Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1990, 6:00 PM EDT for Van Buren County, Michigan. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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 28, 1990, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1990, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Van Buren 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 28, 6:43 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Van Buren, 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KGRR 282159
SVRGRR
MIC159-282245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
600 PM EDT THU JUN 28 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
...VAN BUREN
AT 550 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN VAN
BUREN COUNTY NEAR THE CITIES OF MCDONALD AND HARTFORD...30 MILES WEST
OF THE CITY OF KALAMAZOO. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH
AND WILL BE APPROACHING THE CITIES OF LAWERENCE...GLENDALE AND PAW PAW
BY 620 PM EDT AND THE CITY OF MATTAWAN BY 645 PM EDT. PERSONS IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.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 28, 5:45 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
MIZ002-003-004-009-010-013-015-016-281500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 540 PM EDT THU JUN 28 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 535PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER VAN BUREN COUNTY...IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE CITIES OF COVERT AND MCDONALD...35 MILES WEST OF THE CITY OF KALAMAZOO. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS THE ONLY ONE IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AT THIS TIME. THIS THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH... HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN VAN BUREN COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE LOCAL POLICE FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. REK
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 5:46 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
MIZ002-003-004-009-010-013-015-016-282245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 540 PM EDT THU JUN 28 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 535PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER VAN BUREN COUNTY...IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE CITIES OF COVERT AND MCDONALD...35 MILES WEST OF THE CITY OF KALAMAZOO. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS THE ONLY ONE IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AT THIS TIME. THIS THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH... HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN VAN BUREN COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE LOCAL POLICE FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. REK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kalamazoo, Van Buren | 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.