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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

June 14, 2005Eaton County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2005, 3:07 PM EDT for Eaton County, Michigan. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report 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: Jun 14, 2005, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2005, 3:31 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Eaton County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 14, 3:13 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Needmore, MI

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

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 14, 12:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 124 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 104 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -159 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1298 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KGRR 141907
SVRGRR
MIC045-141930-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0050.050614T1907Z-050614T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
307 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS
HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 303 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES WEST OF GRAND LEDGE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CHARLOTTE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SUNFIELD AND NEEDMORE AROUND 315 PM EDT
  MULLIKEN AND HOYTVILLE AROUND 320 PM EDT
  GRAND LEDGE AROUND 330 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 8506 4276 8473 4271 8480 4270 8480
      4259 8494 4259 8497 4265 8508 4275 8508

$$

NJJ RG

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KGRR 141919
SVSGRR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
317 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005

MIC045-141930-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-050614T1930Z/
EATON MI-
317 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EATON COUNTY
UNTIL 330 PM EDT...

AT 316 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MULLIKEN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF
PORTLAND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM PRODUCED PENNY SIZE HAIL IN THE COMMUNITY OF NEEDMORE AT 
APPROXIMATELY 310 PM EDT. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL 
THE STORM HAS PASSED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN.

LAT...LON 4277 8501 4277 8478 4270 8479 4259 8494
      4259 8497 4265 8508 4273 8503

$$

RG

000 
WWUS53 KGRR 141931
SVSGRR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
331 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005

MIC045-141941-
/O.EXP.KGRR.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-050614T1930Z/
EATON MI-
331 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EATON COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER
SEVERE. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN.

LAT...LON 4277 8501 4277 8478 4270 8479 4259 8494
      4259 8497 4265 8508 4273 8503

$$

RG

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 14, 12:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 12:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1220 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005

.UPDATE...
FOCUS OF THE AFTERNOON FORECAST IS VERY MUCH HONED IN ON A SEVERE
THREAT. THE ENTIRE CWA IS IN A SLIGHT RISK AREA FOR SEVERE STORMS.
THE SOUTHEAST IT APPEARS MAY BE UPGRADED TO A MODERATE. LOCATIONS
LIKE LANSING AND JACKSON WILL BE NEAR OR IN A MODERATE RISK WHEN THE
1630Z DAY ONE COMES OUT. MOISTURE HAS POOLED ALONG THE PRE-FRONTAL
TROUGH / LAKE BREEZE WHICH EXTENDS ALONG HWY 131 SOUTH INTO INDIANA.
STORMS MAY FIRE ON THIS BOUNDARY AS IT MOVES EAST...OR ON THE ACTUAL
COLD FRONT WHICH IS MOVING THROUGH EASTERN WISCONSIN AND EASTERN
ILLINOIS. EITHER OF THESE BOUNDARIES HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF TOUCHING
OFF CONVECTION. IF THE PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH / LAKE BREEZE DOES NOT
HAVE ENOUGH CONVERGENCE ALONG IT...THINGS MAY WAIT FOR THE COLD
FRONT TO MOVE IN A BIT LATER THIS AFTERNOON. IN ANY EVENT...AGREE
WITH THE SLIGHT RISK AND THAT THE SOUTHEAST CWA TOWARD LANSING AND
JACKSON HAVE THE GREATEST THREAT. BEST MOISTURE WILL BE LOCATED IN
THE SOUTHEAST CWA...WHICH IS ALSO WHERE THE STRONGER 5000FT WINDS
WILL BE (35KTS). PROFILE IS UNIDIRECTIONAL WITH HEIGHT AND FAVORS
LINES AND BOWS AS OPPOSED TO SUPERCELLS. WIND DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE
THE GREATEST THREAT...BUT HAIL IS A POSSIBILITY AS WELL. MID LEVEL
DRY AIR COMBINED WITH SOME STRONGER WINDS ALOFT...MAKE WIND THE MAIN
THREAT. KGRR VWP IS SHOWING 50 KT WINDS AT 10-11K FT.

IN THE UPDATE...MAINTAINED THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM LIKELY
WORDING...WITH THE HIGHER POPS TO THE EAST. ADDED THE MENTION OF
SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE TO THE SOUTHEAST ZONES FROM IONIA AND ST.
JOHNS SOUTHWARD.

&&

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

&&

DUKE

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 12:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1236 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005

LMZ844>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-151000-
ALLEGAN-BARRY-CALHOUN-CLARE-CLINTON-EATON-GRATIOT-INGHAM-IONIA-
ISABELLA-JACKSON-KALAMAZOO-KENT-LAKE-MASON-MECOSTA-MONTCALM-MUSKEGON-
NEWAYGO-OCEANA-OSCEOLA-OTTAWA-VAN BUREN-
GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL-HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN-
PENTWATER TO MANISTEE-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND-
ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN-WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER-
1236 PM TUE JUN 14 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND SOME OF THEM MAY BE
SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS
ALSO POSSIBLE...BUT DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN
THREATS. THE ENTIRE AREA IS IN A SLIGHT RISK FROM THE STORM
PREDICTION CENTER...WITH SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN IN A MODERATE
RISK INCLUDING HOMER...WILLIAMSTON AND JACKSON. THE MODERATE RISK
AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MARSHALL TO LANSING.

STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131 EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON...AND SWEEP EAST AND NORTHEAST AS A LINE AROUND 40 MPH.
ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST ALONG THE
MAIN COLD FRONT WHICH WILL PUSH OUT OVER LAKE MICHIGAN THIS
AFTERNOON.

ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE ANYWHERE IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
TODAY... THE BEST CHANCE IS EAST OF HIGHWAY 131. THE STORMS SHOULD
BE EAST OF THE AREA BY 7 PM.

WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET ARE EXPECTED ON LAKE MICHIGAN TODAY AND
TONIGHT... POSING A THREAT TO SMALL CRAFT.  SWIMMERS AT LOCAL
BEACHES SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE THAT RIP CURRENTS ARE A POSSIBILITY
TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

WAVES OF 3 TO 6 FEET ARE LIKELY ON LAKE MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY... AND
POTENTIALLY ON THURSDAY TOO. THIS WILL POSE A THREAT TO SMALL CRAFT
VENTURING OUT ON THE LAKE AS WELL AS TO SWIMMERS WHO MAY ENCOUNTER
DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

MEADE DUKE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 14, 2:07 PM EDT, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
207 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005

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

0203 PM     HAIL             GRAND RAPIDS            42.96N 85.66W
06/14/2005  1.00 INCH        KENT               MI   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

BEACHLER

Local storm report, Jun 14, 3:00 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
300 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005

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

0230 PM     HAIL             GREENVILLE              43.18N 85.25W
06/14/2005  0.75 INCH        MONTCALM           MI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0247 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SARANAC                 42.93N 85.21W
06/14/2005                   IONIA              MI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN NEAR GOULD AND GRAND RIVER.

&&

BEACHLER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 1:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Allegan, Kent	59 min
Jun 14, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Ionia, Montcalm	54 min
Jun 14, 3:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Gratiot	41 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.