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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

July 16, 2008Muskegon County, Oceana County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2008, 6:27 PM EDT for Muskegon County, Oceana County, Michigan. It was in force for 78 min. 4 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: Jul 16, 2008, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2008, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 78 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Muskegon County, MI, Oceana County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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
Jul 16, 6:55 PM EDT	MARINE TSTM WIND 42	3 W Muskegon, MI	MEASURED AT THE MUSKEGON GLERL OBSERVATION SITE.
Jul 16, 7:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	8 N Muskegon, MI	ONE TREE DOWN IN FRUITLAND TOWNSHIP. TIME OF REPORT ESTIMATED.
Jul 16, 7:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 E Muskegon, MI	TWO TREES DOWN IN MUSKEGON HEIGHTS.
Jul 16, 7:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Norton Shores, MI	ONE TREE DOWN. UNKNOWN SIZE. TIME OF REPORT ESTIMATED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 33 minutes after it went out.

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
Jul 16, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 191 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 177 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -330 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1593 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 71 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 162228
SVRGRR
MIC121-127-162345-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0113.080716T2227Z-080716T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
627 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MUSKEGON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN
  OCEANA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 623 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SILVER LAKE ST PARK TO 26
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHITEHALL TO 62 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MUSKEGON...
  AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
  PENTWATER...          LITTLE POINT SABLE...
  SILVER LAKE ST PARK...                      MEARS...
  STONY LAKE...         HART...               CRYSTAL VALLEY...
  SHELBY...             NEW ERA...            ELBRIDGE...
  ROTHBURY...           DUCK LAKE STATE PARK...
  WALKERVILLE...        MONTAGUE...           FERRY...
  WHITEHALL...          LAKEWOOD CLUB...      DALTON...

CONTINUOUS LIGHTING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING IS
ONE OF NATURES TOP KILLERS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
QUICKLY...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER THEN YOU ARE IN DANGER OF BEING
STRUCK.

LAT...LON 4382 8644 4382 8604 4331 8603 4329 8580
      4321 8580 4321 8590 4312 8592 4312 8628
      4314 8630 4337 8645 4352 8649 4361 8656
      4368 8656
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 301DEG 31KT 4362 8655 4322 8676
          4279 8731

$$

COBB

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KGRR 162253
SVSGRR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
652 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008

MIC121-127-162345-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-080716T2345Z/
OCEANA MI-MUSKEGON MI-
652 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR MUSKEGON AND OCEANA COUNTIES...

AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SILVER LAKE ST PARK TO WHITEHALL
TO 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MUSKEGON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.


* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
  STONY LAKE...         LITTLE POINT SABLE... MONTAGUE...
  SILVER LAKE ST PARK...                     
  DUCK LAKE STATE PARK...                     PENTWATER...
  WHITEHALL...          ROTHBURY...           MEARS...
  NEW ERA...            HART...               LAKEWOOD CLUB...
  SHELBY...             DALTON...             ROOSEVELT PARK...
  CRYSTAL VALLEY...     TWIN LAKE...          MUSKEGON...

CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING
IS ONE OF NATURES TOP KILLERS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
QUICKLY...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER THEN YOU ARE IN DANGER OF BEING
STRUCK.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN.

LAT...LON 4382 8644 4382 8604 4331 8603 4329 8580
      4321 8580 4321 8590 4312 8592 4312 8628
      4314 8630 4337 8645 4352 8649 4361 8656
      4368 8656
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 289DEG 30KT 4366 8650 4343 8635
          4309 8656

$$

JK

000 
WWUS53 KGRR 162319
SVSGRR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
719 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008

MIC121-127-162345-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-080716T2345Z/
OCEANA MI-MUSKEGON MI-
719 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR MUSKEGON AND SOUTHEASTERN OCEANA COUNTIES...

AT 716 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROTHBURY TO
HOLTON TO FRUITPORT...AND MOVING EAST AT 42 MPH.


* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
  FERRY...              NEW ERA...            ROTHBURY...
  CLOVERVILLE...        BRUNSWICK...          DALTON...
  WOLF LAKE...          SULLIVAN...           ROOSEVELT PARK...
  NORTON SHORES...      FRUITPORT...          TWIN LAKE...
  HOLTON...             LAKEWOOD CLUB...      MUSKEGON...
  RAVENNA...            HESPERIA...

CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING
IS ONE OF NATURES TOP KILLERS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
QUICKLY...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER THEN YOU ARE IN DANGER OF BEING
STRUCK.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN.

LAT...LON 4359 8636 4360 8604 4330 8603 4330 8594
      4327 8580 4321 8580 4321 8590 4312 8592
      4312 8628 4322 8634 4338 8627 4352 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 284DEG 36KT 4358 8619 4337 8599
          4312 8605

$$

JK

000 
WWUS53 KGRR 162343
SVSGRR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
742 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008

MIC121-127-162352-
/O.EXP.KGRR.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-080716T2345Z/
OCEANA MI-MUSKEGON MI-
742 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MUSKEGON AND SOUTHEASTERN
OCEANA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT...

SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO NO LONGER AFFECT THE WARNED AREA BY THE
EXPIRATION TIME. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN.

LAT...LON 4359 8636 4360 8604 4330 8603 4330 8594
      4327 8580 4321 8580 4321 8590 4312 8592
      4312 8628 4322 8634 4338 8627 4352 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 284DEG 36KT 4351 8588 4330 8569
          4305 8575

$$

JK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 16, 4:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 4:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
400 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008

LATEST UPDATE...ALL SECTIONS BUT AVIATION AND HYDROLOGY...

.SYNOPSIS...(400 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008)
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN TO SOUTH
DAKOTA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL LIFT NORTH ON THURSDAY THEN SINK
SOUTH AGAIN ON FRIDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
PERIODICALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY... WITH VERY
WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS SOUTH OF THE FRONT.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(400 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008)
(TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)
MAIN CHALLENGE IN THE SHORT TERM IS CONVECTIVE TRENDS. BELIEVE
CURRENT ACTIVITY OVER IN WISCONSIN WILL PROBABLY REMAIN THERE AND
BUILD SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE MSN AND MKE AREAS WHERE MAX INSTABILITY
WITH CAPES OF 4000-5000 J/KG EXISTS.

MEANWHILE IN OUR NECK OF THE WOODS... BELIEVE WE/LL PROBABLY SEE
SOME WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING NORTH
OF I-96 AND EAST OF HWY 131 WHERE DECENT SFC CONVERGENCE WILL EXIST
IN THE VICINITY OF THE WEAK SFC FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND AT THE
INTERSECTION OF THE LAKE BREEZE FRONT. OUR CAPES AREN/T TOO SHABBY
EITHER... AROUND 3000 J/KG... SO CANT RULE OUT A SVR CELL OR TWO.
ALL OF THIS DIURNAL/SFC BASED ACTIVITY SHOULD TEND TO DISSIPATE
TOWARD SUNSET.

THEN THE QUESTION FOR LATER TONIGHT BECOMES WHETHER OR NOT WE/LL SEE
A LATE NIGHT MCS ROLLING ACROSS NRN LWR MI...POSSIBLY AFFECTING OUR
NRN CWFA. THERE IS CURRENTLY A SHORTWAVE SEEN ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY
SCOOTING EAST ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA... AND THIS FEATURE COULD
CERTAINLY BE AN IMPETUS FOR NOCTURNAL MCS ACTIVITY AS IT HEADS ESE
WITH 500 MB HGT CONTOURS. WILL MAINTAIN THE THOUGHTS OF PREVIOUS
FORECASTER... WITH POPS RANGING FROM ONLY 15 PCT OR SO SOUTH OF I-96
TO 50-60 PCT IN THE FAR NRN CWFA AFTER 06Z.

THE SURFACE FRONT SHOULD LIFT NORTH OF THE AREA ON THURSDAY...
LEADING TO A DRY/HOT/HUMID AFTERNOON OVER ALL OF THE CWFA. NOTE THAT
AN OZONE ACTION DAY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF OUR AREA. WILL
CARRY POPS IN THE NORTH THURSDAY MORNING TO ACCOUNT FOR POSSIBILITY
OF LINGERING AFOREMENTIONED NOCTURNAL MCS... THEN DRY FOR CWFA WIDE
FOR THE AFTERNOON.

