Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1990, 9:33 PM EDT for Van Buren County, Michigan. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 1990, 9:33 PM EDT (01:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1990, 9:58 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 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
- 165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
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, Jul 16, 8:34 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
MIZ002-003-004-009-010-013-015-016-170110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 834 PM EDT MON JUL 16 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH VAN BUREN AND KALAMAZOO COUNTIES... AT 830 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM BATTLE CREEK...20 MILES EAST OF KALAMAZOO... THROUGH DECATUR IN SOUTHWEST VANBUREN COUNTY...22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KALAMAZOO ...TO SOUTH BEND. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. LARGE HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST NORTH OF SOUTHBEND. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN... GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. JSB
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 9:01 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
MIZ055>057-059-170300- SPECIAL WEATHER AND MARINE STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI 900 PM EDT MON JUL 17 1990 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN THIS EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING...HOWEVER THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE SOMEWHAT IN INTENSITY AS THEY MOVE OVER THE COOL WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN EARLY TONIGHT. BOATERS FROM CHARLEVOIX SOUTHWARD TO POINT BETSIE SHOULD BEGIN TO MAKE PLANS TO HEAD FOR SAFE HARBOR IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. AS THESE STORMS APPROACH THE AREA BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG SHIFTING WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. SMITH
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 9:09 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 9:25 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
MIZ011-012-018-020-170216- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING, MI 920PM EDT MON JUL 16 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... THE 900PM EDT DETROIT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY WEST SOUTHWEST THROUGH CALHOUN COUNTY TO LAKE MICHIGAN. THE STRONGEST CELL WAS LOCATED JUST EAST SOUTHEAST OF BATTLE CREEK NEAR ALBION MICHIGAN...22 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BATTLE CREEK. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE JACKSON AREA BY 940PM EDT. AS THIS STORM MOVED THROUGH THE BATTLE CREEK AREA ONE QUARTER INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED. . BE ON THE ALERT FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. TAKE SHELTER AS THESE STORMS APPROACH AND STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADAR FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS. P.LEWIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 10:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Eaton | 11 min |
| Jul 16, 10:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ingham | 26 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.