Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1995, 4:10 PM EDT for Clinton County, Eaton County, Ingham County, Michigan. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1995, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1995, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Ingham County, MI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 4:30 PM EDT | Tornado F1 | Lansing, MI | Possible tornado touched down in Aurelius and Onondaga townships along and west of Aurelius Road from Aurelius to Kinneville Road. One to two feet diamaeter trees down/uprooted along path and damage to at least one automobile and residence and outbuildings wa |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 315 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
- 93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 967 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 4, 2:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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MIZ043>045-050-044-042000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI 225 PM EDT TUE JUL 04 1995 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN... AT 230 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OHF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS LOCATED FROM TROY IN NORTHWEST NEWAYGO COUNTY TO ENSLEY CENTER IN SOUTHEST NEWAYGO COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WHITE CLOUD BY 245 PM AND BIG RAPIDS BY 315 PM. RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH. LIGHTNING IS A KILLER...IF A THUTNDERSTORM APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. CA/WF
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
MIZ043>045-050-044-042000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI 234 PM EDT TUE JUL 04 1995 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN... AT 230 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OHF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS LOCATED FROM TROY IN NORTHWEST NEWAYGO COUNTY TO ENSLEY CENTER IN SOUTHEST NEWAYGO COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WHITE CLOUD BY 245 PM AND BIG RAPIDS BY 315 PM. RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH. LIGHTNING IS A KILLER...IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. CA/WF
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:05 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kent | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Ingham | 21 min |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.