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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

June 18, 2001Calhoun County, Kalamazoo County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2001, 5:53 AM EDT for Calhoun County, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It was in force for 52 min. 2 reports 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
Jun 18, 2001, 5:53 AM EDT (09:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2001, 6:45 AM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Calhoun County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 18, 5:55 AM EDTThunderstorm Wind 53 ECooper, MI
Jun 18, 6:15 AM EDTThunderstorm Wind 53 EBattle Creek, MI

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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 2001-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2001-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1820 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-46 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 
WFUS53 KGRR 180954
TORGRR

MIC025-077-181045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
553 AM EDT MON JUN 18 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  KALAMAZOO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
  CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 645 AM EDT

* AT 547 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER RICHLAND...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF EASTWOOD...MOVING
  EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   AUGUSTA AROUND 600 AM EDT
   SPRINGFIELD...BATTLE CREEK...BEFORD AROUND 605 AM EDT
   BROWNLEE PARK AROUND 610 AM EDT
   CERESCO AROUND 620 AM EDT
   MARSHALL AROUND 625 AM EDT
   MARENGO AROUND 630 AM EDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

DUKESHERER

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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.