Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

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WWUS53 KGRR 021922
SVSGRR

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

MIC081-021945-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-070602T1945Z/
KENT MI-
319 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR KENT COUNTY...

AT 315 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR ROCKFORD...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF GREENVILLE...AND 
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHEAST KENT COUNTY AT 330 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.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
GRAND RAPIDS.

LAT...LON 4325 8560 4310 8558 4310 8533 4330 8532

$$
BEACHLER

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WWUS53 KGRR 021943
SVSGRR

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

MIC081-021951-
/O.EXP.KGRR.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-070602T1945Z/
KENT MI-
341 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KENT 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 CONTINUE THROUGH THIS 
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. 

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
GRAND RAPIDS.

LAT...LON 4325 8560 4310 8558 4310 8533 4330 8532

$$
BEACHLER

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1048 AM EDT SAT JUN 2 2007

.UPDATED...
I LOWERED THE POP THIS AFTERNOON OVER ALL OF THE CWA TO CHC SINCE I
DO NOT SEE ANY REAL MECHANISM FOR THUNDERSTORM GENERATION OTHER THEN
THE LAKE BREEZE BOUNDARY INTRACTION. TRUE...THERE ARE DECENT CAPES
AND THE SURFACED BASED LI VALUES WILL BE NEGATIVE OVER JUST ABOUT
ALL OF THE CWA. EVEN SO...THE DNVA BEHIND THE EARLY MORNING
CONVECTION SHOULD SUPPRESS CONVECTION INTO MID AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE
SHORTWAVE ENERGY NEAR CHI AT 15Z MAY AID LAKE BREEZE CONVECTION NEAR
US-131 BY MID AFTERNOON.  DUE TO THE LAKE BREEZE INTERACTION WITH
THE SHORTWAVE THIS AFTERNOON I DO HAVE  LIKELY POP NEAR US-131 BY
MID AFTERNOON. THAT CONVECTION WILL LIKELY MOVE INLAND THIS EVENING
BEFORE WEAKENING WITH THE LOSS OF SOLAR ENERGY. THUS I KEEP THE
NUMEROUS WORDING EARLY EVENING HOURS FOR THUNDERSTORMS.

AS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPES ARE IMPRESSIVE BUT THE WIND
FIELD THROUGH MID LEVELS IN NOT CONDUCIVE TO SEVERE WEATHER.
FREEZING LEVELS ON TAMDAR AT 12-14Z ARE SLOPE UP FROM 12000 FT NEAR
JXN TO 1300 FT NEAR THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE. THE HIGH FREEZING
LEVELS AT FIRST GLANCE WOULD NOT SUPPORT HAIL. HOWEVER...MODEL
FORECAST SOUNDING SUGGEST PULSE LARGE HAIL IS NOT OUT OF THE
QUESTION SINCE BASED ON THE RUC MODEL SOUNDINGS THERE IS A FAIR
AMOUNT OF CAPE ABOVE THE -10C LEVEL. THE NAM IS MORE CONSERVATIVE.
THE BIG QUESTION IS WILL THE LOW LEVEL DEW POINTS LOWER THIS
AFTERNOON AS DEEPER MIXING OCCURS. IF SO ALL BETS OF OFF FOR ANY
SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE GRR CWA TODAY OR TONIGHT.

THE REST OF THE ZONE FORECAST SEEMS TO BE ON TRACK... SO THAT
REMAINS AS IS.

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
WV IMAGERY THIS MORNING SHOWS THE UPPER LOW CONTINUING TO SPIN OVER
THE PLAINS STATES EARLY THIS MORNING. THE LOW IS CURRENTLY CENTERED
OVER THE ERN BORDER OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA. AHEAD OF THE UPPER
LOW IS A NICE BELT OF DEEP SW FLOW WITH EMBEDDED SHORT WAVES RIDING
TO THE NE. OUR MAIN CONCERN IN THE SHORT TERM PORTION OF THE
FORECAST IS PCPN CHCS AND SEVERE POTENTIAL FROM TODAY RIGHT ON
THROUGH MON AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES TOWARD THE AREA THROUGH SUN AND
IS THEN RIGHT OVERHEAD LATE SUN INTO MON.

