PERSONS IN THE COUNTIES OF EATON AND CLINTON CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIBS SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. REISNER
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 9:42 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 940 PM EDT FRI APR 22 1988 ...HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN IN VAN BUREN COUNTY... HEAVY RAIN AND 1/2 TO 3/8 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE VAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kalamazoo | 15 min |
| Apr 22, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Calhoun | 60 min |
| Apr 22, 10:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Hillsdale | 27 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.