Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2010
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2010, 7:00 PM EDT for Allegan County, Barry County, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It was in force for 60 min. 9 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
- Jun 18, 2010, 7:00 PM EDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2010, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 75.0 mph
Counties Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nne Plainwell, MI | TREE WITH WIRES DOWN AND BLOCKING THE ROAD. |
| Jun 18, 7:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Kalamazoo, MI | NUMEROUS REPORTS IN KALAMAZOO. |
| Jun 18, 7:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 3 Wsw Kalamazoo, MI | POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Jun 18, 7:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | 3 Wsw Galesburg, MI | |
| Jun 18, 7:33 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 54 | 3 Wsw Kalamazoo, MI | |
| Jun 18, 7:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hastings, MI | 5 LARGE MOSTLY UNHEALTHY TREES DOWN. TOOK DOWN POWERLINES. ESTIMATED 50 MPH GUST. |
| Jun 18, 7:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ese Vicksburg, MI | 9 INCH LIMB APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET LONG DOWN OVER ROAD AT X AVE AND 31ST |
| Jun 18, 8:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ssw Schoolcraft, MI | 4-6 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN ALL OVER THE PLACE. POWER OUT. STANDING WATER OVER MANY ROADS INCLUDING 131. |
| Jun 18, 8:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hastings, MI | 5 FOOT DIAMETER TREE DOWN ON POWER LINES AND LAYING ACROSS JEFFERSON....MOSTLY ROTTED...NEAR JEFFERSON AND GRANT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1056 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
899
WUUS53 KGRR 182300
SVRGRR
MIC005-015-077-190000-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0021.100618T2300Z-100619T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
700 PM EDT FRI JUN 18 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN ALLEGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...
BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...
KALAMAZOO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 654 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAUGATUCK TO 9
MILES NORTH OF BANGOR TO 24 MILES SOUTH OF DOWAGIAC..AND MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH. SMALL HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KALAMAZOO... HASTINGS... RICHLAND...
SCHOOLCRAFT... MIDDLEVILLE... NASHVILLE...
PLAINWELL... WAYLAND... OSHTEMO...
GALESBURG... FULTON... PORTAGE...
CLIMAX... VICKSBURG... ALAMO...
AUGUSTA... MORGAN... ASSYRIA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE
ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINIOS...SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...AND NORTHERN
INDIANA. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4208 8577 4276 8578 4277 8509 4243 8508
4243 8530 4207 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 266DEG 43KT 4273 8622 4244 8603
4165 8605
WIND...HAIL 75MPH <1.00IN
$$
COBB2 follow-up statements
427
WWUS53 KGRR 182330
SVSGRR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
730 PM EDT FRI JUN 18 2010
MIC005-015-077-190000-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100619T0000Z/
ALLEGAN MI-BARRY MI-KALAMAZOO MI-
730 PM EDT FRI JUN 18 2010
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KALAMAZOO...
BARRY AND EASTERN ALLEGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...
AT 725 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTH OF HUDSONVILLE TO PLAINWELL TO 26 MILES
SOUTH OF MARCELLUS...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KALAMAZOO... HASTINGS... RICHLAND...
MIDDLEVILLE... NASHVILLE... PLAINWELL...
WAYLAND... OSHTEMO... GALESBURG...
FULTON... PORTAGE... CLIMAX...
VICKSBURG... ALAMO... AUGUSTA...
MORGAN... ASSYRIA... BANFIELD...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS
VAN BUREN COUNTY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4213 8574 4276 8578 4277 8509 4245 8509
4243 8530 4207 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 266DEG 43KT 4276 8573 4246 8554
4167 8557
WIND...HAIL 75MPH <1.00IN
$$
LAURENS844
WWUS53 KGRR 182354
SVSGRR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
754 PM EDT FRI JUN 18 2010
MIC005-190003-
/O.CAN.KGRR.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100619T0000Z/
ALLEGAN MI-
754 PM EDT FRI JUN 18 2010
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ALLEGAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR
MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4210 8550 4275 8553 4277 8509 4246 8510
4243 8530 4207 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 266DEG 43KT 4278 8534 4248 8515
4169 8518
$$
MIC015-077-190000-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100619T0000Z/
BARRY MI-KALAMAZOO MI-
754 PM EDT FRI JUN 18 2010
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
KALAMAZOO AND BARRY COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...
AT 748 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MIDDLEVILLE TO 11 MILES NORTH OF BATTLE CREEK TO 27
MILES SOUTH OF UNION CITY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
IN ADDITION SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR
PLAINWELL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HASTINGS... RICHLAND... MIDDLEVILLE...
GALESBURG... FULTON... CLIMAX...
AUGUSTA... MORGAN... ASSYRIA...
BANFIELD... HICKORY CORNERS... IRVING...
LACEY... DOWLING... DELTON...
ORANGEVILLE... WOODLAND... HIGHLAND PARK...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS
VAN BUREN COUNTY AND SOME WIND DAMAGE IN ALLEGAN COUNTY. THIS IS AN
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4210 8550 4275 8553 4277 8509 4246 8510
4243 8530 4207 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 266DEG 43KT 4278 8534 4248 8515
4169 8518
WIND...HAIL 75MPH <1.00IN
$$
LAURENSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 74 min | |
| Jun 18, 5:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 18, 6:00 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | GRR | Allegan, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa, Van Buren | 12 hr |
| Jun 18, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan, Ottawa, Van Buren | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 30 min | |
| Jun 18, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Kent, Muskegon | 54 min |
| Jun 18, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Barry, Calhoun, Eaton | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan, Ionia, Kent | 66 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.