Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at Oct 2, 2006, 5:25 PM EDT for Mason County, Michigan. It was in force for 26 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
- Oct 2, 2006, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2006, 5:51 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Mason County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -625 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1114 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 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 022126
TORGRR
MIC105-022200-
/O.NEW.KGRR.TO.W.0013.061002T2125Z-061002T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
525 PM EDT MON OCT 2 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS
HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MASON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 521 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
OVER CUSTER...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF LUDINGTON...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE CROSSING...
LOGAN TOWNSHIP AT 540 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.
LAT...LON 4403 8625 4401 8617 4398 8609 4398 8606
4383 8606 4383 8606 4383 8621 4386 8630
4388 8634
$$
MJS2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KGRR 022141
SVSGRR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
540 PM EDT MON OCT 2 2006
MIC105-022200-
/O.CON.KGRR.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-061002T2200Z/
MASON MI-
540 PM EDT MON OCT 2 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR MASON
COUNTY...
AT 538 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THNUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF BALDWIN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN SOUTH OF WAHALLA IN MASON COUNTY.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4383 8621 4398 8609 4398 8606 4383 8606
4383 8606
$$
TJT000
WWUS53 KGRR 022151
SVSGRR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
550 PM EDT MON OCT 2 2006
MIC105-022200-
/O.CAN.KGRR.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-061002T2200Z/
MASON MI-
550 PM EDT MON OCT 2 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MASON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST
MASON COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM EDT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING IS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. STORMS IN SOUTHEAST MASON ARE STILL CAPABLE OF
PROCUDING HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE.
LAT...LON 4383 8621 4398 8609 4398 8606 4383 8606
4383 8606
$$
TJTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 4:45 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 90 min | |
| Oct 2, 7:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Van Buren | 43 min |
| Oct 2, 8:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 45 min | |
| Oct 2, 10:09 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 96 min | |
| Oct 2, 10:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Muskegon | 24 min |
| Oct 2, 11:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ottawa | 29 min |
| Oct 2, 11:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Muskegon, Newaygo | 18 min |
| Oct 2, 11:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Muskegon, Ottawa | 46 min |
| Oct 2, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Mecosta, Montcalm | 24 min |
| Oct 2, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 67 min | |
| Oct 2, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Clinton | 27 min |
| Oct 2, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 37 min | |
| Oct 2, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Mason | 64 min |
| Oct 2, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Lake, Newaygo, Oceana | 68 min |
| Oct 2, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 30 min | |
| Oct 2, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Newaygo, Oceana | 75 min |
Nearby
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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.