Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING, MI
157 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 1989

        ...TEMPERATURE BREAKS THE 90 DEGREE BARRIER...

AT 155 PM EDT THE TEMPERATURE AT THE CAPITAL CITY AIRPORT IN LANSING
HIT THE 90 DEGREE MARK. THE LAST TIME THE LANSING AREA HIT 90 DEGREES
OR HIGHER WAS AUGUST 17TH OF LAST YEAR. DURING A NORMAL YEAR THE LANSING
AREA SHOULD REACH 90+ DEGREES 12 TIMES. IN 1988 LANSING SET A RECORD
WITH 37 TIMES IN WHICH 90 DEGREES WAS EQUALLED OR SURPASSED.

WITH THE TEMPERATURE GETTING THIS WARM AND THE HUMIDITY LEVELS REMAINING
HIGH...THE HEAT INDEX BECOMES AN IMPORTANT VALUE. SOME SIMPLE RULES TO
GO BY IN THIS WEATHER INCLUDE:
1) REDUCE STRENUOUS ACTIVITY,
2) MAKE SURE YOU DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ACHOLIC BEVERAGES,
3) REDUCE AMOUNT OF TIME IN THE SUN,
4) DRESS LIGHTLY.

KALLAS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  MUSKEGON MI
210 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 1989

...THUNDERSTORM AND HEAVY RAIN OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST GRAND TRAVERSE
COUNTY...

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER FIFE LAKE IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST GRAND
TRAVERSE COUNTY. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS ..
BRIEF HEAVY RAINS..SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
BOATERS AND FISHERMAN ON FIFE LAKE SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AND
SHELTER UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORMS PASSES.

MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

HYNES

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
305 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 1989

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE GRAND RAPIDS AREA...

AT 3 PM  EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM AROUND CEDAR SPRINGS SOUTHWEST
TO BURNIPS...I.E. FROM ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND RAPIDS
SOUTHWEST THROUGH GRAND RAPIDS TO ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAND
RAPIDS.

STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WERE OCCURRING AS THE THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACHED.  WOTV IN DOWNTOWN GRAND RAPIDS REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO
42 MPH AND 3/4 INCH OF RAIN IN 10 MINUTES.  THE HEAVY RAIN REDUCED
VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND PRODUCED SOME BRIEF STREET FLOODING.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPEAR TO BE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH.
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE DEVELOPING AND INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO
...BRIEF FLOODING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS THAT COULD BR>ING DOWN
SMALL LIMBS, TWIGS AND BRANCHES.
COOLEY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING, MI
327 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 1989

   ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POPPING UP IN CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...

AT 320 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS
CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED THROUGH
ISABELLA AND GRATIOT COUNTIES WITH THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED
5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ITHACA IN GRATIOT COUNTY OR ABOUT 30 MILES DUE
NORTH OF LANSING.

STFRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS PREPARE TO
TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

KALLAS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
350 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 1989

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...

AT 350 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SCATTERED LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM AROUND GOWEN...SOME 30 MILES
NORTHEAST OF GRAND RAPIDS...SOUTHWEST THROUGH GRAND RAPIDS TO
THE SOUTH BEND AREA.

REPORTS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INDICATED WIND GUSTS
OVER 40 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO...
AND SMALL PEA SIZED HAIL.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH.
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT
FOR HEAVY RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO...BRIEF FLOODING
OF STREETS...ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS THAT
COULD BRING DOWN SMALL LIMBS...TWIGS AND BRANCHES. ALSO BE ON THE
ALERT FOR AND SECURE FLYAWAY ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS, LAWN
FURNITURE...FREE STANDING SIGNS LOOSE BUILDIgNG MATERIALS ETC.
COOLEY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING, MI
417 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 1989

  ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...

AT 410 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS
CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MAINLY OVER GRATIOT
COUNTY WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF ITHACA AND
5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ITHACA BOTH IN GRATIOT COUNTY OR ABOUT 30 MILES
NORTH OF LANSING.

HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS DUE TO THE VERY SLOW
MOVEMENT. PEA SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS IN
THE TOWN OF ITHACA. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST
AT ONLY 10 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN THE xPATH OF THESE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PREPARE TO
TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

KALLAS