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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

August 14, 1996Kalamazoo County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 1996, 7:25 PM EDT for Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It was in force for 50 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 1996, 7:25 PM EDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 1996, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Kalamazoo County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 14, 7:48 PM EDTThunderstorm WindRichland, MI
Aug 14, 7:52 PM EDTThunderstorm WindOshtemo, MI
Aug 14, 8:16 PM EDTThunderstorm WindAlamo, MI

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIonia39 min
Aug 14, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRGratiot, Montcalm46 min
Aug 14, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRAllegan45 min
Aug 14, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRVan Buren30 min
Aug 14, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRBarry36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.