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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

September 12, 2000Allegan County, Van Buren County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 12, 2000, 12:04 AM EDT for Allegan County, Van Buren County, Michigan. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 12, 2000, 12:04 AM EDT (04:04 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 2000, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Allegan County, MI, Van Buren County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 222 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2000-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 114 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2000-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
114 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-195 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1191 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 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 
WUUS53 KGRR 120404
SVRGRR
MIC005-159-120445-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1204 AM EDT TUE SEP 12 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
  ALLEGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT

* AT 1158 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM MACATAWA TO 18 MILES WEST OF
  COVERT...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   GANGES...GLENN AROUND 1210 AM EDT
   FENNVILLE...SOUTH HAVEN AROUND 1215 AM EDT
   COVERT...HAMILTON...PULLMAN AROUND 1220 AM EDT
   LACOTA...MCDONALD AROUND 1225 AM EDT
   BANGOR AROUND 1230 AM EDT

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

TRH/RJD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 11:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRMason38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.