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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

June 27, 1995Van Buren County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 1995, 4:16 PM EDT for Van Buren County, Michigan. It was in force for 29 min.

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The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1995, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1995, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Van Buren County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 284 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1995-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 29 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1995-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
29 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGRR 272018
TORGRR
MIC159-272045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
416 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
 
   ...WESTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY
 
AT 410 PM EDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY BERRIEN COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES
IN NORTHERN BERRIEN COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST. COMMUNITIES IN VAN BUREN
COUNTY IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE COVERT AND MCDONALD. PEOPLE
IN THESE COMMUNITIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO THE SAFEST SHELTER IS IN A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF
NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A
CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS... PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS TO
COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
ERF
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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.