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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

June 2, 2007Eaton County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2007, 1:35 PM EDT for Eaton County, Michigan. It was in force for 25 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
Jun 2, 2007, 1:35 PM EDT (17:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2007, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Eaton County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:37 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 2, 1:40 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Charlotte, MIRELAYED VIA DISPATCH CENTER

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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2007-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 472 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2007-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
472 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1217 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KGRR 021735
SVRGRR
MIC045-021800-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0021.070602T1735Z-070602T1800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
135 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS
HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EATON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT

* AT 133 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  CHARLOTTE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHARLOTTE AND GRESHAM BY 140 PM EDT
  POTTERVILLE...WEST WINDSOR AND DIMONDALE BY 200 PM EDT

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 4258 8497 4249 8483 4261 8460 4276 8472

$$

COBB
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KGRR 021800
SVSGRR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
158 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2007

MIC045-021808-
/O.EXP.KGRR.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070602T1800Z/
EATON MI-
158 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EATON COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER
SEVERE. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE. 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS 
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER RELATED DAMAGE CAN BE 
RELAYED TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...AND THEY WILL PASS THAT 
INFORMATION ALONG TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS. 


LAT...LON 4258 8497 4249 8483 4261 8460 4276 8472

$$
BEACHLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 12:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRBarry, Ionia28 min
Jun 2, 1:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRIonia31 min
Jun 2, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRClinton27 min
Jun 2, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRIngham25 min
Jun 2, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRWashtenaw36 min
Jun 2, 2:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRMontcalm35 min
Jun 2, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKent41 min
Jun 2, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRAllegan, Van Buren60 min
Jun 2, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR28 min
Jun 2, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRAllegan, Van Buren51 min
Jun 2, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKent42 min
Jun 2, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRNewaygo31 min
Jun 2, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKent34 min
Jun 2, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIonia48 min
Jun 2, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRLake, Mecosta, Osceola, Wexford67 min
Jun 2, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRMontcalm67 min
Jun 2, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRREaton49 min
Jun 2, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIngham56 min
Jun 2, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRGratiot, Isabella, Midland, Saginaw, Shiawassee48 min
Jun 2, 7:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRGratiot, Isabella, Midland, Saginaw41 min
Jun 2, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRJackson52 min
Jun 2, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRIsabella57 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.