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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

August 16, 1988Isabella County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1988, 9:56 AM EDT for Isabella County, Michigan. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 16, 1988, 9:56 AM EDT (13:56 UTC)
Expired: Aug 16, 1988, 10:45 AM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Whole counties

County Isabella County, MI

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 16, 10:30 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Isabella, MI

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What 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, Aug 16, 6:50 AM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 7:46 AM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 9:33 AM EDT, 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING, MI
930 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #391 FOR CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 3PM...
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE ISABELLA COUNTY AREA...

AT 930 AM RADAR DETECTED AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE SAGINAW BAY..WEST THROUGH GLADWIN..CLARE AND
OSELOA COUNTIES. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST
BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINS..DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL HAVE
BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.  PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS
SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING CONDITIONS DEVELOP.
STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

SHNOWSKI

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 16, 10:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Gratiot	64 min
Aug 16, 10:35 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Clinton	25 min
Aug 16, 11:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Clinton	7 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.