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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

May 9, 2004Barry County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2004, 4:28 PM EDT for Barry County, Michigan. It was in force for 47 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
May 9, 2004, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2004, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Barry County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 9, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 158 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2004-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2004-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
834 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KGRR 092028
SVRGRR
MIC015-092115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
428 PM EDT SUN MAY 9 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 424 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF ORANGEVILLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
  NORTH OF PLAINWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BOWENS MILL AROUND 435 PM EDT
  YANKEE SPRINGS AROUND 440 PM EDT
  PODUNK...IRVING...SCHULTZ...MIDDLEVILLE AROUND 445 PM EDT
  HASTINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AROUND 450 PM EDT
  HASTINGS AROUND 455 PM EDT
  WELCOME CORNERS...FREEPORT AROUND 500 PM 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 4276 8542 4276 8509 4266 8509 4255 8539
          4248 8554 4270 8555

$$

MJS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 8:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRNewaygo25 min
May 8, 9:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRMecosta, Newaygo29 min
May 9, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKalamazoo58 min
May 9, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRBarry, Eaton52 min
May 9, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR93 min
May 9, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR93 min
May 9, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR93 min
May 9, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRVan Buren52 min
May 9, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClinton46 min
May 9, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIngham57 min
May 9, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKalamazoo62 min
May 9, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRAllegan, Ottawa45 min
May 9, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRNewaygo28 min
May 9, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKent47 min
May 9, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR61 min
May 9, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR61 min
May 9, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIonia, Montcalm61 min
May 9, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKalamazoo42 min
May 9, 6:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRCalhoun56 min
May 9, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRGratiot33 min
May 9, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRJackson63 min

Nearby

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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.