Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1992, 5:13 PM EDT for Kent County, Michigan. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1992, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1992, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kent County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 264 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 945 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
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, Jun 17, 4:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
MIZ013-004-016-015-003-010-002-009-172030-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
406 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR ALL OF WEST MICHIGAN AND
MOST OF LAKE MICHIGAN...
...A MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NEW BUFFALO TO GRAND HAVEN UNTIL
600 PM.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR ALL OF WEST MICHIGAN AND
MOST OF LAKE MICHIGAN. AT 406 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTH OF GARY INDIANA NORTHEAST TO MUSKEGON.
AT 354 PM EDT... 1/8 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN COOPERSVILLE FROM ONE OF
THESE STORMS. THE MAIN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM CHICAGO...TO
PENTWATER...30 MILES NORTH OF MUSKEGON...TO TRAVERSE CITY. MOVEMENT OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
BY 430 PM THE LEADING EDGE OF THE FIRST LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND
FROM NEW BUFFALO...TO SOUTH HAVEN...TO GRAND RAPIDS. THE MAIN LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM CHICAGO NORTHEAST TO MUSKEGON...THEN TO
BIG RAPIDS. BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES...WIND GUSTS TO
70 MPH...AND LARGE HAIL AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHI{GAN THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO STATION KIG-63 AND WWF-34 FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
TPHSpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 4:31 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
MIZ011-012-018-020-022-023-025-040-041-172130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI 430 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR ISABELLA... EATON... CALHOUN... AND BRANCH COUNTIES... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM EDT. SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... MT. PLEASANT... CHARLOTTE... BATTLE CREEK... MARSHALL... AND COLDWATER. RADAR REPORTS AT 420 PM INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDER- STORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... SOUTH SOUTHWEST ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN... INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE RACING TO THE NORTHEAST AT NEARLY 50 MPH... WHILE THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN AFTER 700 PM. DEADLY LIGHTNING... GUSTY WINDS... AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA... FIND SAFE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED... GO TO A BASEMENT AND GET UNDER A PIECE OF HEAVY FURNITURE. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIAF FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SMITH
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 4:34 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
MIZ013-004-016-015-003-010-002-009-172030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 430 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...A MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NEW BUFFALO TO GRAND HAVEN UNTIL 600 PM. ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM... A MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NEW BUFFALO TO GRAND HAVEN UNTIL 600 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR ALL OF WEST MICHIGAN AND MOST OF LAKE MICHIGAN. AT 430 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CHICAGO NORTHEAST TO LUDINGTON...40 MILES NORTH OF MUSKEGON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. BY 500 PM THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM CHICAGO...TO MUSKEGON...BIG RAPIDS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO STATION KIG-63 AND WWF-34 FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TPH
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 4:38 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
MIZ013-004-016-015-003-010-002-009-172100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 430 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...A MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NEW BUFFALO TO GRAND HAVEN UNTIL 600 PM. ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM... A MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NEW BUFFALO TO GRAND HAVEN UNTIL 600 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR ALL OF WEST MICHIGAN AND MOST OF LAKE MICHIGAN. AT 430 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CHICAGO NORTHEAST TO LUDINGTON...40 MILES NORTH OF MUSKEGON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN WISCONSIN. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. BY 500 PM THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM CHICAGO...TO MUSKEGON...BIG RAPIDS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO STATION KIG-63 AND WWF-34 FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TPH
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 4:57 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
MIZ013-004-016-015-003-010-002-009-172130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 455 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...A MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NEW BUFFALO TO GRAND HAVEN UNTIL 600 PM. ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM... A MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NEW BUFFALO TO GRAND HAVEN UNTIL 600 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR ALL OF WEST MICHIGAN AND MOST OF LAKE MICHIGAN. AT 455 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CHICAGO NORTHEAST TO MUSKEGON...THEN TO HOUGHTON LAKE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD INTENSIFIED DURING THE PAST HALF HOUR. A POSSIBLE CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR THE TOWN OVERISEL...25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAND RAPIDS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NOTHEAST AT 40 MPH. BY 530 PM THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM CHICAGO...TO SOUTH HAVEN...TO GRAND RAPIDS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO STATION KIG-63 AND WWF-34 FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TPH
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 5:01 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
MIZ013-004-016-015-003-010-002-009-172130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 455 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...A MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NEW BUFFALO TO GRAND HAVEN UNTIL 600 PM. ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM... A MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NEW BUFFALO TO GRAND HAVEN UNTIL 600 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR ALL OF WEST MICHIGAN AND MOST OF LAKE MICHIGAN. AT 455 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CHICAGO NORTHEAST TO MUSKEGON...THEN TO HOUGHTON LAKE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD INTENSIFIED DURING THE PAST HALF HOUR. A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR THE TOWN OVERISEL...25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAND RAPIDS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NOTHEAST AT 40 MPH. BY 530 PM THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM CHICAGO...TO SOUTH ^HAVEN...TO GRAND RAPIDS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO STATION KIG-63 AND WWF-34 FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TPH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ottawa | 66 min |
| Jun 17, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Montcalm | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Isabella | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ionia, Montcalm | 63 min |
| Jun 17, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Gratiot | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan, Van Buren | 66 min |
| Jun 17, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Clinton, Eaton | 68 min |
| Jun 17, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Calhoun | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ingham | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Branch, Calhoun | 38 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.