THE FRONT IS PROGGED TO SLIP SOUTH AGAIN LATER THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY... SO WILL ACCORDINGLY HAVE CHANCE POPS SPREADING BACK
SOUTHWARD INTO THE CWFA. HOWEVER CHANCES WILL STILL ONLY BE 15-20
PCT FOR AREA SOUTH OF I-96.

&&

.LONG TERM...(400 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008)
(SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
WE WILL STILL BE COPING WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO THE EXTENDED
PERIOD.  IT APPEARS THE BOUNDARY WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
PORTION OF THE CWA BY EARLY SATURDAY.  WITH HIGHER CONFIDENCE THE
MODELS ARE POINTING TO A WET BEGINNING TO THE WEEKEND AS A MID LEVEL
SHORT WAVE CROSSES THE GREAT LAKES SATURDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT.  HAVE
INCREASED POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CWA
FOR BOTH SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.  THIS WAVE AND IT/S PCPN COULD
LINGER INTO SUNDAY AS THE GFS SUGGESTS...HOWEVER THE ECMWF WAS
MOVING IT EAST BY THIS TIME SO WILL KEEP POPS ON THE LOW SIDE.

THERE IS UNCERTAINTY HOW FAR SOUTH THE FRONT WILL SAG INTO THE EARLY
PART OF NEXT WEEK.  WILL HOLD ON TO LOW POPS SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MONDAY...HOWEVER BY MONDAY NIGHT IT APPEARS CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE
WILL SHOVE THE FRONT FURTHER SOUTH AND WE SHOULD FINALLY START TO
DRY OUT.  HAVE LEFT SLGT CHC POPS IN FOR POSSIBLE DAYTIME CONVECTION
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CWA FOR BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS THE FRONT
APPEARS TO ONLY SAG TO CENTRAL IN/OH AND SOME MOISTURE MAY TRY TO
CROSS NORTH OF THE FRONT.

&&

.MARINE...(400 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008)
VERY WARM/HUMID AIR MASS MOVING ACROSS THE LAKE MAY RESULT IN SOME
HAZE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. RELATIVELY WEAK WIND FIELDS ARE PRESENT
ATTM WITH THE FRONT NEARBY... BUT THEY MAY STRENGTHEN A BIT OUT OF
THE SW ON THURSDAY AS THE FRONT LIFTS NORTH. STILL... THE FLOW
PROBABLY WONT BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO WARRANT ANY SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORIES. WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE A WIND SHIFT TO THE N/NE NORTH OF
HOLLAND ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AS THE FRONT SLIPS SOUTH
AGAIN.

&&

.AVIATION...(148 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008)
INSTABILITY WAS INCREASING THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN A GROWING CU
FIELD.  BELIEVE THERE WILL BE POP UP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO
THE MID/LATE AFTERNOON AS THE INSTABILITY IS MAXIMIZED.  THIS
CONVECTION SHOULD REMAIN WIDELY SCATTERED HOWEVER...SO WILL JUST
MENTION VCTS AT THIS POINT AWAY FROM THE LAKE.  ANY STORMS WILL DIE
OFF PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT WITH THE LOSS OF SURFACE HEATING.  SOMEWHAT
DRIER AIR ARRIVES OVERNIGHT...SO FEEL THAT THURSDAY MORNING INTO THE
EARLY AFTERNOON WILL BE STORM FREE FOR THE TAF SITES.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...(400 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008)
USGS RIVER GAGES CONTINUE TO SHOW LEVELS ACROSS THE AREA AT OR ABOVE
NORMAL. AIR MASS IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY MOIST WITH PRECIPITABLE
WATERS APPROACHING 1.50 INCHES OVER THE CWFA THIS MORNING. THE MOST
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK LOOKS TO REMAIN JUST
NORTH OF THE CWFA...CLOSER TO THE NOSE OF THE LOW LEVEL JETS
EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. BASIN AVERAGES ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN RATHER LOW ATTM...GENERALLY LESS THAN A QUARTER
OF AN INCH FOR EACH PERIOD.

