Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Issued

Jul 20, 2003, 12:33 PM EDT (16:33 UTC)

Expired

Jul 20, 2003, 1:15 PM EDT

In force

42 min

Issued by

NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kent County, MI

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 2 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1233 PM EDT SUN JUL 20 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KENT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 115 PM EDT

* AT 1230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CUTLERVILLE...OR ABOUT 11
  MILES SOUTH OF GRAND RAPIDS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   BYRON CENTER AROUND 1245 PM EDT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
GRAND RAPIDS.


LAT...LON 4300 8568 4281 8568 4280 8540 4286 8539

$$

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NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 20, 10:20 AM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1020 AM EDT SUN JUL 20 2003

KGRR-88D SHOWS SHRA/TSRA CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER THE LAKE AND
MOVE EAST...MAINLY NORTH OF MKG...HOWEVER THERE HAS BEEN A SLIGHT
SWD DEVELOPMENT DURING THE PAST FEW VOLUME SCANS. THIS IS IN AN AREA
OF LOW LVL CONVERGENCE AND HIGHER THETE AIR. WOULD EXPECT THIS
ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE TO SINK SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. DEVELOPING
WARM FRONT OVER NRN ILLINOIS WILL ALSO BE A FOCUS FOR TSTM
DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON. VIS LOOP STILL SHOWS QUITE A BIT
OF CLOUD-FREE SKY ACROSS THE CWA. THIS WILL HELP IN DESTABILIZING
THE ATM LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WILL KEEP THE LIKELY POPS GOING BUT
WILL ALSO MENTION PT SUNNY SKIES.

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.GRR...NONE.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
605 AM EDT SUN JUL 20 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
LUDINGTON TO ALMA FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT AS A STORM
SYSTEM TAKES SHAPE ACROSS THE MIDWEST. A SQUALL LINE MAY FORM ACROSS
NORTHERN ILLINOIS OR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN AND MOVE EAST INTO SOUTHWEST
LOWER MICHIGAN DURING THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY MORNING AS A COLD
FRONT PUSHES EAST. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AS ANOTHER
COLD FRONT APPROACHES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

OSTUNO

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

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.