Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2005, 3:47 PM EDT for Gratiot County, Michigan. It was in force for 28 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, 3:47 PM EDT (19:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2005, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Gratiot County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 1:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 105 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KGRR 051947
TORGRR
MIC057-052015-
/O.NEW.KGRR.TO.W.0001.050605T1947Z-050605T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
347 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS
HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
GRATIOT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 345 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
OVER ITHACA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LANGPORT...GALLOWAY AND WHEELER BY 355 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN.
LAT...LON 4321 8441 4319 8444 4316 8452 4325 8460
4334 8466 4346 8443 4346 8438 4344 8437
4322 8437
$$
MJS2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KGRR 051959
SVSGRR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
359 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005
MIC057-052015-
/O.CON.KGRR.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050605T2015Z/
GRATIOT MI-
359 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GRATIOT COUNTY UNTIL 415
PM EDT...
AT 358 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RATHBONE...
OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF ITHACA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL GRATIOT COUNTY AT 410 PM EDT
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN.
LAT...LON 4321 8441 4319 8444 4316 8452 4325 8460
4334 8466 4346 8443 4346 8438 4344 8437
4322 8437
$$
LAURENS000
WWUS53 KGRR 052015
SVSGRR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
415 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005
MIC057-052025-
/O.EXP.KGRR.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050605T2015Z/
GRATIOT MI-
415 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GRATIOT COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA.
THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN.
LAT...LON 4321 8441 4319 8444 4316 8452 4325 8460
4334 8466 4346 8443 4346 8438 4344 8437
4322 8437
$$
LAURENSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 12:52 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 38 min | |
| Jun 5, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Kent | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Gratiot | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ionia | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ingham | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Montcalm | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Clinton, Gratiot | 54 min |
| Jun 5, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kent | 71 min |
| Jun 5, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 67 min | |
| Jun 5, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Van Buren | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan | 67 min |
| Jun 5, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ionia, Montcalm | 78 min |
| Jun 5, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 2 hr | |
| Jun 5, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Van Buren | 27 min |
| Jun 5, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kent | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Barry, Calhoun, Kalamazoo | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 5:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Montcalm | 13 min |
| Jun 5, 5:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Gratiot | 67 min |
| Jun 5, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ionia | 57 min |
| Jun 5, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Eaton | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Clinton | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Barry, Calhoun, Kalamazoo | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 6:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Clinton | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Eaton | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Gratiot | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Jackson | 56 min |
| Jun 5, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ingham | 61 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.