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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

June 21, 2011Mecosta County, Newaygo County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2011, 6:44 PM EDT for Mecosta County, Newaygo County, Michigan. It was in force for 76 min. 1 report 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 21, 2011, 6:44 PM EDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 76 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Mecosta County, MI, Newaygo County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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 21, 7:00 PM EDT	HAIL 1	1 Wnw White Cloud, MI

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 16 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 21, 4:57 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 194 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: 874 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 2.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

162 
WUUS53 KGRR 212244
SVRGRR
MIC107-123-220000-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0060.110621T2244Z-110622T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
644 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MECOSTA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN...
  NORTHERN NEWAYGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 643 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...
  AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
  NEAR WHITE CLOUD..AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BIG RAPIDS...         WHITE CLOUD...        BARRYTON...
  MORLEY...             MECOSTA...            NEWYAGO STATE PARK...
  GOODWELL TWP...       HOME TWP...           WOODVILLE...
  BROHMAN...            HAWKINS...            GRANT TWP...
  COLFAX TWP...         CHIPPEWA LAKE...      STANWOOD...
  RODNEY...             ALTONA...             PARIS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES
PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT
DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
GRAND RAPIDS AT 1 800 647 3836.

&&

LAT...LON 4381 8509 4347 8509 4347 8556 4346 8556
      4345 8583 4353 8596 4381 8576
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 235DEG 17KT 4351 8578
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

COBB

3 follow-up statements

161 
WWUS53 KGRR 212310
SVSGRR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
710 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

MIC107-123-220000-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110622T0000Z/
MECOSTA MI-NEWAYGO MI-
710 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
NEWAYGO AND MECOSTA COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 705 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF
WHITE CLOUD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BIG RAPIDS...         WHITE CLOUD...        BARRYTON...
  MORLEY...             MECOSTA...            NEWYAGO STATE PARK...
  GOODWELL TWP...       HOME TWP...           WOODVILLE...
  BROHMAN...            HAWKINS...            GRANT TWP...
  COLFAX TWP...         CHIPPEWA LAKE...      STANWOOD...
  RODNEY...             ALTONA...             PARIS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
GRAND RAPIDS AT 1 800 647 3836.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN.

LAT...LON 4381 8509 4347 8509 4347 8556 4346 8556
      4345 8570 4362 8590 4381 8576
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 235DEG 17KT 4358 8564
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

JK

029 
WWUS53 KGRR 212334
SVSGRR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
734 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

MIC107-123-220000-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110622T0000Z/
MECOSTA MI-NEWAYGO MI-
734 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
NEWAYGO AND MECOSTA COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 732 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED...PRODUCING  LARGE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF BIG RAPIDS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BIG RAPIDS...         BARRYTON...           MORLEY...
  MECOSTA...            NEWYAGO STATE PARK... GOODWELL TWP...
  HAWKINS...            GRANT TWP...          COLFAX TWP...
  CHIPPEWA LAKE...      STANWOOD...           RODNEY...
  ALTONA...             PARIS...              BIG PRAIRIE...
  OXBOW...              CROTON HEIGHTS...     CANADIAN LAKES...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
GRAND RAPIDS AT 1 800 647 3836.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN.

LAT...LON 4364 8566 4381 8565 4381 8509 4347 8509
      4347 8556 4346 8556 4345 8565
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 221DEG 21KT 4361 8550
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

JK

723 
WWUS53 KGRR 212359
SVSGRR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
759 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

MIC107-123-220009-
/O.EXP.KGRR.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110622T0000Z/
MECOSTA MI-NEWAYGO MI-
759 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NEWAYGO AND
MECOSTA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN.

LAT...LON 4364 8566 4381 8565 4381 8509 4347 8509
      4347 8556 4346 8556 4345 8565
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 221DEG 21KT 4372 8537

$$

JK

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 Jun 21, 4:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 4:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
415 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

LATEST UPDATE...ALL EXCEPT AVIATION...

