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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

May 23, 2004Mecosta County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2004, 7:56 PM EDT for Mecosta County, Michigan. It was in force for 34 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 23, 2004, 7:56 PM EDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2004, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mecosta County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 188 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.

334 
WFUS53 KGRR 232356
TORGRR
MIC107-240030-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MECOSTA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 754 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER            
  RODNEY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BIG RAPIDS...MOVING         
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CHIPPEWA LAKE AROUND 805 PM EDT
  TUBBS LAKE...TITUS AROUND 810 PM EDT
  BARRYTON AROUND 815 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 4372 8552 4379 8537 4381 8520 4374 8510
          4366 8510 4345 8541 4354 8553

$$

RJD MEADE

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, 5:30 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRIngham30 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

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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.