Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 1998, 4:18 PM EDT for Barry County, Michigan. It was in force for 62 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
- Jul 21, 1998, 4:18 PM EDT (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 1998, 5:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Barry County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 4:46 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Nashville, MI | An amateur radio operator reported an estimated wind gust to 70-mph and pea-sized hail (1/8"). |
| Jul 21, 4:48 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Dowling, MI | A local radio news announcer (also trained weather spotter) in Barry County reported a 60-mph wind gust in Dowling, located in Baltimore Township, 7 miles south of Hastings. Numerous trees were reportedly downed in the Dowling area. Approximately 4,600 homes l |
| Jul 21, 4:57 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Hastings, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan, Ottawa, Van Buren | 61 min |
| Jul 20, 10:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Barry, Kalamazoo | 46 min |
| Jul 20, 10:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Calhoun | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 3:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan, Ottawa | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 5:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kent | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 6:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Osceola | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 7:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Calhoun, Jackson | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 7:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Jackson | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Van Buren | 66 min |
| Jul 21, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan | 65 min |
| Jul 21, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kalamazoo | 65 min |
| Jul 21, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Eaton | 66 min |
| Jul 21, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Calhoun | 66 min |
| Jul 21, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Jackson | 63 min |
| Jul 21, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ionia | 35 min |
| Jul 21, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Clinton | 51 min |
| Jul 21, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ingham | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan | 33 min |
| Jul 21, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Van Buren | 33 min |
| Jul 21, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kalamazoo | 34 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.