Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 16, 1995, 10:53 PM EDT for Kent County, Montcalm County, Michigan. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 1995, 10:53 PM EDT (02:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 1995, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kent County, MI, Montcalm County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGRR 170255 RRA SVRGRR MIC081-117-170330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1053 PM EDT SAT SEP 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN ...KENT COUNTY...MONTCALM COUNTY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE STANTON AND EDMORE AREAS WILL MOVE INTO CEDAR LAKE AND VESTABURG BY 11 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE GRAND RAPIDS...KENTWOOD AND BYRON CENTER ARE MOVE INTO ADA AND CALEDONIA BY 1110 PM AND INTO LOWELL BY 1115. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK SHELTER FROM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND... LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. STAY INSIDE... AWAY FROM WINDOWS... UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 45 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 41 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 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 53 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 49 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, 10:15 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
MIZ043>045-050-515-170300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI 1015 PM EDT SAT SEP 16 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN NEWAYGO COUNTY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EXPIRED IN NORTHERN MUSKEGON COUNTY... AT 10 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN AND ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. THE BACK EDGE OF THIS RAIN HAS NOW CLEARED NORTHWEST OCEANA COUNTY INCLUDING THE TOWN OF PENTWATER. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH TO THE SOUTH AND EAST AND GRADUALLY MOVE OUT OF MUSKEGON AND NEWAYGO COUNTY SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME STRONGER STORMS AREA STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA... ESPECIALLY ACROSS MUSKEGON AND SOUTHERN NEWYAGO COUNTIES. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH...HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT IS POSSIBLE WITH SOEM OF THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SC
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 10:18 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
MIZ043>045-050-515-170300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI 1015 PM EDT SAT SEP 16 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN NEWAYGO COUNTY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EXPIRED IN NORTHERN MUSKEGON COUNTY... AT 10 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN AND ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. THE BACK EDGE OF THIS RAIN HAS NOW CLEARED NORTHWEST OCEANA COUNTY INCLUDING THE TOWN OF PENTWATER. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH TO THE SOUTH AND EAST AND GRADUALLY MOVE OUT OF MUSKEGON AND NEWAYGO COUNTY SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME STRONGER STORMS AREA STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA... ESPECIALLY ACROSS MUSKEGON AND SOUTHERN NEWYAGO COUNTIES. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH...HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT IS POSSIBLE WITH SOEM OF THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 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, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan, Ottawa | 33 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.