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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2008, 4:11 PM EDT for 4 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 64 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
- Jun 13, 2008, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2008, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Barry County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Jackson County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 990 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 846 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Jun 13, 3:16 PM EDT, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 3:16 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 759 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2008 LMZ844>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-132115- 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- 759 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF MASON...LAKE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES. PARTICULARLY HARD HIT RIVERS WILL INCLUDE THE PINE...BIG SABLE...LINCOLN AND PERE MARQUETTE RIVERS. THESE RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING. FLOODED...WEAKENED AND WASHED OUT ROADS WILL BE A HAZARD FOR MOTORISTS. THERE IS THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. A FEW WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS SOUTH OF A BATTLE CREEK TO JACKSON LINE SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS FOR THE ENTIRE REGION ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. MJS NJJ
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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 2 hr | |
| Jun 12, 9:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Mason | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 9:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Mason | 44 min |
| Jun 12, 9:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 92 min | |
| Jun 12, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Mason | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 10:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Lake, Mason | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 10:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Lake, Mason | 58 min |
| Jun 12, 10:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Lake, Mason | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 10:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Mason, Oceana | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 10:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRR | Lake, Mason | 17 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Lake, Osceola | 59 min |
| Jun 12, 11:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Lake, Mason, Newaygo, Oceana | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 11:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 92 min | |
| Jun 12, 11:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Lake, Osceola | 51 min |
| Jun 12, 11:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Mason, Oceana | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 12:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Lake, Mason | 42 min |
| Jun 13, 12:55 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 95 min | |
| Jun 13, 1:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Mason | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 1:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Osceola | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 1:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Lake, Mason, Oceana, Osceola | 69 min |
| Jun 13, 2:32 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 87 min | |
| Jun 13, 2:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana and 1 more | 64 min |
| Jun 13, 3:03 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 57 min | |
| Jun 13, 3:07 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Mason | 53 hr |
| Jun 13, 3:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan, Muskegon, Ottawa, Van Buren | 42 min |
| Jun 13, 4:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Clare, Isabella, Mecosta, Newaygo | 77 min |
| Jun 13, 4:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Ionia, Kalamazoo, Kent | 72 min |
| Jun 13, 5:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Allegan, Van Buren | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 5:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Gratiot, Isabella, Montcalm | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 5:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Jackson | 57 min |
| Jun 13, 6:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson | 91 min |
| Jun 13, 10:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRR | Osceola | 5 hr |
| Jun 13, 12:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 9 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Kalamazoo | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Kalamazoo | 63 min |
| Jun 13, 3:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GRR | Lake, Mason, Osceola | 24 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Ingham, Jackson | 55 min |
| Jun 13, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Gratiot | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Kent | 67 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.