Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at May 30, 1989, 8:06 PM EDT for Allegan County, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 1989, 8:06 PM EDT (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1989, 8:52 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Allegan County, MI, Kalamazoo 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 356 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KGRR 310007
TORGRR
MIC005-077-310115-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
806 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
...SOUTHERN ALLEGAN...NORTHERN KALAMAZOO
AT 804PM EDT CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS IN ALLEGAN COUNTY, IN SOUTHWEST
MICHIGAN, REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 10 MILES SOUTH OF OTSEGO,
NEAR THE ALLEGAN AND KALAMAZOO COUNTY LINES....10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
THE CITY OF KALAMAZOO. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH. TAKE COVER
NOW.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
REKWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 30, 4:27 PM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING, MI
424 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 1989
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #358 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...
...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH INGHAM COUNTY...
AT 420 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL
INGHAM COUNTY OVER THE CITY OF MASON OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF LANSING. SMALL
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM
AS IT MOVES TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.Special weather statement, May 30, 5:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING, MI
546 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 1989
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #358 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...
...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN GRATIOT AND
NORTHERN CLINTON COUNTIES...
AT 545 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A FEW VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
SOUTHERN GRATIOT AND NORTHERN CLINTON COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES
SETTING OFF SENSITIVE ALARM DEVICES.
THE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LINE OF OTHER STRONG THUNDER-
STORMS STRETCHING FROM SAGINAW BAY SOUTHWEST TO 5 MILES NORTH OF ST.
JOHNS TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF IONIA.
ALL OF THE THUNDERST8ORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
KALLASSpecial weather statement, May 30, 5:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTED...ADDED FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING, MI
555 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 1989
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #358 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...
...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT...
...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN GRATIOT AND
NORTHERN CLINTON COUNTIES...
AT 545 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A FEW VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
SOUTHERN GRATIOT AND NORTHERN CLINTON COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES
SETTING OFF SENSITIVE ALARM DEVICES.
THE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LINE OF OTHER STRONG THUNDER-
STORMS STRETCHING FROM SAGINAW BAY SOUTHWEST> TO 5 MILES NORTH OF ST.
JOHNS TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF IONIA.
ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
KALLASSpecial weather statement, May 30, 6:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING, MI
637 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 1989
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #358 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...
...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT...
...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...
AT 635 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH
SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH
THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURING IN THE GREATER LANSING AREA, CLINTON COUNTY.
SOME URBAN FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED.
IF YOU ARE DRIVING WITH IN THE AREA BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER AREAS OF
WATER ALONG RwOADS, AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. AND UNDERPASSES.
SUTTLEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Eaton | 41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.