Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 29, 1996, 8:17 PM EST for Allegan County, Michigan. It was in force for 73 min. 1 report 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
- Oct 29, 1996, 8:17 PM EST (01:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 29, 1996, 9:30 PM EST
- In force
- 73 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Allegan County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 9:24 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Douglas, 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 29, 6:35 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
MIZ064-071-077-078-300300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 635 PM EST TUE OCT 29 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN: ALLEGAN BERRIEN CASS VAN BUREN THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALLEGAN... BENTON HARBOR... PAW PAW... SOUTH HAVEN... NILES... AND DOWAGIAC. TWO LINES OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN FROM WISCONSIN AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS AFTER 730 PM EST. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 70 MPH. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO AND LARGE HAIL ACCOMPANYING A FEW OF THESE STORMS. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD REMAIN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING ESPECIALLY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 730 AND 1100 PM EST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS LATE SEASON SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. CHAN
Special weather statement, Oct 29, 6:36 PM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
MIZ064-071-077-078-300300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 635 PM EST TUE OCT 29 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN: ALLEGAN BERRIEN CASS VAN BUREN THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALLEGAN... BENTON HARBOR... PAW PAW... SOUTH HAVEN... NILES... AND DOWAGIAC. TWO LINES OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN FROM WISCONSIN AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS AFTER 730 PM EST. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 70 MPH. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO AND LARGE HAIL ACCOMPANYING A FEW OF THESE STORMS. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD REMAIN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING ESPECIALLY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 730 AND 1100 PM EST. f STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS LATE SEASON SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. CHAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 8:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Berrien, Cass, Van Buren | 73 min |
| Oct 29, 9:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kalamazoo, Saint Joseph | 60 min |
| Oct 29, 9:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan, Cass, Van Buren | 28 min |
| Oct 29, 9:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Barry | 68 min |
| Oct 29, 9:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Branch, Calhoun | 66 min |
| Oct 29, 10:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Hillsdale, Jackson | 57 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.