Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1989, 7:21 PM EDT for Clinton County, Ingham County, Michigan. It was in force for 54 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 26, 1989, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1989, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clinton County, MI, Ingham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:26 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Clinton, MI | |
| Jun 26, 7:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Ingham, 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 nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Van Buren | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ingham | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Jackson | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.