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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

July 15, 1995Kalamazoo County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 1:48 PM EDT for Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 1995, 1:48 PM EDT (17:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1995, 2:13 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Kalamazoo County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 180 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1995-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2755 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1995-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -170 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2755 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
798 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-10.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGRR 151754 RRA
SVRGRR
MIC077-151815-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
148 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
 
   ...KALAMAZOO COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO THE VICKSBURG AND PORTAGE AREAS BY
2 PM.
 
AT 148... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCHOOLCRAFT WAS MOVING
EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROO0M ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
HEAVY RAINS COULD FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS
WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRGratiot63 min
Jul 15, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClinton53 min
Jul 15, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRMontcalm32 min
Jul 15, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIsabella61 min
Jul 15, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRGratiot47 min
Jul 15, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIngham51 min
Jul 15, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIngham28 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.