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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

July 4, 1995Ingham County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 1995, 4:41 PM EDT for Ingham County, Michigan. It was in force for 21 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 1995, 4:41 PM EDT (20:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1995, 5:02 PM EDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Ingham County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 300 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1995-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 93 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1995-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLAN 042041
TORLAN
MIC065-042130-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI
441 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LANSING HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN

   ...EASTERN INGHAM COUNTY
 
AT 440 PM...DOPPLER INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES NORTHEAST
OF MASON. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL THREATEN THE WILLIAMSTON AREA
BY 450 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT.
GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNINTURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...TAKE SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER
YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKent31 min
Jul 4, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClinton, Eaton, Ingham50 min

Nearby

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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.