Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 16, 1995, 10:12 PM EDT for Allegan County, Ottawa County, Michigan. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 1995, 10:12 PM EDT (02:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 1995, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Allegan County, MI, Ottawa County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 412 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1149 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Sep 16, 8:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
MIZ037-043-170115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI 808 PM EDT SAT SEP 16 1995 AT 805 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MASON COUNTY. THIS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINS...AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED JUST SOUTH OF LUDINGTON. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH...AND WILL ENTER NORTH CENTRAL OCEANA COUNTY NEAR CRYSTAL VALLEY BY 820 PM. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION...YOU SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND AVOID USING THE PHONE. SC &
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 8:12 PM EDT, 2 hours before
MIZ037-043-170115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI 808 PM EDT SAT SEP 16 1995 AT 805 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MASON COUNTY. THIS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINS...AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED JUST SOUTH OF LUDINGTON. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH...AND WILL ENTER NORTH CENTR6AL OCEANA COUNTY NEAR CRYSTAL VALLEY BY 820 PM. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION...YOU SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND AVOID USING THE PHONE. SC &
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 9:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
MIZ050-044-170200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI 900 PM EDT SAT SEP 16 1995 AT 855 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF THE TOWN OF LAKEWOOD CLUB. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD REACH THE TOWN OF HOLTON BY 910 PM...AND THEN MOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN NEWAYGO COUNTY NEAR REEMAN BY 925 PM. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION...YOU SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS...AND AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. SC
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 9:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
MIZ050-044-170200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI 900 PM EDT SAT SEP 16 1995 AT 855 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF THE TOWN OF LAKEWOOD CLUB. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD REACH THE TOWN OF HOLTON BY 910 PM...AND THEN MOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN NEWAYGO COUNTY NEAR REEMAN BY 925 PM. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION...YOU SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS...AND AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. SC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kent | 42 min |
| Sep 16, 10:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kent, Montcalm | 37 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.