Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Issued

Apr 5, 1997, 8:29 PM EST (01:29 UTC)

Expired

Apr 5, 1997, 9:30 PM EST

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Area

Whole counties

Counties Berrien County, MI, Cass County, MI, Van Buren County, 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.

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TTAA00 KGRR 060128 RRA
SVRGRR
MIC021-027-159-060230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
829 PM EST SAT APR 5 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS MI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTHWESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN

   ...VAN BUREN COUNTY
   ...EASTERN BERRIEN COUNTY
   ...CASS COUNTY
 
AT 827 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY GRAND RAPIDS
DOPPLER RADAR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH HAVEN.

THIS STORM CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF...
     SOUTH HAVEN             AROUND 835 PM EST
     DOWAGIAC                AROUND 840 PM EST
     BANGOR                  AROUND 850 PM EST
     CASSOPOLIS              AROUND 850 PM EST
     DECATUR                 AROUND 855 PM EST
     BLOOMINGDALE            AROUND 900 PM EST
     PAW PAW                 AROUND 905 PM EST
     MARCELLUS      2         AROUND 905 PM EST

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

TEW

NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 5, 11:51 AM EST, 8 hours 38 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION TO DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1149 AM EST SAT APR 5 1997

KGRR REF LOOP SHOWING THE BAND OF STEADIER RAIN LIFTING NE AWAY FROM
THE FA LATE THIS MORNING. THIS AREA OF PCPN IS JUST ALONG AND AHD OF
A WEAK WARM FRONT THAT EXTENDS FROM MKG TO TOL. THIS FIRST WAVE OF
PCPN WAS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INITIAL VORT MAX THAT EJECTED NE AWAY
FROM THE PARENT UPPER LOW OVER SE WY. XPCT A BREAK IN THE STEADIER
RAIN THIS AFTERNOON...THEREFORE WILL WORD FCST AS SCATTERED SHOWERS.

THE NEXT UPSTREAM SHRTWV IS FCST TO ROTATE NE TWRD SW LWR THIS
EVENING. THIS SHOULD BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF STEADIER RAIN TO MUCH OF
THE FA THIS EVENING...ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERTORMS...
ESPECIALLY ACROSS SW LWR. WL LEAVE IN THE FCST THE MENTION OF A
RUMBLE OF THUNDER AND GO WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SW
ZONES. TEMP FCST LOOKS OK...AS CLOUDS AND SHOWERS SHOULD KEEP A LID
ON READINGS WARMING TOO MUCH.

TEW

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.