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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 7:25 PM EDT for 5 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports 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
- Oct 18, 2007, 7:25 PM EDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2007, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Barry County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 7:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ssw Portland, MI | TREES DOWN |
| Oct 18, 7:41 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 E Mulliken, MI |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 4:23 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 923 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 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 182325 TORGRR MIC015-037-045-065-067-190000- /O.NEW.KGRR.TO.W.0011.071018T2325Z-071019T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 725 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN NORTHERN EATON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN NORTHWESTERN INGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN SOUTHEASTERN IONIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN NORTHEASTERN BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN * UNTIL 800 PM EDT * AT 724 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF NASHVILLE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF HASTINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GRAND LEDGE BY 745 PM EDT WAVERLY BY 750 PM EDT EDGEMONT PARK BY 755 PM EDT DEWITT BY 800 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN. LAT...LON 4297 8454 4277 8441 4256 8509 4273 8519 TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 245DEG 40KT 4268 8503 $$ JK
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KGRR 182337
SVSGRR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
736 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
MIC015-067-182346-
/O.CAN.KGRR.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-071019T0000Z/
IONIA MI-BARRY MI-
736 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BARRY AND SOUTHEASTERN IONIA
IS CANCELLED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN.
LAT...LON 4267 8492 4275 8499 4278 8492 4278 8484
4278 8483 4283 8483 4297 8454 4277 8441
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 245DEG 40KT 4273 8488
$$
MIC037-045-065-190000-
/O.CON.KGRR.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-071019T0000Z/
CLINTON MI-INGHAM MI-EATON MI-
736 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN EATON...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN INGHAM AND SOUTHERN
CLINTON...
AT 733 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MULLIKEN...
OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF PORTLAND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
GRAND LEDGE AND EAGLE BY 745 PM EDT
WACOUSTA AND WAVERLY BY 750 PM EDT
DEWITT AND EDGEMONT PARK BY 755 PM EDT
BATH BY 800 PM EDT
THE TORNADO WILL CROSS INTERSTATE 96 NORTH OF GRAND LEDGE. IF YOU
ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE
A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN.
LAT...LON 4267 8492 4275 8499 4278 8492 4278 8484
4278 8483 4283 8483 4297 8454 4277 8441
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 245DEG 40KT 4273 8488
$$
OSTUNOWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Oct 18, 5:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 18, 5:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 530 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 LATEST UPDATE...SHORT TERM... .SYNOPSIS...(530 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007) LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE TO THE LAKE SUPERIOR REGION TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT. A LINE OF STRONG STORMS IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN A POSSIBLE TORNADO. FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE COOLER WITH PLENTY OF CLOUDS AROUND ALONG WITH A FEW SHOWERS. WINDS WILL REMAIN BRISK. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE ROLLS IN FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT DRYING THE AREA OUT. && .SHORT TERM...(530 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007) WILL CANCEL THE WIND ADVISORY AS THE SYNOPTIC WINDS ARE ALREADY DIMINISHING. NPW WILL BE OUT SHORTLY. SOME CONVECTION WAS UNDERWAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA THIS AFTERNOON AS THE INVERSION CAP WAS WEAKENING ALONG THE LAKE BREEZE. THE CAP REMAINS A BIT STRONGER SOUTH OF I96...BUT THIS TOO IS EXPECTED TO BREAK TOWARD SUNSET. INGREDIENTS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER INTO THIS EVENING. EXPECT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT NEAR THE IL/IN BORDER ALONG THE THETA-E RIDGE BY LATE AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL THEN MOVE NE INTO SW LOWER MI BY EARLY EVENING. SHEAR VALUES REMAIN VERY HIGH WHICH SUGGESTS LOW TOPPED ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BE TAPPING INTO 60-65KT WIND AT H7. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY FAST STORM MOTION. ANY LINE SEGMENTS COULD BOW...LEADING TO DAMAGING WINDS. MUCH OF THE SEVERE POTENTIAL SHOULD END OVER THE EASTERN CWA BY 07Z AS A DRY WEDGE WORKS IN. FRIDAY SHOULD START OFF WITH SOME SUNSHINE...ESPECIALLY IN THE EAST AS THE DRY WEDGE WORKS EAST. HOWEVER...FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY WE WILL BE UNDER THE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WITH PLENTY OF CLOUDS AND SHOWERS. THE DEEPEST MOISTURE WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN CWA WHERE LIKELY POPS WILL BE CARRIED. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN BRISK WHILE TEMPS WILL BE ABOUT 15 DEGREES COOLER. THE MOISTURE LINGERS INTO AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF FRIDAY NIGHT...SO WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY SCATTERED SHOWERS. SOME DRYING OCCURS FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. SO SOME OF THE SHOWERS SHOULD END WITH SOME CLEARING POSSIBLE TOWARD DAYBREAK. SKIES WILL CONTINUE TO CLEAR FROM WEST TO EAST SATURDAY AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE CWA. && .LONG TERM...(1115 AM EDT THU OCT 18 2007) MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE REMAINS CONSISTENT FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY IN SHOWING SUNDAY WILL BE UNSEASONABLY MILD WITH MAX TEMPS REACHING THE LOW TO MID 70S. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING A CHC OF SHOWERS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE DISCREPANCIES BEGIN TO ARISE FOR THE MID TO LATTER PORTION OF NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER AT THIS POINT MODEL CONSENSUS STILL SUGGESTS A RETURN TO COOLER WX WITH MORE SEASONABLE TEMPS FOR MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK WITH DRY CONDITIONS. OUR GOING FCST ALREADY INDICATED THIS. THEREFORE FEW LONGER RANGE FCST MODIFICATIONS WERE NECESSARY AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE OPTED TO FOCUS THE MAJORITY OF OUR TIME AND ATTENTION TO CONTINUED ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION OF OUR SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL FOR THIS EVENING. && .AVIATION...(110 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007) VIS SAT TRENDS SUGGEST WE WILL HAVE A SCT-BKN STRATOCU DECK WITH CLOUD BASES AT 2.5 TO 3.5 KFT AGL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KTS WITH GUSTS IN THE 35 TO 40 KT RANGE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS OCCURRING BETWEEN 00Z AND 06Z. WIND GUSTS COULD EASILY REACH THE 40 TO 50 KT RANGE AND CERTAINLY POSSIBLY HIGHER THAN THAT WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW SHOWERS WILL LINGER OVERNIGHT AND A BKN-OVC LOW CLOUD (STRATUS) DECK WILL MOVE IN TOWARD DAYBREAK FRIDAY AND LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. && .MARINE...(358 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007) SUSTAIN WINDS WILL APPROACH GALE FORCE THROUGH FRIDAY. WILL HOWEVER KEEP WINDS JUST BELOW GALES AND EXTEND THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. WAVES COULD OCCASIONALLY REACH 10 FEET. && .HYDROLOGY...(358 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007) FAST MOVING STORMS TONIGHT SHOULD PRECLUDE ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ISSUES. AVERAGE BASIN RAINFALL SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH ACROSS MOST OF THE CWA THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MI...NONE. LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM ST JOE TO MANISTEE. && SYNOPSIS: JK SHORT TERM: JK LONG TERM: LAURENS AVIATION: LAURENS MARINE: JK HYDROLOGY: JK
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 18, 12:41 PM EDT, 6 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1241 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-190945- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHPM-VAN BUREN-KALPMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 1241 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN ORGANIZED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER ILLINOIS AND INDIANA BY THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS COMPLEX OF STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO LOWER MICHIGAN EARLY THIS EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM ROUGHLY 6 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 1 PM FRIDAY MORNING. DPMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...HOWEVER THERE IS ALSO A RISK OF TORNADOES. THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE SOUTH OF A MUSKEGON TO BIG RAPIDS TO MT. PLEASANT LINE...ALTHOUGH SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE NORTH OF THIS LINE. SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. LMZ844>849-190945- ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI- HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI- WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI- 1241 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN ORGANIZED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER ILLINOIS AND INDIANA BY THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS COMPLEX OF STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM ROUGHLY 6 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 1 PM FRIDAY MORNING. DPMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...HOWEVER THERE IS ALSO A RISK OF TORNADIC WATERSPOUTS. SOUTHERLY WINDS OF AROUND 30 KNOTS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL CREATE A HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 30 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING TO WEST 10 TO 20 KNOTS LATE ON FRIDAY NIGHT. WAVES OF 5 TO 8 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY BEFORE SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 6 FEET LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. NJJ/JK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 18, 5:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
552 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
MIZ043-044-050-182230-
MUSKEGON-NEWAYGO-OCEANA-
552 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 549 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF ROOSEVELT PARK...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROOSEVELT PARK... MUSKEGON... CLOVERVILLE...