REMNANTS OF THE LINE OF CONVECTION THAT AFFECTED AREAS TO OUR WEST
OVER IA/IL/WI DURING THE DAY ON FRI...ARE CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH
THE CWFA THIS MORNING. THE CONVECTION HAS DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY...
HOWEVER DUE TO MESOSCALE EFFECTS AND AN INSTABILITY AXIS ALOFT...
SOME OF THE CONVECTION HAS MAINTAINED ITSELF AS IT MOVES NE. THIS
BATCH OF CONVECTION WILL MOVE EAST OF THE CWFA BY 12Z...LEAVING THE
AREA IN A RELATIVE VOID OF MOST PCPN TEMPORARILY. CLOUDS SHOULD BE
SOMEWHAT LIMITED THIS MORNING WITH DEBRIS FROM UPSTREAM CONVECTION
RESPONSIBLE MOST CLOUD COVER INITIALLY. BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS MAY
ALLOW FOR SOME FOG TO DEVELOP WITH THE HIGHER DEW POINTS IN
PLACE...ESPECIALLY AT LOCATIONS THAT HAVE SEEN SOME RAIN THIS
MORNING.

AFTER ANY FOG DISSIPATES...SOME SUN WILL HELP WARM TEMPS BACK INTO
THE 80S ACROSS MOST OF THE CWFA. SUN WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED AFTER
THE MORNING AS ADDITIONAL DEBRIS CLOUD COVER FROM CONVECTION SW OF
THE AREA WILL STREAM INTO THE AREA. ADDITIONAL WAVES THAT CAN BE
SEEN FROM LOWER MICHIGAN BACK DOWN INTO THE MO AREA WILL TEND TO
MOVE TOWARD THE AREA THIS MORNING. HOW MUCH WE DESTABILIZE OBVIOUSLY
HAS TO DO WITH HOW MUCH SUN WE CAN GET...AND THIS DEPENDS ON THE
TIMING OVER UPSTREAM SHORT WAVES. ASSUMING WE CAN GET A FAIR AMOUNT
OF SUN THIS MORNING...MODIFIED FCST SOUNDINGS FOR THIS AFTERNOON
WITH TEMPS IN THE MID 80S AND DEW POINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S WOULD
SUPPORT SB CAPES AROUND 2000 J/KG AND SB LI/S AROUND -5. WITH SHORT
WAVES EXPECTED TO BEGIN MOVING ACROSS THE AREA LATER TODAY AS THE
UPPER LOW APPROACHES THE AREA...THIS SUPPORTS A BETTER THREAT OF
CONVECTION THAN WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENT THE PAST FEW DAYS. DEEP LAYER
SHEAR ON A SYNOPTIC SCALE IS NOT VERY IMPRESSIVE FOR MOST OF THE DAY
AS MID LEVEL WINDS ARE ONLY 25 TO 30 KTS GIVING SHEAR VALUES OF
20 KTS OR SO. DEEP LAYER SHEAR DOES INCREASE LATE FROM THE NW AS THE
MID LEVEL JET MOVES IN. ALSO IF ANY CONVECTIVELY INDUCED VORT MOVES
IN...THERE WOULD BE SOME GOOD LOCALIZED SHEAR PRESENT. POTENTIAL
INSTABILITY COULD MAKE UP FOR THIS AND PRODUCE A WIND AND HAIL
THREAT...ESPECIALLY LATER AS THE SHEAR INCREASES. WE HAVE INCREASED
THE POPS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS TO THE LIKELY/NUMEROUS
CATEGORY.

WITH THE LOSS OF DIURNAL INSTABILITY...THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD
STORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER WILL DIMINISH BY THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE
THREAT OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL REMAIN THOUGH WITH THE AREA
REMAINING PRONE TO SHORT WAVES RIDING NE ALONG THE MID LEVEL FLOW.
WE HAVE TRENDED POPS LOWER FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE NIGHT TONIGHT.

THE UPPER LOW WILL THEN FINALLY MOVE NEARBY DURING THE COURSE OF THE
DAY ON SUN ALONG WITH THE ASSOCIATED SFC FRONT. A FEW PEEKS OF SUN
WILL BE POSSIBLE SUN MORNING...BUT WITH THE COLD POOL ALOFT MOVING
OVERHEAD AND PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS
WILL FILL IN AND SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING.
INSTABILITY WILL NOT BE AS FAVORABLE AS SFC TEMPS WILL ONLY RISE
INTO THE 70S. HOWEVER DEW POINTS STILL IN THE 50S AND LOWER 60S WILL
ACT WITH COLD POOL ALOFT TO PROVIDE AROUND 1000 J/KG OF SB CAPE AND
LI/S AROUND -3. DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL BE MUCH BETTER WITH THE MID
LEVEL JET MOVING OVERHEAD DURING THE DAY. SEVERE HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE DUE TO FREEZING LEVELS OF ONLY AROUND 9K TO 10K FEET...AND
SOME DOWNBURSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE BETTER ORGANIZED STORMS.

