Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1989, 7:48 PM EDT for Allegan County, Michigan. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 1989, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1989, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Allegan 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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Jun 23, 4:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 440 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN... AT 433 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS... SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHEAST MONTCALM...NEAR THE TOWNS OF MAPLE HILL AND HOWARD CITY...30 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTH WESTERN IONIA COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF BELDING AND EXTENDED SOUTHWEST THROUGH SOUTHERN KENT COUNTY TO NORTHERN VAN BUREN COUNTY. MOVMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. PERSONS DRIVING IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FLOODED STREETS AND UNDERAPASSES. CARLE
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:44 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI 435 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN MECOSTA COUNTY... AT 430 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH- CENTRAL MONTCALM COUNTY BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN MECOSTA COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING, MI 502 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 1989 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GRATIOT COUNTY IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT... ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 455 PM EDT RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. RAIN AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES IN ONE HOUR WERE REPORTED IN GRATIOT COUNTY 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ITHACA. THERE ALSO HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN NORTHEAST GRATIOT COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN THE ALMA/ST. LOUIS AREA IN NORTHERN GRATIOT COUNTY OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF LANSING. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES WEST OF MT. PLEASANT. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PREPARE TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO/TV STATION FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS. KALLAS
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING, MI 555 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 1989 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GRATIOT COUNTY IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 550 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE TOWN OF ITHACA IN GRATIOT COUNTY SOUTHWESTWARD TO THE CITY OF KALAMAZOO IN KALAMAZOO COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR MAPLE RAPIDS IN NORTHWEST CLINTON COUNTY...20 MILES WEST OF LANSING AND 15 MILES WEST OF BATTLE CREEK. 2.3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN ITHACA SINCE 430 PM EDT. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PREPARE TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO/TV STATION FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS. KALLAS
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 6:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 605 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL BARRY COUNTY... AT 600 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL BARRY COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN LINE EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM THE TOWN OF NASHVILLE IN EASTERN BARRY COUNTY TO THE HICKORY CORNERS AREA IN SOUTH CENTRAL BARRY COUNTY. MOVMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. SOME FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN. CARLE
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 6:50 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 4:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRR | Gratiot | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRR | Gratiot | 115 min |
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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.