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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

August 1, 1995Ingham County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at Aug 1, 1995, 8:24 PM EDT for Ingham County, Michigan. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 1995, 8:24 PM EDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 1995, 9:11 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Ingham County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 00:00Z on 1995-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 702 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 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
702 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
819 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLAN 020024
TORLAN
MIC065-020130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI
824 PM EDT TUE AUG 1 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LANSING HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN
 
   ...NORTHERN INGHAM COUNTY
 
AT 820 PM EDT...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR LAKE LANSING...8 MILES
EAST OF LANSING'S CAPITAL CITY AIRPORT. THE STORM PRODUCING THE FUNNEL
CLOUD WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL AFFECT HASLETT...
OKEMOS...AND WILLIAMSTON THROUGH 900 PM EDT.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
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.
 
BORIS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 6:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGRRJackson100 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.