WOLF LAKE... WABANINGO... DALTON...
WHITEHALL... MONTAGUE... LAKEWOOD CLUB...
TWIN LAKE... ROTHBURY... HOLTON...
BRUNSWICK... BRIDGETON... ST. HUBERTS...
GUSTY WINDS OF OVER 50 MPH MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN
DOWN...AND LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING.
LAT...LON 4381 8620 4345 8577 4312 8624 4312 8628
4314 8630 4315 8631 4342 8647
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 207DEG 42KT 4319 8646
TURNAGESpecial weather statement, Oct 18, 6:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 622 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 MIZ037>039-043-044-182300- LAKE-MASON-NEWAYGO-OCEANA-OSCEOLA- 622 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 618 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HESPERIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. FUNNEL CLOUDS...UP TO DIME SIZE HAIL...WINDS OVER 50 MPH...AND BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HESPERIA... ELBRIDGE... WALKERVILLE... CRYSTAL VALLEY... COLFAX... WOODLAND PARK... BITELY... WALHALLA... NIRVANA... IDLEWILD... CHASE... BALDWIN... LUTHER... GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING. LAT...LON 4417 8613 4417 8538 4348 8595 4347 8635 TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 213DEG 45KT 4354 8617 TURNAGE
Local storm report, Oct 18, 6:53 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
653 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0652 PM HAIL PLAINWELL 42.45N 85.64W
10/18/2007 E0.88 INCH ALLEGAN MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
BMARINOSpecial weather statement, Oct 18, 7:02 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
702 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
MIZ037>040-043-190000-
CLARE-LAKE-MASON-OCEANA-OSCEOLA-
702 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 701 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF MARION TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BALDWIN TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF
SCOTTVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCOTTVILLE... CUSTER... BALDWIN...
AVONDALE... ASHTON... WALHALLA...
FREESOIL... FOUNTAIN... MARION...
LEOTA... LE ROY... PISGAH HEIGHTS...
IRONS... LUTHER... DIGHTON...
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 THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
LAT...LON 4375 8648 4380 8644 4384 8646 4416 8625
4416 8467 4393 8469 4382 8614 4368 8654
4370 8655
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 240DEG 66KT 4405 8493 4384 8595
4376 8631
LAURENSLocal storm report, Oct 18, 7:18 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
718 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0709 PM HAIL HASTINGS 42.65N 85.29W
10/18/2007 E0.88 INCH BARRY MI CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
MEADELocal storm report, Oct 18, 7:23 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
723 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0719 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 7 E HASTINGS 42.65N 85.15W
10/18/2007 BARRY MI CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
MEADEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 11:37 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Ionia, Kalamazoo and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 18, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Clare, Isabella, Mecosta, Osceola | 38 min |
| Oct 18, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Osceola | 35 min |
| Oct 18, 3:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Clare, Osceola | 21 min |
| Oct 18, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 55 min | |
| Oct 18, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Muskegon | 38 min |
| Oct 18, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Lake | 38 min |
| Oct 18, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kalamazoo | 18 min |
| Oct 18, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Barry | 41 min |
| Oct 18, 6:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Barry, Eaton, Ionia | 35 min |
| Oct 18, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Clare, Lake, Osceola | 58 min |
| Oct 18, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Osceola | 31 min |
| Oct 18, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 62 min | |
| Oct 18, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Isabella | 37 min |
| Oct 18, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan, Ottawa | 50 min |
| Oct 18, 7:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Clinton | 33 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.