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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

August 3, 2006Kalamazoo County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2006, 8:13 AM EDT for Kalamazoo 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 2006, 8:13 AM EDT (12:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2006, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kalamazoo County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:13 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
Aug 3, 7:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

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 Aug 3, 3:25 AM EDT, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 3:25 AM EDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 8:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIsabella, Mecosta23 min
Aug 2, 8:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRAllegan27 min
Aug 2, 8:33 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRIsabella27 min
Aug 2, 8:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRVan Buren66 min
Aug 2, 8:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClinton54 min
Aug 2, 9:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKalamazoo67 min
Aug 2, 9:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRBarry, Eaton, Ionia57 min
Aug 2, 9:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRCalhoun47 min
Aug 2, 9:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClinton30 min
Aug 2, 9:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRVan Buren40 min
Aug 2, 9:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIngham56 min
Aug 3, 12:13 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR40 min
Aug 3, 6:38 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR97 min
Aug 3, 7:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRVan Buren52 min
Aug 3, 8:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRCalhoun41 min
Aug 3, 9:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIngham, Jackson39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.