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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

June 28, 2003Kalamazoo County, Van Buren County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2003, 3:31 PM EDT for Kalamazoo County, Van Buren County, Michigan. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 28, 2003, 3:31 PM EDT (19:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2003, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kalamazoo County, MI, Van Buren County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 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.

Did it verify

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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 28, 12:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 194 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: 70 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1302 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

894 
WUUS53 KGRR 281931
SVRGRR
MIC077-159-282030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
331 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PAW PAW...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   MATTAWAN...PINE GROVE AROUND 340 PM EDT
   MENTHA...KENDALL AROUND 350 PM EDT
   OSHTEMO AROUND 355 PM EDT
   PORTAGE...ALAMO AROUND 400 PM EDT
   WESTWOOD AROUND 405 PM EDT
   KALAMAZOO...COOPER AROUND 410 PM EDT

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER...OR ROUGHLY THE SIZE OF A QUARTER...
IS EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL
THE STORM HAS PASSED.


LAT...LON 4229 8600 4211 8587 4214 8529 4240 8538
          4240 8575

$$

JK EO

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 28, 11:58 AM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 11:58 AM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1158 AM EDT SAT JUN 28 2003

ONLY CHANGES IN UPDATE WAS TO FRESHEN WORDING FOR THE AFTERNOON. MAX
TEMPS WERE LEFT UNCHANGED. LINE OF CONVECTION CURRENTLY ACROSS LAKE
MICHIGAN IS EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST AND MAIN BATCH SHOULD BE COMING
INTO THE COAST BY 2 PM. EXPECT HAIL TO BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE
STORMS WITH VIL OF THE DAY ESTIMATED TO BE IN THE 40-45 RANGE.
STORMS IN THE VICINITY OF THE WARM FRONT WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED FOR
ROTATION...BUT HELICITY VALUES FROM OBSERVED AND LAPS SOUNDINGS THIS
MORNING ARE NOT OVERLY IMPRESSIVE.

ZONE UPDATE OUT.

OSTUNO

.GRR...NONE.

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 9:50 AM EDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-291100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
950 AM EDT SAT JUN 28 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A
COLD FRONT APPROACHES. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE
HAIL GREATER THAN THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER. AN ISOLATED
TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

FAIR WEATHER SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK BUT THERE IS A
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON INDEPENDENCE DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

OSTUNO

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 12:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-282245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1250 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2003

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF LOWER MICHIGAN EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 700 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN
     MASON...LAKE...OCEANA...NEWAYGO AND MUSKEGON

IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN
     OSCEOLA...CLARE...ISABELLA...MECOSTA...MONTCALM AND GRATIOT

IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
     KENT...ALLEGAN...BARRY...KALAMAZOO...VAN BUREN AND OTTAWA

IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN
     IONIA...CLINTON...INGHAM...EATON...JACKSON AND CALHOUN

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58
MPH AND/OR HAIL THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR GREATER. IF
YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE
LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

OSTUNO

Local storm report, Jun 28, 2:39 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
0239 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0217 PM    5 E MOUNT PLEASANT        MI   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/03   ISABELLA                       TREE DOWN

0217 PM    MOUNT PLEASANT            MI   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/03   ISABELLA                       TREE DOWN

0211 PM    6 W MOUNT PLEASANT        MI   0.25 IN HAIL
06/28/03   ISABELLA

0150 PM    5 NW WALKER               MI   0.50 IN HAIL
06/28/03   OTTAWA

JK

Local storm report, Jun 28, 2:56 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
0256 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0100 PM    CEDAR SPRINGS             MI   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/03   KENT                           200 POUND JUNGLE GYM
                                          ROLLED OVER AND MOVED 50
                                          FEET

JK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 12:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		60 min
Jun 28, 12:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		60 min
Jun 28, 12:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		60 min
Jun 28, 12:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		60 min
Jun 28, 12:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Kent, Montcalm	51 min
Jun 28, 1:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Isabella, Mecosta	38 min
Jun 28, 3:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Isabella	48 min
Jun 28, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Calhoun, Kalamazoo	59 min
Jun 28, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Calhoun, Jackson	62 min
Jun 28, 5:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Jackson	39 min

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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.