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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2006, 6:07 PM EDT for Gratiot County, Michigan. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2006, 6:07 PM EDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2006, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 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), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 6:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Alma, MI | 2 TREES DOWN IN CITY OF ALMA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 775 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1537 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 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 302208 TORGRR MIC057-302230- /O.NEW.KGRR.TO.W.0003.060530T2207Z-060530T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 607 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... GRATIOT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN * UNTIL 630 PM EDT * AT 603 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALMA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ALMA BY 625 PM EDT ST. LOUIS BY 630 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 4335 8482 4328 8480 4339 8457 4344 8469 $$ COBB
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGRR 302225 SVSGRR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 625 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006 MIC057-302230- /O.CON.KGRR.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060530T2230Z/ GRATIOT MI- 625 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GRATIOT COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM EDT... AT 624 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THNUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ALMA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ALMA AND ST. LOUIS BY 630 PM EDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4335 8482 4328 8480 4339 8457 4344 8469 $$ TJT
000 WWUS53 KGRR 302232 SVSGRR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 630 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006 MIC057-302240- /O.EXP.KGRR.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060530T2230Z/ GRATIOT MI- 630 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GRATIOT COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING NO LONGER SHOWED INDICATIONS OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GRATIOT COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM EDT. LAT...LON 4335 8482 4328 8480 4339 8457 4344 8469 $$ TJT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Calhoun | 31 min |
| May 30, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ottawa | 20 min |
| May 30, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Jackson | 26 min |
| May 30, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Calhoun | 45 min |
| May 30, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kent | 38 min |
| May 30, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan | 42 min |
| May 30, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kent, Ottawa | 46 min |
| May 30, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan | 45 min |
| May 30, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Van Buren | 24 min |
| May 30, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Barry | 40 min |
| May 30, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kalamazoo | 46 min |
| May 30, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ionia, Kent | 49 min |
| May 30, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Montcalm | 37 min |
| May 30, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Clinton, Ionia | 31 min |
| May 30, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Gratiot | 48 min |
| May 30, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Calhoun | 46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.