Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2003
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 2003, 5:51 PM EDT for Jackson County, Michigan. It was in force for 39 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, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2003, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jackson County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
318 WFUS53 KGRR 282151 TORGRR MIC075-282230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 550 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN * UNTIL 630 PM EDT * AT 548 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER SPRING ARBOR...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... JACKSON...VANDERCOOK LAKE...CLARK LAKE AROUND 555 PM EDT MICHIGAN CENTER AROUND 600 PM EDT LEONI...OAK POINT...NAPOLEON AROUND 605 PM EDT GRASS LAKE...NORVELL AROUND 610 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. LAT...LON 4221 8468 4210 8459 4212 8415 4239 8418 $$ JK EO
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, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kalamazoo, Van Buren | 59 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 |
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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.