Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 1998, 4:54 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Michigan. It was in force for 66 min. 4 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, 4:54 PM EDT (20:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 1998, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Calhoun County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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, 5:01 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 | Burlington, MI | Calhoun County Emergency Manager reported a 65-mph wind gust measured in Burlington, with significant wind damage across Calhoun County. The Calhoun County Road Commission reported many fallen trees and limbs blocked dozens of rural roads, mostly across the so |
| Jul 21, 5:05 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshall, MI | The Battle Creek Enquirer reported tree damage on a house in the 500 block of North Marshall Street. A large tree fell down and punched a hole in the roof of the home's front porch. No one was injured. A damage estimate was not available. |
| Jul 21, 5:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Homer, MI | A local newspaper, the Homer Index, reported trees and power lines were downed across Homer Township in southeast Calhoun County. Power was out for up to 26 hours across portions of the township. Loss of power knocked out a pair of sewer system lift stations i |
| Jul 21, 5:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion, MI | The Albion Recorder reported downed trees and power lines in the city of Albion. One tree fell in front of the Masonic Temple at Center and Clinton Streets. The tree fell on a power line which sparked a small fire on the utility pole. Damage estimates were not |
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, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Barry | 62 min |
| Jul 21, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Eaton | 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.