Alert archive / Michigan / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 1994, 3:38 AM EDT for Ionia County, Michigan. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1994, 3:38 AM EDT (07:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1994, 6:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ionia County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 1468 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 920 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGRR 050802 COR FFWGRR MIC067-081-139-051045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED HEADER AND HEADLINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 401 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN ...IONIA COUNTY...KENT COUNTY...OTTAWA COUNTY AT 335 AM EDT... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES EAST OF GRAND RAPIDS... STRETCHING WEST TO MID LAKE MICHIGAN. SINCE MIDNIGHT... THE KENT COUNTY AIRPORT MEASURED OVER 2.25 INCHES OF RAIN. MANY REPORTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED SINCE LATE MONDAY EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL COULD STILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT... SO STREET AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING WILL OCCUR. SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT... A REPORT INDICATED THAT OVER 3 FEET OF WATER COVERED ROADS IN DOWNTOWN ADA... AND 28TH STREET AND DIVISION WAS FLOODED OVER IN GRAND RAPIDS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. MJK &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 5, 3:00 AM EDT, 38 minutes before
MIZ051-056>058-064-065-071-072-050830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 300 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 400 AM EDT... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KALAMAZOO COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KALAMAZOO COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. NO ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THAT AREA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 400 AM EDT. COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE GRAND HAVEN... LOWELL... SHERIDAN... PORTLAND... DOWLING... PORTAGE... HARTFORD... AND FENNVILLE. AT 255 AM EDT... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH... AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 400 AM. DAMAGE REPORTS HAVE BEEN WIDESPREAD... SO PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY QUICKLY. LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... HEAVY RAINFALL... AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. MJK
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:00 AM EDT, 38 minutes before
MIZ051-056>058-064-065-071-072-050830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 300 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 400 AM EDT... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KALAMAZOO COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KALAMAZOO COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. NO ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THAT AREA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 400 AM EDT. COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE GRAND HAVEN... LOWELL... SHERIDAN... PORTLAND... DOWLING... PORTAGE... HARTFORD... AND FENNVILLE. AT 255 AM EDT... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH... AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 400 AM. DAMAGE REPORTS HAVE BEEN WIDESPREAD... SO PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY QUICKLY. LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... HEAVY RAINFALL... AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. MJK
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:12 AM EDT, 26 minutes before
MIZ051-056>058-064-065-071-072-050830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 312 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM FOR KALAMAZOO AND BARRY COUNTIES... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KALAMAZOO AND BARRY COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM EDT. ALL OTHER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE WATCH AREA. COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE SCHOOLCRAFT AND MIDDLEVILLE. AT 310 AM EDT... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH... AND WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT. FREQUENT... DEADLY LIGHTNING... HEAVY RAINFALL... STRONG GUSTY WINDS... AND HAIL CAN STILL BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ADVISES THAT YOU KEEP ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. MJK WWUS35KRST .
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:13 AM EDT, 25 minutes before
MIZ051-056>058-064-065-071-072-050830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 312 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM FOR KALAMAZOO AND BARRY COUNTIES... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KALAMAZOO AND BARRY COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM EDT. ALL OTHER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE WATCH AREA. COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE SCHOOLCRAFT AND MIDDLEVILLE. AT 310 AM EDT... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH... AND WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT. FREQUENT... DEADLY LIGHTNING... HEAVY RAINFALL... STRONG GUSTY WINDS... AND HAIL CAN STILL BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ADVISES THAT YOU KEEP ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. MJK
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:18 AM EDT, 20 minutes before
MIZ046-052-059-066-067-073-074-080-081-050800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI 318 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 400 AM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF CLINTON ...EATON...INGHAM...CALHOUN...JACKSON...BRANCH...HILLSDALE. SOME CITIES AND TOWNS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ST JOHNS...LANSING...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON...COLDWATER AND HILLSDALE. GRATIOT COUNTY INCLUDING ALMA AND ITHACA ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. AT 313 AM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG...POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SAGINAW BAY THROUGH LANSING TO KALAMAZOO. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN EASTERN INGHAM AND NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTIES. THE TOWNS OF DANSVILLE AND FITCHBURG IN INGHAM COUNTY...AND PLEASANT LAKE IN JACKSON COUNTY CAN EXPECT STRONG STORMS TO PASS OVERHEAD BETWEEN 330 AND 400 AM EDT. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE TO THE INTERIOR OF A STURDY BUILDING AS THESE STORMS PASS OVERHEAD. REMEMBER THAT HEAVY RAINFALL CAN CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DESROSIERS
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:19 AM EDT, 19 minutes before
MIZ046-052-059-066-067-073-074-080-081-050800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI 318 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 400 AM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF CLINTON ...EATON...INGHAM...CALHOUN...JACKSON...BRANCH...HILLSDALE. SOME CITIES AND TOWNS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ST JOHNS...LANSING...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON...COLDWATER AND HILLSDALE. GRATIOT COUNTY INCLUDING ALMA AND ITHACA ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. AT 313 AM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG...POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SAGINAW BAY THROUGH LANSING TO KALAMAZOO. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN EASTERN INGHAM AND NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTIES. THE TOWNS OF DANSVILLE AND FITCHBURG IN INGHAM COUNTY...AND PLEASANT LAKE IN JACKSON COUNTY CAN EXPECT STRONG STORMS TO PASS OVERHEAD BETWEEN 330 AND 400 AM EDT. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE TO THE INTERIOR O$F A STURDY BUILDING AS THESE STORMS PASS OVERHEAD. REMEMBER THAT HEAVY RAINFALL CAN CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DESROSIERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 11:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Montcalm | 25 min |
| Jul 5, 12:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kent | 57 min |
| Jul 5, 12:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ottawa | 28 min |
| Jul 5, 12:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Montcalm | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 12:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Gratiot | 48 min |
| Jul 5, 1:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan, Barry | 52 min |
| Jul 5, 2:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Barry | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 2:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Calhoun, Eaton | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 2:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kalamazoo | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 3:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRR | Kent, Ottawa | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 6:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRR | Kent, Ottawa | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 6:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRR | Ionia | 2 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.