Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1990, 6:45 PM EDT for Kalamazoo County, Van Buren County, Michigan. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1990, 6:45 PM EDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1990, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kalamazoo County, MI, 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 282248
SVRGRR
MIC077-159-282345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
645 PM EDT THU JUN 28 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
...WESTERN KALAMAZOO...EASTERN VAN BUREN
AT 645 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER VAN
BUREN COUNTY HAD CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY. AT 643 GOLF BALL
SIZED HAIL WAS FALLING IN THE CITY OF PAW PAW...16 MILES WEST
SOUTHWEST OF KALAMAZOO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A SMALL LINE
EXTENDING FROM GLENDALE SOUTH THROUGH PAW PAW TO DECATUR IN VAN BUREN
COUNTY. THE THUNDESTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING
INTO KALAMAZOO COUNTY BY 655 PM AND INTO THE CITY OF KALAMAZOO BY 715
PM EDT. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER AND TAKE COVER NOW.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA
SHOULD GET INTO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR STRONG
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY 'RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.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, 1 hour 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, 59 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, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Van Buren | 45 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.