Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 1995, 5:05 PM EDT for Jackson County, Michigan. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 1995, 5:05 PM EDT (21:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 1995, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 929 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLAN 152103 SVRLAN MIC075-152130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI 505 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LANSING HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN ...EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY AT 500 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR GRASS LAKE...ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF JACKSON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. SPOTTERS REPORTED 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS IN THE GRASS LAKE AREA AROUND 500 PM. PEOPLE IN GRASS LAKE AND WATERLOO SHOULD PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL BETWEEN 5 AND 530 PM EDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. SHEETS &
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, Aug 15, 2:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
MIZ071-072-152000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 257 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 250 PM EDT... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER VAN BUREN AND KALAMAZOO COUNTIES... NEAR SCHOOLCRAFT AND KALAMAZOO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH... AND WILL REMAIN IN THE VICINITY OF KALAMAZOO THROUGH 330 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THEY WILL ALSO PRODUCE FREQUENT... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN KALAMAZOO AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES SHOULD MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED... NOTIFY YOURR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MJK
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 3:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
MIZ051-056>058-064-065-071-072-152030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 328 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 1995 ... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR VAN BUREN AND KALAMAZOO COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM EDT. SOME COMMUNITIES INCLUDED ARE SOUTH HAVEN... PAW PAW... PORTAGE... AND GALESBURG. AT 322 PM EDT... WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM SOUTH HAVEN EAST TO KALAMAZOO AND SOUTH TO THE INDIANA BORDER. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. BY 345 PM... THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS AREA WILL REACH FROM ALLEGAN TO HICKORY CORNERS OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF KALAMAZOO. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM COOPERSVILLE ... 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAND RAPIDS... TO ALLEGAN. MOVEMENT WAS ALSO TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING... FIND SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES... UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. DCZ
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 3:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
MIZ073-073-074-080-152200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI 340 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CALHOUN...JACKSON... BRANCH...AND HILLSDALE COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM EDT. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON... COLDWATER...AND HILLSDALE. AT 335 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STORMS WERE MAINLY CONFINED TO AN AREA SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO KALAMAZOO SOUTH TO THE INDIANA BORDER. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO SCATTERED ACROSS HILLSDALE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KALAMAZOO. THE ENTIRE AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. . THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...MOVE INTO A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS. KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS...OR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SHEETS
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 4:44 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
MIZ071-072-152130-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
444 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 1995
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR VAN BUREN AND KALAMAZOO
COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR VAN BUREN AND
KALAMAZOO COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT THIS EVENING. COMMUNITIES INCLUDED
IN THE WATCH AREA ARE HARTFORD... AND PORTAGE. AT 440 PM EDT... WEATHER
RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER
MICHIGAN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH... AND
WILL REMAIN OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 530 PM EDT.
ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN... PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. IF YOU SIGHT SEVERE WEATHER... TAKE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS
PASS. NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IF DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED.
MJK
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END/LAST NAMESpecial weather statement, Aug 15, 4:46 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
MIZ071-072-152130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 445 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR VAN BUREN AND KALAMAZOO COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR VAN BUREN AND KALAMAZOO COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT THIS EVENING. COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE HARTFORD... AND PORTAGE. AT 440 PM EDT... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH... AND WILL REMAIN OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 530 PM EDT. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU SIGHT SEVERE WEATHER... TAKE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IF DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED. MJK CORRECTED TEXT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Van Buren | 34 min |
| Aug 15, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Branch | 41 min |
| Aug 15, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Hillsdale | 50 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.