Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 1995, 9:45 PM EDT for Clinton County, Michigan. It was in force for 15 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 18, 1995, 9:45 PM EDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 1995, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clinton County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 KLAN 190145 SVRLAN MIC037-190215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI 945 PM EDT TUE APR 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LANSING HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN ...EASTERN CLINTON COUNTY AT 942 PM EDT...CLINTON COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED TREE DAMAGE IN THE VICINITY OF WESTPHALIA OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LANSING. WIND GUSTS OF 50 MILES PER HOUR WERE OBSERVED AT CAPITAL CITY AIRPORT IN LANSING WITH THESE STORMS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL AFFECT ST JOHNS...ELSIE...SHERPARDVILLE...AND BATH BETWEEN 945 AND 1015 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STARR &
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, 6:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 53 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, 2 hours 3 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, 1 hour 41 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
Special weather statement, Apr 18, 8:59 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
MIZ046-052-059-066-067-073-074-080-081-190235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI 859 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 855 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM GRAYLING IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN SOUTHWARD TO BATTLE CREEK...AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MILES PER HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN CENTRAL ISABELLA COUNTY NEAR MOUNT PLEASANT. PEA SIZED HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AT 850 PM. THIS STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF ISABELLA COUNTY 915 PM. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE BATTLE CREEK VICINITY BY 945 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
Special weather statement, Apr 18, 9:10 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
MIZ032-038-039-190200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI 905 PM EDT TUE APR 18 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NEWAYGO...MECOSTA...LAKE... AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 1 AM EDT... AT 855 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH WEST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FOUND EAST OF M66. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THROUGHOUT THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL AREA LIKELY WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. SC
Special weather statement, Apr 18, 9:10 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
MIZ051-057-058-065-072-190210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 906 PM EDT TUE APR 18 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... KENT... MONTCALM... IONIA... BARRY... AND KALAMAZOO. SOME COMMUNITIES INCLUDED ARE GRAND RAPIDS... EDMORE... SARANAC... MIDDLEVILLE.. AND COMSTOCK. AT 905 PM EDT... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND RAPIDS TO NEAR KALAMAZOO. THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR... AND SHOULD APPROACH THE LANSING AREA BY 1000 PM. NO SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS HAD BEEN REVEIVED BY THE GRAND RAPIDS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AS OF 900 PM... BUT PERSONS IN THE MENTIONED COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THE POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OR TORNADOES FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO... LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY... SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. ERF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Van Buren | 35 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.