Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 1995, 8:20 PM EDT for Van Buren County, Michigan. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 18, 1995, 8:20 PM EDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 1995, 8:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Van Buren County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 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
- 181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 780 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGRR 190023 SVRGRR MIC159-190100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 820 PM EDT TUE APR 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN ...VAN BUREN COUNTY AT 818 PM EDT... THE VAN BUREN COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED HAIL NEAR KEELER IN SOUTHWEST VAN BUREN COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED THE HAIL WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND SHOULD REACH PAW PAW AND MATTAWAN BY 850 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD GET INTO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. ERF
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, Apr 18, 5:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
MIZ032-038-039-182225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI 521 PM EDT TUE APR 18 1995 AT 515 EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM OCEANA COUNTY NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH KALKASKA COUNTY...OR FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF MUSKEGON TO 15 MILES EAST OF TRAVERSE CITY. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG...GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THE ENTIRE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTN.ING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. CZYZYK
Special weather statement, Apr 18, 6:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
MIZ059-066-067-073-074-080-081-190020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI 648 PM EDT TUE APR 18 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 100 AM EDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES OF CLINTON...EATON... INGHAM...CALHOUN...JACKSON...BRANCH...HILLSDALE UNTIL 100 AM EDT. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNTIES OF ST JOHNS...LANSING...JACKSON... AND BATTLE CREEK. AT 640 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MILES PER HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN AFTER 730 PM. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS RAND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STARR
Special weather statement, Apr 18, 6:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
MIZ051-057-058-065-072-182350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 648 PM EDT TUE APR 18 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 100 AM EDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 100 AM EDT. INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE THE COUNTIES OF KENT... BARRY... KALAMAZOO... MONTCALM... AND IONIA. AT 645 PM EDT... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS SHOULD REACH THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES BETWEEN NEW BUFFALO AND GRAND HAVEN BY 700 PM. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AFTER MOVING INLAND... REACHING GRAND RAPIDS AND KALAMAbZOO BY 800 PM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... FIND SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT... DITCH OR LOW SPOT. LIE FLAT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. ERF
Special weather statement, Apr 18, 7:42 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
MIZ051-056>058-064-065-071-072-190040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 740 PM EDT TUE APR 18 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 100 AM EDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES OF KENT... MONTCALM... IONIA... BARRY... AND KALAMAZOO IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 100 AM EDT. SOME COMMUNITIES INCLUDED ARE GRAND RAPIDS... IONIA... STANTON... HASTINGS... AND KALAMAZOO. AT 740 PM EDT... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE LAKE SHORE OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS SHOULD REACH GRAND RAPIDS AND KALAMAZOO BY 800 PM. ANOTHER STORM WAS NEAR BELDING... 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND RAPIDS... AND SHOULD REACH THE VICINITY OF VICKERYVILLE BY 810 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO... THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WIND6OWS. ERF
Special weather statement, Apr 18, 8:04 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
MIZ046-052-059-066-067-073-074-080-081-190140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI 804 PM EDT TUE APR 18 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 100 AM EDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 100 AM EDT INCLUDING ISABELLA...GRATIOT...CLINTON...EATON... INGHAM...CALHOUN...BRANCH...HILLSDALE...AND JACKSON COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MOUNT PLEASANT...ALMA...ST JOHNS...LANSING... JACKSON...AND BATTLE CREEK. AT 800 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM TRAVERSE CITY SOUTH THROUGH GRAND RAPIDS TO SOUTH BEND INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MILES PER HOUR. ONE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST GRATIOT COUNTY BY 815 PM. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE BATTLE CREEK AND COLDWATER AREAS AFTER 830 PM. THESE STORMS COULD CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STARR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Clinton | 15 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.