&&

.GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MI...NONE.
LM...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS:     MEADE
SHORT TERM:   MEADE
LONG TERM:    JK
MARINE:       MEADE
AVIATION:     JK
HYDROLOGY:    NJJ

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 12:02 PM EDT, 6 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1202 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008

LMZ844>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-171015-
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-MASON-LAKE-
OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-MONTCALM-
GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-
VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
1202 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL BE
ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 131 AND ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 96.

ALTHOUGH THE COVERAGE OF STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS NOT
EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANT... THOSE THAT DO FORM WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL OF BECOMING STRONG OR SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL... A DAMAGING
WIND GUST AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE SLOW AT ONLY
AROUND 10 MPH TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST.

SCATTERED STORMS THIS EVENING INLAND FROM LAKE MICHIGAN SHOULD
DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TOWARD SUNSET... THEN THE
POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A LATE NIGHT THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX TO AFFECT
AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 96. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING... PARTICULARLY NEAR AND NORTH OF
HIGHWAY U.S. 10.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES ALONG A WAVERING FRONT ACROSS
LOWER MICHIGAN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
BECAUSE THE COVERAGE OF STORMS WILL BE RATHER LIMITED.

MEADE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 16, 5:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
504 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008

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

0504 PM     HAIL             BALDWIN                 43.90N 85.85W
07/16/2008  E0.25 INCH       LAKE               MI   COUNTY OFFICIAL

&&

MKALEMBK

Local storm report, Jul 16, 5:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
509 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008

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

0508 PM     HAIL             BALDWIN                 43.90N 85.85W
07/16/2008  E1.00 INCH       LAKE               MI   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            HAIL REPORTED AT THE COURT HOUSE.

&&

MKALEMBK

Local storm report, Jul 16, 5:40 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
540 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008

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

0535 PM     HAIL             PARIS                   43.77N 85.50W
07/16/2008  E0.25 INCH       MECOSTA            MI   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            HEAVY RAIN ALSO REPORTED.

&&

MKALEMBK

Local storm report, Jul 16, 5:52 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
552 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008

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

0548 PM     FLOOD            1 S BALDWIN             43.88N 85.85W
07/16/2008                   LAKE               MI   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            M-37 FLOODED JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN IN FRONT
            OF THE LAUNDROMAT.

0549 PM     HAIL             2 S MOUNT PLEASANT      43.58N 84.75W
07/16/2008  E0.88 INCH       ISABELLA           MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL SIZE BUT GETTING BIGGER.

&&

MKALEMBK

Local storm report, Jul 16, 5:56 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
556 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008

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

0553 PM     HAIL             5 S TUSTIN              44.03N 85.46W
07/16/2008  E0.25 INCH       OSCEOLA            MI   COUNTY OFFICIAL

0553 PM     HAIL             2 S MOUNT PLEASANT      43.58N 84.75W
07/16/2008  E1.00 INCH       ISABELLA           MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MKALEMBK

Local storm report, Jul 16, 6:24 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
624 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008

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

0610 PM     HAIL             5 NW ALMA               43.43N 84.73W
07/16/2008  E1.50 INCH       GRATIOT            MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL AS LARGE AS 2 INCHES. HEAVY RAIN.

&&

MKALEMBK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 10:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Clare, Osceola	59 min
Jul 16, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Lake	61 min
Jul 16, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Lake	51 min
Jul 16, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Isabella	50 min
Jul 16, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		89 min
Jul 16, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Isabella, Mecosta	40 min
Jul 16, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Gratiot	44 min
Jul 16, 5:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Lake	4 hr
Jul 16, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Isabella, Lake, Mecosta, Osceola	63 min
Jul 16, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Isabella, Mecosta	67 min
Jul 16, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Gratiot, Isabella	52 min
Jul 16, 6:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Clare, Gratiot, Isabella, Mecosta, Osceola	5 hr
Jul 16, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Clare, Isabella	49 min
Jul 16, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Gratiot, Isabella, Montcalm	50 min
Jul 16, 6:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		92 min
Jul 16, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Kent, Ottawa	78 min
Jul 16, 6:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRR	Isabella	3 hr
Jul 16, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Mecosta, Newaygo	47 min
Jul 16, 7:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Kent	42 min
Jul 16, 7:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Van Buren	53 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.