Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Watches in 1998
Tornado Watch 553
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 12, 1998, 3:00 PM EDT for 37 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1998, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1998, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 37 counties
Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Bay County, MI, Branch County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Cass County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Genesee County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kent County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Midland County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Saginaw County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Sanilac County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Tuscola County, MI, Van Buren County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 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.
Warnings issued inside it
13 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Barry | 50 min |
| Jun 12, 4:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Barry | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 4:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Calhoun | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Eaton | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ingham | 50 min |
| Jun 12, 5:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Jackson | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lenawee, Monroe | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Washtenaw | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 5:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Washtenaw | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Saint Joseph | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Washtenaw, Wayne | 58 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Michigan, 1998Every tornado watch in 1998
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.