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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

November 10, 1998Muskegon County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 1998, 1:48 PM EST for Muskegon County, Michigan. It was in force for 32 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
Nov 10, 1998, 1:48 PM EST (18:48 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 1998, 2:20 PM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Muskegon County, MI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 10, 1:52 PM ESTTornado F0Roosevelt Park, MITornado rapidly dissipated as it moved inland as a tornado.

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 nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 206 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1998-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1998-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 525 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
525 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
561 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGRR 101853 COR
TORGRR
MIC121-101920-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED TO ADD EXPIRATION TIME AND CHANGE LOCATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
148 PM EST TUE NOV 10 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A

*  FOR...
  MUSKEGON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 220 PM EDT

* AT 147 PM EST... MUSKEGON COUNTY CENTRAL DISPATCH REPORTED A
  WATERSPOUT JUST OFFSHORE OF PERE MARQUETTE POINT...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE STORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NORTH MUSKEGON       AROUND 150 PM EST
  DALTON               AROUND 150 PM EST
  LAKEWOOD CLUB        AROUND 155 PM EST
  TWIN LAKE            AROUND 155 PM vEST

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!

TRH

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.