Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
300 PM EDT SUN JUL 9 2006

.SHORT TERM...
CONVECTION TRYING TO FORM IN TO A LINE FROM NR GRB EASTWARD THROUGH
NORTHERN LOWER MI.  SUFFICIENT CAPE AND SHEAR FOR SOME ORGANIZED
SEVERE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF ROUTE 20.  BEST LIFT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORTWAVE TRACKS THROUGH NORTHERN COUNTIES AS
WELL.  WILL FEATURE LIKELY PROBABILITIES FOR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY
TONIGHT...MAINLY NORTH.  WILL MENTION SOME GUSTY WINDS WITH THE
STORMS.  THE FRONT PUSHES SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION
TONIGHT...SHIFTING SOUTH OF GRR BY MIDNIGHT.  NORTHERN COUNTIES
SHOULD SEE LITTLE IN THE WAY OF PRECIP LATE TONIGHT.

THE FRONT DOES NOT SHIFT AS FAR SOUTH OF THE REGION ON MONDAY AS
THOUGHT EARLIER.  THUS WILL NEED TO MONITOR PRECIPITATION
POTENTIAL...ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN AREAS MONDAY AFTERNOON.  WILL
MAINTAIN A DRY FORECAST.

REALLY BIG DIFFERENCES SHOW UP IN THE MODELS CONCERNING THE
APPROACHING WAVE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.  THE
NAM SHOWS A BIG AREA OF RAIN CLIPPING MY NORTHWEST COUNTIES WHILE
THE GFS HAS IT MOVING INTO THE DTX AREA.  I HAVE ADDED A CHANCE FOR
STORM TUESDAY FOR MY SOUTHERN COUNTIES...CLOSER TO THE DEEPER
MOISTURE. I INCREASED POPS TUE NIGHT TO HIGH CHANCE GIVEN THE
APPROACHING WAVE.

.LONG TERM...
THE MAIN WEATHER FEATURE DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL BE THE
MOVEMENT OF A LOW THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST AND THE PASSAGE OF A
WARM FRONT ON WEDNESDAY.

THE WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW IN MINNESOTA IS PROGD TO MOVE
NORTHEAST THROUGH THE CWA VERY EARLY WEDNESDAY AND COULD BE THROUGH
THE CWA BY 12Z. A STRONG SOUTH FLOW WILL THEN BE IN PLACE AFTER
FROPA AND PWATS WILL BE NEAR 2 INCHES. THUS ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP
COULD BE EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS. IT/S WORTH NOTING THAT THE GFS IS
MUCH FARTHER SOUTHEAST WITH THE LOW THAN THE WRF IS AND AS SUCH
WOULD PROVIDE A BETTER CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAIN. FOR NOW WILL GO WITH
HIGH CHC POPS OVER THE ENTIRE CWA. THE ECMWF SPLITS THE DIFFERENCE
AND MOVES THE LOW OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS INTO NORTHERN LOWER.

AFTER THE WARM FRONT MOVES THROUGH...WE/LL BE IN A PERIOD OF HEAT
WITH A RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY. AS 850 MB
TEMPS CLIMB UP TO AROUND 20C...SFC TEMPS SHOULD HOVER NEAR 90. WE/LL
KEEP A DRY FCST AFTER THURSDAY AS THE RIDGE BUILDS.

&&

.GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN
NEARSHORE ZONES LATE TONIGHT AND ALL ZONES ON MONDAY.  SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY THIS EVENING AROUND GRAND HAVEN.

&&

MJS 93

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
520 PM EDT SUN JUL 9 2006

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-100945-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
520 PM EDT SUN JUL 9 2006

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

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING OVER
ALL OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
NEAR ROUTE 55 IS EXPECTED TO TRACK EAST SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING
REACHING ROUTE 20 BY 730 PM.  IF THIS LINE HOLDS TOGETHER IT WOULD
REACH INTERSTATE 96 AREA AROUND 9 PM AND INTERSTATE 94 BY 11 PM. THE
GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
ROUTE 20 WHERE THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR WIDESPREAD WIND GUSTS AROUND
60 MPH.  IN ADDITION HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER WILL BE POSSIBLE.
THE MAIN STORM MOTION WILL BE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. MOST OF THE
STORMS WILL HAVE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTING AND GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM FROM THE PACIFIC OCEAN WILL MOVE INTO THE
GREAT LAKES DURING THE MID WEEK PERIOD. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE QUICK
TO MOVE IN BUT SLOW TO LEAVE. IT WILL BE THE FIRST SYSTEM IN SOME
TIME THAT WILL TAP GULF MOISTURE. AS A RESULT OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT
OF THE SYSTEM ITSELF AND GULF MOISTURE BEING DRAWN INTO IT...SOME
LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF SOUTHWEST
MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING
IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT AS MUCH A
THREAT WITH THIS SYSTEM AS IS THE HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

LMZ844>849-100945-
ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND-
HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL-
WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE-
520 PM EDT SUN JUL 9 2006

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS FROM HOLLAND TO
WHITEHALL THIS EVENING AS SOUTHWEST WINDS WERE CREATING SOME WAVES
UP AROUND 4 FEET.

THERE IS THE RISK OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY
WINDS AND LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES THIS EVENING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING MAY
ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS.

WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH BEHIND THE FRONT AND INCREASE.  THIS
WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS WAVES FOR SMALL CRAFT MAINLY NORTH OF
WHITEHALL AFTER MIDNIGHT.  IN ADDITION AN INCREASED RISK FOR RIP
CURRENTS WILL EXIST NORTH OF HOLLAND.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

HAZARDOUS WAVES TO SMALL CRAFT WILL EXIST ON MONDAY.  IN ADDITION AN
INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL EXISTS.

IN THE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY TIME FRAME... THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTING ARE EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

WDM MJS

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
917 PM EDT SUN JUL 09 2006

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

0900 PM     HAIL             WHITE CLOUD             43.55N 85.77W
07/09/2006  E0.88 INCH       NEWAYGO            MI   BROADCAST MEDIA

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MJS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
932 PM EDT SUN JUL 09 2006

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

0913 PM     HAIL             BIG PRAIRIE             43.52N 85.65W
07/09/2006  E1.00 INCH       NEWAYGO            MI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
939 PM EDT SUN JUL 09 2006

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

0935 PM     HAIL             FERRYSBURG              43.09N 86.22W
07/09/2006  E0.75 INCH       OTTAWA             MI   PUBLIC

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