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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

June 5, 2005Ingham County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2005, 2:43 PM EDT for Ingham 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
Jun 5, 2005, 2:43 PM EDT (18:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2005, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
47 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), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 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
Jun 5, 1:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 2005-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 321 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 2005-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 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
321 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-172 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1129 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 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 051843
SVRGRR
MIC065-052000-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0021.050605T1843Z-050605T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
243 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS
HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  INGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 241 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LESLIE...OR ABOUT NEAR MASON...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MASON AROUND 250 PM EDT
  DANSVILLE AROUND 300 PM EDT
  MERIDIAN AROUND 310 PM EDT
  VANTOWN AROUND 315 PM EDT
  WILLIAMSTON AROUND 320 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 4244 8440 4243 8443 4243 8451 4250 8460
      4256 8459 4277 8432 4277 8415 4258 8416

$$

MJS
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGRR 051852
SVSGRR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
251 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005

MIC065-052000-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050605T2000Z/
INGHAM MI-
251 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR INGHAM COUNTY
UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

AT 249 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING ONE AND ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL JUST 
SOUTH OF MASON.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EDEN AND MASON...AND 
MOVING EAST NORTHEASTAT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DANSVILLE AND MERIDIAN BY 300 PM EDT
  WILLIAMSTON BY 310 PM EDT
  VANTOWN AND MILLVILLE BY 315 PM EDT
  WEBBERVILLE BY 320 PM EDT
  BELL OAK BY 325 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.

HAIL UP TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES IN DIAMETER...OR ROUGHLY THE SIZE
OF A PING PONG BALL...IS EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN.

LAT...LON 4244 8440 4243 8443 4244 8448 4251 8454
      4259 8453 4277 8432 4277 8415 4248 8417

$$

LAURENS
000 
WWUS53 KGRR 051930
SVSGRR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
330 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005

MIC065-051940-
/O.CAN.KGRR.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050605T2000Z/
INGHAM MI-
330 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR INGHAM COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA.
THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN.

LAT...LON 4244 8440 4243 8443 4244 8448 4251 8454
      4259 8453 4277 8432 4277 8415 4248 8417

$$

LAURENS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 12:52 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR38 min
Jun 5, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRAllegan, Barry, Kent55 min
Jun 5, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRGratiot61 min
Jun 5, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIonia48 min
Jun 5, 3:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRMontcalm29 min
Jun 5, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClinton, Gratiot54 min
Jun 5, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKent71 min
Jun 5, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR67 min
Jun 5, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRVan Buren64 min
Jun 5, 3:47 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRGratiot28 min
Jun 5, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRAllegan67 min
Jun 5, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIonia, Montcalm78 min
Jun 5, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR2 hr
Jun 5, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRVan Buren27 min
Jun 5, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKent45 min
Jun 5, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRBarry, Calhoun, Kalamazoo63 min
Jun 5, 5:16 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRMontcalm13 min
Jun 5, 5:23 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRGratiot67 min
Jun 5, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIonia57 min
Jun 5, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRREaton40 min
Jun 5, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClinton64 min
Jun 5, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRBarry, Calhoun, Kalamazoo38 min
Jun 5, 6:14 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRClinton48 min
Jun 5, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRREaton61 min
Jun 5, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRGratiot41 min
Jun 5, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRJackson56 min
Jun 5, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIngham61 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.