THE POTENTIAL OF PCPN WILL THEN DIMINISH SOMEWHAT ON MON AS THE
UPPER LOW FINALLY OPENS UP INTO A WAVE AND THE BETTER MOISTURE MOVES
EAST OF THE AREA. A FEW INSTABILITY SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE MON
AFTERNOON. THUNDER WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE AS THE COLD POOL ALOFT
REMAINS OVERHEAD AND LI/S REMAIN SLIGHTLY NEGATIVE. TEMPS ON MON
WILL LIKELY ONLY WARM INTO THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S WITH THE THERMAL
TROUGH MOVING IN.

.LONG TERM...
MON THROUGH FRI...MID AND UPPER LEVEL CYCLONIC FLOW CONTINUES
THROUGH TUE WITH BUILDING HEIGHTS LATE ON TUE INTO THU AS WRN RIDGE
BUILD EWD. ON TUE LATEST GFS/ECMWF SHOWING WEAK S/W ENERGY MOVING
THROUGH TROF...SO THINKING IS FOR SCT SHOWER THREAT ESPECIALLY WITH
AFTN DIURNAL HEAT MAX. TEMPS WILL START OUT BELOW NORMAL AND TREND
UPWARDS TOWARDS THU.

BY THU EARLY AM WARM FRONT PUSHES INTO AREA WITH S/W ENERGY DIGGING
ESE AS IT TOPS RIDGE AXIS ALOFT.  THIS WOULD BE A GOOD SCENARIO FOR
EARLY MORNING MCS EVENT. BUMPED POPS A FEW PERCENT TO START A TREND
TOWARDS POTENTIAL EVENT.

.GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE

&&

NJJ COBB WDM

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1055 AM EDT SAT JUN 2 2007

LMZ844>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-030915-
ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND-
HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL-
WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE-MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-
CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-
OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-
KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
1055 AM EDT SAT JUN 2 2007

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEAR AND WEST OF
ROUTE 131 BY MID AFTERNOON. THOSE STORMS SHOULD THEN SPREAD INLAND
TOWARD LANSING AND MOUNT PLEASANT BY EARLY THIS EVENING. A FEW OF
THOSE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY THIS EVENING. THOSE ISOLATED STORMS WOULD PRODUCE DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. ALL STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON SUNDAY...BUT ARE
NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE AT THIS TIME. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED ON MON AND TUE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

COBB WDM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
220 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2007

MIZ066-067-021845-
EATON-INGHAM-
220 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2007

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 215 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LANSING...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.

UP TO DIME SIZE HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...

LANSING...   EAST LANSING...    DIMONDALE...    HOLT...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 4270 8468 4258 8466 4262 8440 4277 8449

COBB

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
221 PM EDT SAT JUN 02 2007

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

1240 PM     HAIL             5 SE MIDDLEVILLE        42.66N 85.40W
06/02/2007  E0.50 INCH       BARRY              MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL COVERED THE GROUND

&&

GWETZEL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
224 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2007

MIZ074-021900-
JACKSON-
224 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2007

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 220 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF GRASS LAKE...OR 12 MILES
NORTHEAST OF JACKSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

UP TO DIME SIZE HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...

A SECTION OF I-94 IN EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 4237 8433 4220 8436 4237 8383 4260 8394

COBB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
240 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2007

MIZ051-056-057-021915-
KENT-MONTCALM-OTTAWA-
240 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2007

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 237 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMNS DEVELOPING ALONG A LINE FROM
EDMORE TO ZEELAND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES.

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 4330 8532 4330 8556 4347 8556 4347 8556
      4347 8486 4313 8484 4313 8530 4325 8530
      4326 8533 4286 8591 4287 8594 4299 8603

GEO

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
249 PM EDT SAT JUN 02 2007

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

0220 PM     HAIL             2 S LANSING             42.68N 84.55W
06/02/2007  E0.50 INCH       INGHAM             MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            AT THE INTERSECTION OF I96 AND LANSING ROAD

0230 PM     HAIL             ST. JOHNS               43.00N 84.56W
06/02/2007  E0.50 INCH       CLINTON            MI   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

GWETZEL

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
258 PM EDT SAT JUN 02 2007

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

0255 PM     HAIL             2 SE SPARTA             43.14N 85.68W
06/02/2007  E0.25 INCH       KENT               MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PEA SIZED HAIL

&&

GWETZEL