Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 403
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 1, 2000, 8:30 PM EDT for 31 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2000, 8:30 PM EDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2000, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 31 counties
Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Bay County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Clare County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kent County, MI, Lake County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Midland County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Osceola County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Roscommon County, MI, Saginaw County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Van Buren County, MI, Wexford County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 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 1, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Ogemaw, Oscoda, Roscommon | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Muskegon | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Lake, Newaygo | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 10:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Mecosta, Montcalm | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 10:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kent | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 10:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan, Van Buren | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 10:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ionia | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 11:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Barry | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 11:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Gratiot, Montcalm | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kalamazoo | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 11:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Clinton, Eaton | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 11:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Shiawassee | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 11:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ingham | 36 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 692 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1425 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 442 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 8.8
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 11:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arenac, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston and 8 more | 3 hr |
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.