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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2009, 8:23 PM EDT for Ingham County, Jackson County, Michigan. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2009, 8:23 PM EDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2009, 8:49 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ingham County, MI, Jackson County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
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 Aug 9, 7:59 PM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 7:59 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 315 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 2009 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-101000- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 315 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT THE HEAT WILL BE A WEATHER CONCERN EARLY THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES PUSH INTO THE LOWER 90S ACROSS A GOOD DEAL OF THE AREA...ESPECIALLY AWAY FROM LAKE MICHIGAN. HEAT INDEX VALUES THIS AFTERNOON WILL APPROACH 100 DEGREES WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER VALUES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTH THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT WITH THE ENTIRE AREA PLACED IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BY THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER. THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO HAS STORMS REDEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE TORRENTIAL RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND STRONG WIND GUSTS TO IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. A FEW OF THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY CONTAIN HAIL TO AROUND AN INCH IN DIAMETER. THE MAIN STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. RAINFALL IN THE LAST DAY OR SO HAS BEEN AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS...WITH MOST AREAS PICKING UP AT LEAST AN INCH. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING IN SOME AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONCE AGAIN A GOOD POSSIBILITY MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AS A COOL FRONT SLIDES THROUGH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE BULK OF THE AREA IS IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY AS WELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY. LMZ844>849-101000- 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- 315 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS TO 30 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING WITH WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN SOUTH HAVEN AND WHITEHALL. WAVES OF THIS HEIGHT WILL POSE A HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING. BEACHES JUST SOUTH OF SOUTH PIERS WILL LIKELY SEE THE HIGHEST WAVE ACTION THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BOTH THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT ON LAKE MICHIGAN...SOME OF WHICH MAY BE SEVERE. STORMS WILL CONTAIN FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING STRIKES AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. THE STRONGEST OF STORMS MAY CONTAIN WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. THE PRIMARY STORM MOTION WILL BE EAST AT AROUND 35 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONCE AGAIN A GOOD POSSIBILITY MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AS A COOL FRONT SLIDES THROUGH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE BOTH THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY. DUKE MJS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 9, 7:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 8:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Jackson | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 12:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Ionia, Kent, Ottawa | 55 min |
| Aug 10, 1:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Ionia and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 10, 1:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Barry, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham, Ionia and 4 more | 92 min |
| Aug 10, 3:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Barry, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham, Ionia and 2 more | 84 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.