Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Issued

Jun 25, 1998, 8:30 PM EDT (00:30 UTC)

Expired

Jun 25, 1998, 9:20 PM EDT

In force

50 min

Issued by

NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Area

Whole counties

County Barry County, MI

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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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MIC015-260120-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
830 PM EDT THU JUN 25 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 920 PM EDT

* AT 829 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF BATTLE CREEK OR 4 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF BANFIELD MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BANFIELD             AROUND 840 PM EDT
  DOWLING              AROUND 845 PM EDT
  LACEY                AROUND 850 PM EDT
  NASHVILLE            AROUND 910 PM EDT

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

GTG

NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 25, 11:43 AM EDT, 8 hours 47 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1143 AM EDT WED JUN 24 1998

PLENTY OF INSTABILITY ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...
WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND 90 AND DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER 70S PUSHING
CAPE VALUES TOWARD 4000 J/KG.  14Z SURFACE MAP SHOWS WELL DEFINED
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND MESOHIGH DRAPED ACROSS CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN.
ACTUAL WARM FRONT APPEARS TO BE NORTH OF FORECAST AREA...SO WILL
LOOK TO CONVECTIVE BOUNDARIES AND POSSIBLE LAND/LAKE INTERACTION TO
FOCUS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.  LOW AND MID LEVEL WIND
MAXIMA PROGGED ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL...WITH
0-6KM SHEAR VALUES OF 30 M/S COMBINED WITH HIGH INSTABILITES AND A
STRONG MID LEVEL DRY PUNCH ENHANCING SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL. 12Z
DTX SOUNDING DID SHOW A MID LEVEL CAPPING INVERSION...WHICH SHOULD
BE OVERCOME BY HEATING AND UPPER SUPPORT PROVIDED BY VORTICITY MAX
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN LOWER THIS EVEbNING. ONLY REAL CHANGE
TO FORECAST WILL BE TO REMOVE MORNING REFERENCES AND ADJUST THE WINDS
A BIT.

BORIS

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.