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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

May 23, 2004Ingham County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2004, 5:30 PM EDT for Ingham County, Michigan. It was in force for 30 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2004, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2004, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ingham County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 23, 5:40 PM EDTHAIL 1Lennon, MI
May 23, 5:40 PM EDTHAIL 1Lennon, MI

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 23, 4:50 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 61 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 2004-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 123 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 159 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-175 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
224 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGRR 232130
TORGRR
MIC065-232200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
528 PM EDT SUN MAY 23 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  INGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 524 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER WILLIAMSTON...OR ABOUT
  7 MILES EAST OF HASLETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BELL OAK...WEBBERVILLE AROUND 535 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 4273 8443 4261 8426 4295 8371 4314 8396

$$

NJ JL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 12:09 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR51 min
May 23, 12:09 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR51 min
May 23, 3:45 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR45 min
May 23, 3:45 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR45 min
May 23, 3:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRROttawa49 min
May 23, 4:56 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR49 min
May 23, 4:56 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR49 min
May 23, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRBarry, Calhoun, Eaton47 min
May 23, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIngham52 min
May 23, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRAllegan32 min
May 23, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRVan Buren46 min
May 23, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR60 min
May 23, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR60 min
May 23, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRBarry29 min
May 23, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIonia, Kent61 min
May 23, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKalamazoo42 min
May 23, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClinton59 min
May 23, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClinton29 min
May 23, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRMecosta, Newaygo58 min
May 23, 7:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR53 min
May 23, 7:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR53 min
May 23, 7:56 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRMecosta34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.