Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1989, 5:19 PM EDT for Eaton County, Michigan. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 1989, 5:19 PM EDT (21:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1989, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Eaton County, MI
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
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, May 31, 4:38 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING, MI 435 PM EDT WED MAY 31 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN TILL 10 PM... AT 430 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE AGAIN OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WERE 12 MILES SOUTH OF BATTLE CREEK EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO NEAR SOUTH BEND INDIANA. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY AND BRANCH COUNTY BETWEEN 430 AND 530 PM EDT. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE 30 MILES WEST AND NORTHWEST OF BATTLE CREEK. THESE WILL MOVE INTO THE BATTLE CREEK AREA BETWEEN 5 AND 6PM EDT. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED -FROM HOLLAND MICHIGAN...60 MILES NORTHWEST OF BATTLE CREEK... TO CHICAGO ILLINOIS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. FORTUNE
Special weather statement, May 31, 5:17 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING, MI 508 PM EDT WED MAY 31 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN TILL 10 PM... AT 505 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING... WERE OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER. ONE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 40 MILES SOUTH WEST OF JACKSON...NEAR COLDWATER. HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WAS REPORTED AT COLDWATER. THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN HILLSDALE COUNTY NEAR LITCHFIELD. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LANSING...NEAR NASHVILLE MICHIGAN. THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO EATON COUNTY BY 530 AND TO THE CHARLOTTE AREA...15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LANSING...BETWEEN 530 AND 545 PM THEN INTO THE= GREATER LANSING AREA BETWEEN 6 AND 630 PM EDT. FORTUNE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Allegan, Kalamazoo | 46 min |
| May 31, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Branch, Hillsdale | 57 min |
| May 31, 5:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRR | Clinton, Eaton, Ingham | 2 hr |
| May 31, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ingham | 64 min |
| May 31, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ingham | 63 min |
| May 31, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Clinton | 45 min |
| May 31, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ionia | 24 min |
| May 31, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Calhoun | 32 min |
| May 31, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Jackson | 57 min |
| May 31, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Hillsdale | 60 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.