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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

October 24, 2001Clinton County, Ionia County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at Oct 24, 2001, 6:53 PM EDT for Clinton County, Ionia County, Michigan. It was in force for 52 min. 3 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
Oct 24, 2001, 6:53 PM EDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 2001, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clinton County, MI, Ionia County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 24, 7:03 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 53 ECountywide, MI
Oct 24, 7:20 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 53 EMaple Rapids, MI
Oct 24, 7:36 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 53 EMaple Rapids, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 24, 4:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 12:00Z on 2001-10-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 227 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2001-10-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
227 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

240 
WFUS53 KGRR 242254
TORGRR
MIC037-067-242345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
653 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN IONIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN
  CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 653 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF SEBEWA...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF
  PORTLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   EAGLE...PORTLAND AROUND 700 PM EDT
   WACOUSTA AROUND 705 PM EDT
   WESTPHALIA AROUND 710 PM EDT
   FOWLER AROUND 715 PM EDT
   ST. JOHNS AROUND 720 PM EDT
   MAPLE RAPIDS AROUND 725 PM 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/GRAHAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 24, 2:35 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR115 min
Oct 24, 2:35 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR115 min
Oct 24, 3:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRAllegan47 min
Oct 24, 11:04 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR71 min
Oct 24, 12:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR38 min
Oct 24, 12:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR38 min
Oct 24, 12:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR38 min
Oct 24, 12:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRAllegan, Ottawa48 min
Oct 24, 1:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGRRAllegan, Kent, Ottawa5 hr
Oct 24, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRGratiot15 min
Oct 24, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRMuskegon, Ottawa40 min
Oct 24, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKalamazoo, Van Buren43 min
Oct 24, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRCalhoun50 min
Oct 24, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRBarry, Kalamazoo43 min
Oct 24, 6:33 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRBarry, Eaton27 min
Oct 24, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIngham, Jackson64 min
Oct 24, 7:00 PM EDTTornado WarningGRREaton, Ingham30 min
Oct 24, 7:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGRRAllegan, Kent, Ottawa3 hr
Oct 24, 7:25 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRGratiot50 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.