Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1999, 11:16 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Eaton County, Michigan. It was in force for 13 hr. 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
- Jul 23, 1999, 11:16 PM EDT (03:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1999, 11:50 AM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Calhoun County, MI, Eaton County, MI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 11:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 53 | Albion, MI | A tree was downed just north of Albion. |
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 text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 23, 4:44 PM EDT, 6 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 4:44 PM EDT, 6 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 444 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 1999 CHALLENGE FOR TODAY HAS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH 575 HAS BEEN CLEARED FOR THE GRR CWA AND REPLACED BY WATCH 576. FIRST ROUND OF TSTMS HAS MOVED EAST AND THE NEXT ROUND IS MOVING INTO LAKE MI. ATMOSPHERE IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE FIRST LINE OF CONVECTION IN THE NW PORTION OF THE CWA HAS CAPES AS LOW AS 100 WITH CAPES OVER WRN AND SRN PARTS OF CWA RANGING FROM 2000 TO 4000 SO LIS RANGE FROM -4 TO -8 SO AIRMASS REMAINS UNSTABLE. TSTMS ACTIVITY HAS BEEN DIMINISHING AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE LAKE BUT EXPECT THAT AS THE MAIN TROF FORCES THE STORMS EAST THEY WILL BEGIN TO HOLD TOGETHER AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE LAKE AND REGENERATE AS THEY MOVE OVER THE WARMER LAND. INTERESTING FEATURE ON RADAR THIS AFTERNOON IS AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM SOUTH CENTRAL NEWAYGO COUNTY ACROSS KENT TO SE EATON COUNTY. A SMALL A WEAK STORM FIRED ON THE BOUNDARY EARLIER BUT IT HAS YET TO PROVIDE A FOCUS... EXPECT THIS TO CHANGE LATER THIS EVENING AS THE STORMS FROM WISCONSIN MOVE INTO OUR AREA. REMAINDER OF FORECAST...HOT AND DUSTY AS WE REALLY HAVE NO REAL CHANGE IN AIRMASS. DEWPOINTS GO FROM THE 70S TO THE 60S SO STILL UNCOMFORTABLE BUT HEAT INDICES WELL BELOW THE VALUES THEY REACHED TODAY EVEN THOUGH TEMPS WILL BE WARMER. ZONAL FLOW WITH 5OO MB RIDGE BUILDING BACK INTO THE GREAT LAKES EARLY NEXT WEEK. .GRR...NONE. MWH
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 23, 5:59 PM EDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
559 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 1999
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1145 AM IRONS MI WIND DAMAGE
07/23/99 LAKE TREES DOWN
1240 PM RUSTFORD MI WIND DAMAGE
07/23/99 MECOSTA TREES DOWN
0115 PM ROSEBUSH MI WIND DAMAGE
07/23/99 ISABELLA TREES DOWN
DOWN
0215 PM ITHACA MI WIND DAMAGE
07/23/99 GRATIOT TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0232 PM MT PLESANT MI TORNADO
07/23/99 ISABELLA TOUCHDOWN
0238 PM TOPKINS MI WIND DAMAGE
07/23/99 JACKSON TREES DOWN
0245 PM EATON RAPIDS MI .75 INCH HAIL
07/23/99 EATON
0325 PM DANSVILLE MI WIND DAMAGE
07/23/99 INGHAM NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0326 PM WEBBERVILLE MI WIND DAMAGE
07/23/99 INGHAM NMEROUS TREES DOWN
0327 PM STOCKBRIDGE MI WIND DAMAGE
07/23/99 INGHAM TREES DOWN
MWHLocal storm report, Jul 23, 5:59 PM EDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
559 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 1999
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1145 AM IRONS MI WIND DAMAGE
07/23/99 LAKE TREES DOWN
1240 PM RUSTFORD MI WIND DAMAGE
07/23/99 MECOSTA TREES DOWN
0115 PM ROSEBUSH MI WIND DAMAGE
07/23/99 ISABELLA TREES DOWN
DOWN
0215 PM ITHACA MI WIND DAMAGE
07/23/99 GRATIOT TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0232 PM MT PLESANT MI TORNADO
07/23/99 ISABELLA TOUCHDOWN
0238 PM TOPKINS MI WIND DAMAGE
07/23/99 JACKSON TREES DOWN
0245 PM EATON RAPIDS MI .75 INCH HAIL
07/23/99 EATON
0325 PM DANSVILLE MI WIND DAMAGE
07/23/99 INGHAM NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0326 PM WEBBERVILLE MI WIND DAMAGE
07/23/99 INGHAM NMEROUS TREES DOWN
0327 PM STOCKBRIDGE MI WIND DAMAGE
07/23/99 INGHAM TREES DOWN
MWHLocal storm report, Jul 23, 7:38 PM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 11:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Calhoun, Eaton | 49 min |
| Jul 23, 11:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Jackson | 30 min |
| Jul 24, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Gratiot | 24 min |
| Jul 24, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Clinton, Gratiot | 49 min |
| Jul 24, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Oceana | 34 min |
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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.