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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

June 8, 2008Clare County, Osceola County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2008, 2:30 PM EDT for Clare County, Osceola County, Michigan. It was in force for 38 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 8, 2008, 2:30 PM EDT (18:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2008, 3:08 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Clare County, MI, Osceola County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 8, 12:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 198 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2008-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 538 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2008-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 205 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
538 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-257 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1230 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGRR 081829
TORGRR
MIC035-133-081915-
/O.NEW.KGRR.TO.W.0009.080608T1830Z-080608T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
230 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CLARE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 228 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS
  LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEOTA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 48
  MPH.

* THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
   LEOTA BY 235 PM EDT...

  IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT...PENNY SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING
  WINDS OVER 60 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED IN THE FOLLOWING
  LOCATIONS...

  WINTERFIELD TWP...    TEMPLE...             LEOTA...
  LONG LAKE HEIGHTS...  FRANKLIN TWP...


IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4419 8506 4418 8504 4418 8462 4416 8460
      4412 8461 4400 8502 4416 8512
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 246DEG 42KT 4412 8494

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGRR 081851
SVSGRR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
250 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

MIC133-081900-
/O.CAN.KGRR.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080608T1915Z/
OSCEOLA MI-
250 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...

SEVERE WEATHER HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST 
WEATHER INFORMATION.

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

LAT...LON 4418 8462 4412 8461 4410 8467 4410 8469
      4409 8470 4406 8479 4407 8480 4402 8495
      4416 8503
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 240DEG 27KT 4414 8474

$$

MIC035-081915-
/O.CON.KGRR.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080608T1915Z/
CLARE MI-
250 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
CLARE COUNTY...

AT 249 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF LONG LAKE HEIGHTS...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
 
  LONG LAKE HEIGHTS...LEOTA... AND FRANKLIN TWP...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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

LAT...LON 4418 8462 4412 8461 4410 8467 4410 8469
      4409 8470 4406 8479 4407 8480 4402 8495
      4416 8503
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 240DEG 27KT 4414 8474

$$

OSTUNO
000 
WWUS53 KGRR 081858
SVSGRR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
258 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

MIC035-081915-
/O.CON.KGRR.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080608T1915Z/
CLARE MI-
258 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CLARE COUNTY...

AT 256 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CLARE COUNTY...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 31 MPH.

  IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT... CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED IN THE
  FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

  FRANKLIN TWP...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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

LAT...LON 4411 8465 4410 8466 4410 8469 4408 8471
      4409 8473 4417 8476 4418 8462 4413 8459
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 240DEG 27KT 4417 8466

$$

OSTUNO
000 
WWUS53 KGRR 081908
SVSGRR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
308 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

MIC035-081918-
/O.CAN.KGRR.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080608T1915Z/
CLARE MI-
308 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLARE COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. 
STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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

LAT...LON 4411 8465 4410 8466 4410 8469 4408 8471
      4409 8473 4417 8476 4418 8462 4413 8459
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 240DEG 27KT 4420 8458

$$

OSTUNO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 8:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR81 min
Jun 7, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRAllegan, Ottawa44 min
Jun 7, 8:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRBarry, Ionia, Kent35 min
Jun 7, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRROttawa60 min
Jun 7, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRAllegan81 min
Jun 7, 9:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR90 min
Jun 7, 9:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR96 min
Jun 7, 9:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRBarry, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham, Ionia and 2 more87 min
Jun 7, 9:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGRRAllegan, Barry, Eaton, Ionia, Kent, Ottawa6 hr
Jun 7, 10:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRBarry, Eaton, Ionia, Kent46 min
Jun 7, 10:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRREaton, Ingham62 min
Jun 7, 10:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more203 days
Jun 7, 10:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClinton18 min
Jun 7, 11:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR90 min
Jun 7, 11:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKalamazoo, Van Buren47 min
Jun 8, 1:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRKent67 min
Jun 8, 1:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRREaton, Ingham55 min
Jun 8, 3:27 AM EDTFlood WatchGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more48 hr
Jun 8, 4:01 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGRRAllegan, Barry, Eaton, Ionia, Kent, Ottawa56 hr
Jun 8, 9:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRROttawa61 min
Jun 8, 10:33 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRBarry5 days
Jun 8, 11:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRLake, Mason55 min
Jun 8, 12:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR2 hr
Jun 8, 1:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR86 min
Jun 8, 1:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRLake, Mason, Mecosta, Newaygo, Oceana, Osceola54 min
Jun 8, 1:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRMason, Oceana48 min
Jun 8, 1:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRAllegan, Kent, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Ottawa and 1 more64 min
Jun 8, 1:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRLake, Mason, Mecosta, Newaygo, Oceana, Osceola52 min
Jun 8, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRAllegan, Van Buren38 min
Jun 8, 2:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRAllegan, Barry, Clare, Gratiot, Ionia, Isabella and 7 more74 min
Jun 8, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Kalamazoo, Van Buren78 min
Jun 8, 2:34 PM EDTTornado WarningGRROsceola13 min
Jun 8, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRBarry, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham, Ionia and 2 more59 min
Jun 8, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRBarry, Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson, Kalamazoo71 min
Jun 8, 4:01 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRClinton, Eaton, Ingham25 min
Jun 8, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRJackson30 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.