.SYNOPSIS...(415 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011)
A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH INTO NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AS THE WARM FRONT LIFTS SLOWLY NORTH. SOME
STORMS MAY BE SEVERE THIS EVENING WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG
WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE
AREA ON WEDNESDAY WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS.
COOLER...SHOWERY WEATHER IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY
NIGHT AS A SLOW MOVING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DRIFTS THROUGH THE GREAT
LAKES REGION. IT WILL BE COOLER AS WE HEAD INTO WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY WITH COOLER AIR AND CLOUDS SPREADING INTO THE REGION.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(415 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011)
(TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)
SEVERE STORMS REMAIN A POSSIBILITY THIS EVENING AS HIGH INSTABILITY
IS IN PLACE. A STORM NEAR HOLLAND WENT UP RAPIDLY AS OF 400 PM. IT
REMAINS A HIGH CAPE LOW SHEAR ENVIRONMENT SO PULSE STORMS ARE
ANTICIPATED. VERY HEAVY...TORRENTIAL RAINS AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL
BE THE MAIN THREATS IN WET MICROBURSTS. A WARM FRONT EXTENDS FROM
NEAR MUSKEGON TO ST. JOHNS AT 400 PM WHICH IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY
LIFT NORTHWARD TONIGHT. STORMS MAY BEGIN TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE IN
THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS IN THE WARM SECTOR OVER SOUTHERN LOWER
MICHIGAN. IN ADDITION...STORMS MAY INCREASE NEAR THE WARM FRONT AS
WE HEAD FURTHER INTO THE EVENING AS A LOW LEVEL JET BEGINS TO
INCREASE SLIGHTLY. AS WAS STATED EARLIER...THIS EVENING IS A TOUGH
CONVECTIVE FORECAST GIVEN THE LACK OF A SIGNIFICANT TRIGGER. DEGREE
OF INSTABILITY IS A CONCERN WITH MEAN LAYER CAPES IN EXCESS OF
4000 J/KG JUST SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA.

PARAMETERS ON WEDNESDAY DO NOT LOOK AS GOOD FOR SEVERE WEATHER WITH
LESS INSTABILITY. THE UPPER LOW WILL BE IN CLOSER PROXIMITY THOUGH
WHICH WILL PROVIDE BETTER UPPER SUPPORT. HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN A
THREAT UNTIL THE DEEPER MOISTURE IS SHUNTED EAST BY THE EVENING
HOURS.

COOLER...SHOWERY WEATHER IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER LOW DRIFTS OVERHEAD. HIGHS ON THURSDAY
IN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA MIGHT NOT HIT 70 DEGREES.

&&

.LONG TERM...(415 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011)
(FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
CHILLY AIR WILL BE OVER THE GREAT LAKES BY FRIDAY AS THE UPPER LOW
DRIFTS NE INTO QUEBEC AND BRINGS H8 TEMPS OF 8C OVERHEAD.  MAINLY
CLOUDY SKIES AND LINGERING SHOWERS WILL CAUSE TEMPS TO STRUGGLE TO
REACH THE 70S IN MANY AREAS.

AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER SHOULD FOLLOW FOR THE WEEKEND INTO
THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS SLOWLY BY.
TEMPS WILL GRADUALLY RETURN TO NORMAL LEVELS BY THE END OF THE
WEEKEND.  THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN APPEARS TO HOLD OFF UNTIL MONDAY
NIGHT INTO TUESDAY WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.  THIS FRONT
APPEARS TO BE WEAKENING AS IT RUNS INTO THE UPPER RIDGE...THEREFORE
WILL ONLY MENTION SLGT CHANCE POPS.

&&

.AVIATION...(142 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011)
A MIX OF VFR AND MVFR WAS ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
WITH INCREASED MIXING THIS SHOULD TREND MORE TOWARD VFR.  HOWEVER
DEEPER MOISTURE ARRIVES LATE TONIGHT AND ALONG WITH HIGH DEW
POINTS...EXPECT CEILINGS AND VSBYS TO LOWER TO PREDOMINATELY MVFR
AFTER MIDNIGHT.  TRENDS SHOULD THEN IMPROVE BACK TO VFR LATE
WEDNESDAY MORNING AS A BRISK SOUTHERLY WIND DEVELOPS.

BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE TAF SITES WILL COME THIS
EVENING FROM ROUGHLY 22Z TO 06Z.  BUT EVEN OUTSIDE THIS TIME FRAME
THERE COULD BE ISOLATED STORMS.  SHOULD BE A LULL IN THE STORMS LATE
WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.

&&

.MARINE...(415 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011)
A FAIRLY BAGGY GRADIENT WILL BE IN PLACE OVER LAKE MICHIGAN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS. THEREFORE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE NOT
EXPECTED. THERE ARE A COUPLE TIMES WHERE THE WIND COMES UP A BIT
(WED MORNING AND AGAIN THURS MORNING) WHICH MAY PUSH WAVES INTO THE
2-3 FOOT RANGE...BUT OVERALL A FAIRLY QUITE NEXT 48 HOURS. FOG
CONTINUES TO BE A THREAT OUT ON THE LAKE TONIGHT AS WARM MOIST AIR
RIDES OVER THE COOLER LAKE WATERS. GIVEN SATELLITE IMAGERY AND
WEBCAMS NOT SHOWING MUCH IN THE WAY OF THICK FOG WILL NOT ISSUE A
MARINE DENSE FOG ADVISORY AT THIS TIME. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...(415 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011)
THREAT FOR LOCALLY TORRENTIAL HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES WITH ANY STORMS
THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. GIVEN THE LOW CONFIDENCE
IN STORM DEVELOPMENT AND COVERAGE NOT PLANNING ON ISSUING ANY FLOOD
WATCHES AT THIS TIME. PRECIPTABLE WATER VALUES WILL BE ON THE ORDER
OF 1.75 TO 2.00 INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT. MOISTURE TRANSPORT VECTORS
AT 850MB CONTINUE TO INDICATE A PUSH OF MOISTURE TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING. SO...GIVEN A TROPICAL AIRMASS IN PLACE AND A WARM
FRONT IN THE VICINITY VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
STORMS. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING. DEEPER MOISTURE BEGINS TO SHUNT OFF TO THE EAST
AS EARLY AS MID MORNING WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT SHOULD BE
OVER BY 21Z OR SO WEDNESDAY EVENING. USGS GAGE DATA INDICATES THAT
MOST SITES ARE IN THE 50-75 PCT OF NORMAL RANGE...SO THERE THERE IS
SOME ROOM FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ON THE MAINSTEM RIVERS.

