Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1020 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2004

.UPDATE...
IMPRESSIVE SPEED MAX SEEN APPROACHING FROM THE WEST ON WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY AND IN 12Z RAOB DATA. 500 MB WND SPD AT MINNEAPOLIS THIS
MORNING WAS 65 KTS AND WILL BE TRANSLATING EAST INTO WRN LWR MI THIS
AFTERNOON.

LWR MI IS VIRTUALLY CLOUD FREE ATTM AND DEVELOPING SLY FLOW AHEAD IF
APPROACHING DISTURBANCE IS SENDING 70 DEGREE DEW POINTS BACK NORTH
FROM INDIANA. CAPES HAVE ALREADY CLIMBED OVER 1500 J/KG AND LIFTED
INDICES ARE NEAR -6. LATEST RUC HAS LIFTED INDICES TO -9 BY 21Z.

SVR THREAT INITIALLY APPEARS TO BE ACROSS THE SRN CWFA FROM
CONVECTION MOVING EAST FROM SRN WI/NRN IL...BUT SUSPECT ALL OF THE
AREA WILL HAVE A SEVERE THREAT ONCE THE SHORTWAVE SWEEPS IN AFTER
18Z. WOULD EXPECT CONVECTION TO DEVELOP FARTHER NORTH FROM WHERE IT
CURRENTLY IS CONSIDERING THE BUILDING INSTABILITY AND APPROACHING
UPPER DYNAMICS. MAIN THREAT IS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

GOING FCST OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS LIKELY LOOKS FINE AND LITTLE CHANGE
NEEDED.

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.GRR...NONE.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1143 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2004

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-150834-
ALLEGAN-BARRY-CALHOUN-CLARE-CLINTON-EATON-GRATIOT-INGHAM-IONIA-
ISABELLA-JACKSON-KALAMAZOO-KENT-LAKE-MASON-MECOSTA-MONTCALM-MUSKEGON-
NEWAYGO-OCEANA-OSCEOLA-OTTAWA-VAN BUREN-
1143 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL RACE RAPIDLY EAST AT
40 TO 50 MPH ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
96...BETWEEN NOON AND 3 PM. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 75 MPH. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN
CAUSE WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH
OF THIS LINE OF STORMS INCLUDE KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...ALBION AND
JACKSON.

OTHER SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN... ASIDE FROM
THE AFOREMENTIONED LINE OF STORMS. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORM THREAT
SHOULD COME TO AN END BY 9 PM THIS EVENING.

THE SEVERE WEATHER IS THE RESULT OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
MOVING EAST FROM WISCONSIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST
LOWER MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT TRACKS THROUGH THE
REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FOR WEDNESDAY

MJS MEADE

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1046 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2004

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF LOWER MICHIGAN EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 600 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

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

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

THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF AFFECTED
LAKESHORE COUNTIES.

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.

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MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-150000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1232 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF LOWER MICHIGAN EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY 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 AND OTTAWA

IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN
     IONIA AND CLINTON

THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF AFFECTED
LAKESHORE COUNTIES.

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.

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