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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

June 5, 2005Gratiot County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2005, 5:23 PM EDT for Gratiot County, Michigan. It was in force for 67 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, 5:23 PM EDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2005, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
67 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), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 
WFUS53 KGRR 052123
TORGRR
MIC057-052230-
/O.NEW.KGRR.TO.W.0003.050605T2123Z-050605T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
523 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 630 PM EDT

* AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14
  MILES WEST OF ITHACA...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF STANTON...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ITHACA AND ALMA BY 545 PM EDT
  ST. LOUIS BY 550 PM EDT
  BRECKENRIDGE BY 600 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 4315 8483 4328 8483 4330 8485 4335 8484
      4346 8460 4346 8446 4337 8440 4335 8437
      4332 8437

$$

MJS

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, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIngham47 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, 5:43 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

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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.