&&

.GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MI...NONE.
LM...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS:    DUKE
SHORT TERM:  DUKE
LONG TERM:   JK
AVIATION:    JK
MARINE:      DUKE
HYDROLOGY:   DUKE

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 12:40 PM EDT, 6 hours 4 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1240 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-220900-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
1240 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 96 CORRIDOR.
A WARM FRONT WILL BE SITUATED NEAR INTERSTATE 96 THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL BUILD TO THE SOUTH OF THE FRONT THIS
AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SCATTERED STORMS...SOME OF
WHICH MAY BE SEVERE. THE MAIN THREATS FROM STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WILL BE TORRENTIAL RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR MAY RESULT IN FLOODING
OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS. STORM
MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. THE MAIN TIME
FRAME OF CONCERN WILL BE FROM 200 PM THROUGH 1000 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE ON
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
ESPECIALLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 96. ACTIVATION MAY BE
NEEDED OVER THE ENTIRE AREA ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING.

LMZ844>849-220900-
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-
1240 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...
FREQUENT LIGHTING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF WHITEHALL. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE TO
THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. AREAS OF DENSE FOG MAY RESULT IN
SUDDEN CHANGES TO VERY LIMITED VISIBILITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AN AREAS OF DENSE
FOG ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF WHITEHALL. ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED OVER THE
ENTIRE AREA ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING.

MEADE DUKE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 21, 6:09 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
609 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0525 PM     HAIL             1 E ALLENDALE           42.97N 85.93W
06/21/2011  M1.00 INCH       OTTAWA             MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

GWETZEL

Local storm report, Jun 21, 6:20 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
620 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0535 PM     HAIL             ALLENDALE               42.97N 85.95W
06/21/2011  M0.75 INCH       OTTAWA             MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

GWETZEL

Local storm report, Jun 21, 6:22 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
622 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0615 PM     HEAVY RAIN       2 WSW WALKER            42.99N 85.81W
06/21/2011  M1.61 INCH       OTTAWA             MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STORM TOTAL SO FAR. ALSO 0.75 INCH HAIL.

&&

GWETZEL

Local storm report, Jun 21, 6:26 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
626 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0622 PM     HEAVY RAIN       ALLENDALE               42.97N 85.95W
06/21/2011  M3.25 INCH       OTTAWA             MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STORM TOTAL SO FAR.

&&

GWETZEL

Local storm report, Jun 21, 6:33 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
633 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0628 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SW GRAND RAPIDS       42.92N 85.71W
06/21/2011                   KENT               MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1 FOOT DIAMETER TREE DOWN.

&&

KHOOG

Local storm report, Jun 21, 6:38 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
638 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0628 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W TWIN LAKE           43.37N 86.19W
06/21/2011                   MUSKEGON           MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            15 INCH DIAMETER BRANCH FROM MAPLE TREE SNAPPED. DAMAGE
            TO A PONTOON BOAT AND A GARAGE ROOF.

&&

KHOOG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 5:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Newaygo	81 min
Jun 21, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Ottawa	40 min
Jun 21, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Muskegon, Ottawa	59 min
Jun 21, 5:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Muskegon, Ottawa	18 hr
Jun 21, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Kent, Muskegon, Ottawa	61 min
Jun 21, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		2 hr
Jun 21, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana	64 min
Jun 21, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Allegan, Kent, Ottawa	61 min
Jun 21, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Van Buren	43 min
Jun 21, 6:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Allegan, Van Buren	6 hr
Jun 21, 6:20 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRR	Ottawa	17 hr
Jun 21, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Kent, Ottawa	50 min
Jun 21, 6:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Allegan	34 min
Jun 21, 6:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Kent	17 hr
Jun 21, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Calhoun, Kalamazoo	83 min
Jun 21, 6:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Newaygo, Oceana	17 hr
Jun 21, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Allegan	46 min
Jun 21, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Kent, Ottawa	45 min
Jun 21, 7:03 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRR	Kent	3 hr
Jun 21, 7:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Calhoun	4 hr
Jun 21, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Ionia, Montcalm	65 min
Jun 21, 7:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Gratiot, Isabella, Montcalm	91 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.