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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

July 13, 1995Clinton County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1995, 5:50 PM EDT for Clinton County, Michigan. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 1995, 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 1995, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Whole counties

County Clinton County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 3303 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 825 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 318 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 8.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLAN 132150 RRA
SVRLAN
MIC037-057-132215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI
550 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LANSING HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN
 
   ...CLINTON COUNTY...EASTERN GRATIOT COUNTY
 
AT 550 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF ITHACA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH...AND
WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF GRATIOT COUNTY THROUGH 605 PM.
 
IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS AHEAD OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING
THROUGH CLINTON COUNTY. WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN ST
JOHNS AT 545 PM. PERSONS IN SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTY CAN EXPECT STRONG
GUSTY WINDS THROUGH 615 PM.
 
 
 
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN C|ALM 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, Jul 13, 4:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

MIZ051-058-132200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
442 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING NORTHERN MONTCALM COUNTY...

AT 440 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN MECOSTA COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS ON THE WESTERN
EDGE OF A LINE WHICH EXTENDED EAST TO SAGINAW BAW. THE STORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 50 MPH... AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEASTERN MONTCALM
COUNTY BY 450 PM. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF EDMORE AND
SIX LAKES THROUGH 530 PM.

SKYWARN SPOTTERS IN SOUTHEASTERN MECOSTA COUNTY REPORTED WIND GUSTS OF
UP TO 50 MPH OUT AHEAD OF THIS STORM. BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...
DEADLY LIGHTENING... AND POSSIBLE HAIL AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH..

TRH

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

MIZ051-058-132200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
442 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING NORTHERN MONTCALM COUNTY...

AT 440 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN MECOSTA COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS ON THE WESTERN
EDGE OF A LINE WHICH EXTENDED EAST TO SAGINAW BAW. THE STORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 50 MPH... AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEASTERN MONTCALM
COUNTY BY 450 PM. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF EDMORE AND
SIX LAKES THROUGH 530 PM.

SKYWARN SPOTTERS IN SOUTHEASTERN MECOSTA COUNTY REPORTED WIND GUSTS OF
UP TO 50 MPH OUT AHEAD OF THIS STORM. BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WINDS...
DEADLYr LIGHTENING... AND POSSIBLE HAIL AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH..

TRH

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 5:12 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

MIZ051-058-132200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
512 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EASTERN MONTCALM COUNTY...

AT 510 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEASTERN MONTCALM COUNTY... FROM STANTON EAST TO
GRATIOT COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 50 MPH... AND
WILL REACH CARSON CITY BY 520 PM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH.

THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WINDS... AND
SMALL HAIL. AS WITH ALL THUNDERSTORMS... PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THE
STORM SHOULD GO INDOORS TO AVOID THE DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH LIGHTNING
STRIKES.

TRH

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 5:22 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

MIZ021-025-026-027-020-033-515-132200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI
522 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EXPIRED...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 778 FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN EXPIRED AT 400 PM. ALL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS MOVED WELL
SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP
THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

HTS

Local storm report, Jul 13, 5:34 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING, MI
534 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995

TIME(EDT)     LOCATION          STATE     EVENT

440 PM        NEAR BLANCHARD    MI        WIND DAMAGE
7/13/95       ISABELLA COUNTY

509 PM        COE TOWNSHIP      MI        WIND DAMAGE
7/13/95       CHIPPEWA TOWMSHIP           NUMEROUS REPORTS
              ISABELLA COUNTY             OF TREE DAMAGE AND
                                          POWER LINES DOWN
                                          REPORTS OF HOME
                                          DAMAGE (WINDOWS BLOWN
                                          OUT)

STARR

Local storm report, Jul 13, 5:35 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING, MI
534 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995

TIME(EDT)     LOCATION          STATE     EVENT

440 PM        NEAR BLANCHARD    MI        WIND DAMAGE
7/13/95       ISABELLA COUNTY

509 PM        COE TOWNSHIP      MI        WIND DAMAGE
7/13/95       CHIPPEWA TOWMSHIP           NUMEROUS REPORTS
              ISABELLA COUNTY             OF TREE DAMAGE AND
                                          POWZER LINES DOWN
                                          REPORTS OF HOME
                                          DAMAGE (WINDOWS BLOWN
                                          OUT)

STARR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Isabella	45 min
Jul 13, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Gratiot	18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.