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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

April 11, 2001Kent County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2001, 8:06 PM EDT for Kent County, Michigan. It was in force for 29 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: Apr 11, 2001, 8:06 PM EDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2001, 8:35 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Whole counties

County Kent County, MI

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 11, 7:15 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 176 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 156 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGRR 120007
TORGRR
MIC081-120035-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
806 PM EDT WED APR 11 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN KENT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 835 PM EDT

* AT 803 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO APPROACHING KENT CITY...13 MILES SOUTH OF NEWAYGO... 
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   KENT CITY                 AROUND 808 PM EDT
   CEDAR SPRINGS...SAND LAKE AROUND 830 PM EDT

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE: SPARTA

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.

IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE
A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

MJS/KWG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 11, 8:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Mecosta, Montcalm	39 min
Apr 11, 9:51 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRR	Muskegon	3 hr
Apr 11, 11:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Muskegon, Ottawa	39 min
Apr 11, 11:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Newaygo	24 min
Apr 11, 11:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Newaygo	30 min
Apr 11, 11:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Muskegon	17 min
Apr 12, 12:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Kent	36 min
Apr 12, 12:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Mecosta, Montcalm	31 min
Apr 12, 12:19 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Newaygo	26 min
Apr 12, 12:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Osceola	35 min
Apr 12, 12:29 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Mecosta	31 min
Apr 12, 12:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Clare, Isabella	48 min
Apr 12, 12:57 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Clare, Osceola	33 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.