Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 4:28 PM EDT for Montcalm County, Michigan. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1995, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1995, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montcalm County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 2755 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 798 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -10.8
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 15, 2:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
MIZ051-056>058-064-065-071-072-160000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 226 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995 ... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 8 PM. ... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALLEGAN...VAN BUREN ... KALAMAZOO... BARRY ... KENT... IONIA... MONTCALM AND OTTOWA COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM. AT 230 PM... THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN NORTHERN BARRY... SOUTHERN IONIA AND EASTERN MONTCALM COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AND SOME COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MILES AN HOUR AND HAIL OVER 3/4 OF AN INCH. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP A LERT TO CHANGING CONDITIONS AND TO BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER ON SHORT NOTICE.
Local storm report, Jul 15, 4:08 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI
408 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 1995
TIME
GMT LOCATION REPORT
1940Z BITELY MI MANY TREES DOWN. LARGE MARBLE SIZE HAIL
NEWAYGO CO REPORTED BY CENTRAL DISPATCH
WFSpecial weather statement, Jul 15, 4:09 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
MIZ051-056>058-064-065-071-072-152045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 409 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECTS UNTIL 800 PM... AT 420 PM... A SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MONTCALM COUNTY. STRONGEST STORM CELL WAS LOCATED NEAR STANTON AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MILES AN HOUR... HAIL... HEAVY DOWN POURS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL LAKE MICHIGAN AND EASTERN WISCONSIN WILL BE AFFECTING THE AREA WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND... LARGE HAIL... VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 4:14 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
MIZ046-052-059-066-067-073-074-080-081-152150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI 414 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 800 PM... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 800 PM. THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF ISABELLA...GRATIOT...CLINTON...EATON...INGHAM...CALHOUN...JACKSON... BRANCH...AND HILLSDALE. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNTIES OF MOUNT PLEASANT...LANSING...ST JOHNS...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON...HILLSDALE... AND COLDWATER. AT 412 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG STORMS SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES THROUGH 800 PM. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...MOVE INDOORS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE DURING THUNDERSTORMS...EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCIES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STARR : &0 >1Vfj;~]!fKZeZSJs* &Vbr jj6B(R* jrjo
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 4:14 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
MIZ046-052-059-066-067-073-074-080-081-152150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI 414 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 800 PM... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 800 PM. THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF ISABELLA...GRATIOT...CLINTON...EATON...INGHAM...CALHOUN...JACKSON... BRANCH...AND HILLSDALE. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNTIES OF MOUNT PLEASANT...LANSING...ST JOHNS...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON...HILLSDALE... AND COLDWATER. AT 412 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG STORMS SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES THROUGH 800 PM. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...MOVE INDOORS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE DURING THUNDERSTORMS...EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCIES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STARR : &0 >1Vfj;~]!fKZeZSJs* &Vbr jj6B(R* jrjo
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 4:27 PM EDT, 1 minute before
MIZ051-056>058-064-065-071-072-152045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 409 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECTS UNTIL 800 PM... AT 420 PM... A SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MONTCALM COUNTY. STRONGEST STORM CELL WAS LOCATED NEAR STANTON AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MILES AN HOUR... HAIL... HEAVY DOWN POURS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL LAKE MICHIGAN AND EASTERN WISCONSIN WILL BE AFFECTING THE AREA WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND... LARGE HAIL... VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kalamazoo | 25 min |
| Jul 15, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Gratiot | 63 min |
| Jul 15, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Clinton | 53 min |
| Jul 15, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Isabella | 61 min |
| Jul 15, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Gratiot | 47 min |
| Jul 15, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ingham | 51 min |
| Jul 15, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ingham | 28 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.