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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

April 8, 2008Ionia County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this special weather statement at Apr 8, 2008, 11:13 PM EDT for Ionia County, Michigan. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 8, 2008, 11:13 PM EDT (03:13 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2008, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI

County Ionia County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 138 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1980 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Apr 8, 7:16 PM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 7:16 PM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 6:20 AM EDT, 16 hours 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
620 AM EDT TUE APR 8 2008

LMZ844>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-091030-
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-
620 AM EDT TUE APR 8 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS A WARM FRONT APPROACHES FROM
THE SOUTH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS A STRONG
LOW PRESSURE CENTER IN IOWA PUSHES A WARM FRONT INTO LOWER MICHIGAN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

OSTUNO

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 8, 11:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1113 PM EDT TUE APR 8 2008

MIZ051-057-058-065-090400-
BARRY-IONIA-KENT-MONTCALM-
1113 PM EDT TUE APR 8 2008

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 1108 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
FREEPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...IONIA...ORLEANS...MUIR...
PALO...FENWICK...BUTTERNUT AND SHERIDAN

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

LAT...LON 4335 8511 4327 8483 4318 8483 4277 8504
      4277 8508 4270 8509 4277 8528 4272 8543
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 212DEG 55KT 4290 8521

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 8, 10:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		94 min
Apr 8, 11:36 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		84 min
Apr 9, 12:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Kalamazoo, Kent, Lake, Newaygo	51 min
Apr 9, 1:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Eaton, Ionia, Kalamazoo, Van Buren	30 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Michigan, 2008 Every special weather statement 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.