Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1990, 10:34 PM EDT for Ingham County, Michigan. It was in force for 26 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
- Jul 16, 1990, 10:34 PM EDT (02:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1990, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 10:45 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | 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 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KARB 170234
SVRLAN
MIC045-065-170330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI
ISSUED BY ANN ARBOR MI
1034 PM EDT MON JUL 16 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF LOWER MICHIGAN
NORTHERN EATON...NORTHERN INGHAM
AT 1015 PM A SEVER THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED MOVING THROUGH
NORTHERN INGHAM COUNTY. THIS STORM SHOULD PASS THROUGH THE
LANSING AREA BETWEEN 1030 AND 1100 PM.
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN
INDOhORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING
TELEPHONES AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.
K..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, 2 hours 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, 1 hour 33 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, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 9:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 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
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 10:07 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
MIZ011-012-018-020-022-023-160300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING, MI 1005PM EDT MON JUL 16 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 1000PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WERE INDICATED IN WESTERN EATON COUNTY. A THUNDERSTORM NOW MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST EATON COUNTY PRODUCED HALF INCH HAIL NORTHEAST OF BATTLE CREEK IN CALHOUN COUNTY WHEN IT MOVED THROUGH AT ABOUT 950PM EDT. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS INDICATED IN CENTRAL EATON COUNTY. THIS STORM SHOULD PASS JUST NORTH OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE BY 1015PM EDT. OTHER *WEAKER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CALHOUN AND JACKSON COUNTIES. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR INTENSE LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN.. AND POSSIBLE HAIL. KOTTKE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Van Buren | 25 min |
| Jul 16, 10:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Eaton | 11 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.