Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1045 PM EDT WED MAY 20 2004

.SHORT TERM...
COLD FRONT STRETCHES FROM NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE THUMB...SOUTHWEST
TO NEAR HOLLAND. VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS EXISTS SOUTH OF THE
FRONT...WITH CAPE VALUES AROUND 3000 J/KG. AS THE FRONT DROPS SOUTH
INTO THIS AIRMASS...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE.
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE THE MAIN THREATS...WITH A
VERY MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COVERS THIS
AREA UNTIL 300 AM EDT THIS MORNING. CELL IN EATON COUNTY HAS A HIGH
CORE AT THIS TIME. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL GRADUALLY MOVE SOUTH WITH
TIME TOWARD THE MI/IN BORDER AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH. ZONES ARE OUT.

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.GRR...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

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DUKE

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1245 PM EDT THU MAY 20 2004

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-211039-
ALLEGAN-BARRY-CALHOUN-CLARE-CLINTON-EATON-GRATIOT-INGHAM-IONIA-
ISABELLA-JACKSON-KALAMAZOO-KENT-LAKE-MASON-MECOSTA-MONTCALM-MUSKEGON-
NEWAYGO-OCEANA-OSCEOLA-OTTAWA-VAN BUREN-
1245 PM EDT THU MAY 20 2004

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MORE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS
EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH
AND HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT.
THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WILL BE EAST AT 35 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO BE ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN DURING MUCH OF THE PERIOD. AS A RESULT...THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED AND SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE. HEAVY
RAINFALL AND FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

OSTUNO

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1006 PM EDT THU MAY 20 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0947 PM     HAIL             3 N WOODLAND            42.77N 85.13W
05/20/2004  1.00 INCH        BARRY              MI   PUBLIC

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RJD

MIZ057>059-064>067-071>074-210700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1016 PM EDT THU MAY 20 2004

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF LOWER MICHIGAN EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 300 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

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

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

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.

DUKE