Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Issued

Aug 27, 2003, 1:46 AM EDT (05:46 UTC)

Expired

Aug 27, 2003, 2:45 AM EDT

In force

59 min

Issued by

NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Van Buren County, MI

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WUUS53 KGRR 270546
SVRGRR
MIC159-270645-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
146 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 245 AM EDT

* AT 145 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF COVERT...OR ABOUT 4 MILES
  SOUTH OF SOUTH HAVEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   MCDONALD...BANGOR...BREEDSVILLE AROUND 205 AM EDT
   HARTFORD AROUND 210 AM EDT
   LAWRENCE...GLENDALE AROUND 220 AM EDT
   PAW PAW...DECATUR AROUND 235 AM EDT
   LAWTON AROUND 240 AM EDT
   MATTAWAN AROUND 245 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.


LAT...LON 4237 8633 4245 8626 4227 8577 4207 8577
          4206 8598 4225 8632

$$

RJD 93

NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 26, 10:22 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1020 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2003

SURFACE FRONT HAS BEEN SLIPPING SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH THE CWFA THIS
EVENING AND LOOKS BE SITUATED ALONG THE I-94 CORRIDOR. CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS AND TSTMS HAS DWINDLED WITH LOSS OF HEATING AND LACK OF
SURFACE CONVERGENCE. ALSO UPPER SUPPORT IS LACKING WITH VORTICITY
MAXIMA TRACKING SOUTH OF MI. DEW POINTS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO DROP OFF
BEHIND THE FRONT AND WINDS HAVE GONE LGT/VRBL...SO AREAS OF FOG LOOK
TO BE A GOOD BET OVERNIGHT.

MEADE

.GRR...NONE.

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-271000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
207 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF LOWER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING AS
A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE REGION. A FEW OF THESE STORMS HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE.  ALL OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN IS
UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FROM THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER.  THE MOST
LIKELY TIME FOR STORMS TO REDEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA WILL
BE BETWEEN 3:00 PM AND MIDNIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HAIL TO AROUND AND INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 65
MPH. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY RAINFALL
ARE ALSO LIKELY THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH LABOR DAY

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM THURSDAY EVENING
INTO FRIDAY MORNING AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM
THE WEST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

MJS

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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