Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

952 
WWUS53 KGRR 021843
SVSGRR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
243 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011

MIC035-021930-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-110702T1930Z/
CLARE MI-
243 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CLARE
COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM EDT...

AT 238 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 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF HARRISON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HARRISON...           DODGE LAKE...         MEREDITH...
  BROWNS CORNER...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROAD.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN.

LAT...LON 4392 8482 4405 8481 4413 8461 4410 8460
      4387 8460
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 262DEG 25KT 4397 8464
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

TJT

240 
WWUS53 KGRR 021903
SVSGRR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
303 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011

MIC035-021912-
/O.CAN.KGRR.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-110702T1930Z/
CLARE MI-
303 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CLARE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. HOWEVER...OTHER STORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA MAY PRODUCE 
SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN.

LAT...LON 4392 8482 4405 8481 4413 8461 4410 8460
      4387 8460
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 262DEG 25KT 4399 8446

$$

TJT

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
115 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011

LATEST UPDATE...AVIATION...

.SYNOPSIS...(405 AM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011)
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS...POSSIBLY STRONG...ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND
AHEAD OF THE FRONT. HEAVY RAIN MAY ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF THE ARE BY EVENING LEADING TO DRY
WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(1152 AM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011)
(THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY)
COLD FRONT ABOUT TO REACH NORTHWEST FORECAST AREA. SHOULD BE A DRY
FROPA ACROSS THERE...BUT ERODING CAP AND BUILDING INSTABILITY WILL
ALLOW SOME POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN FORECAST AREA. DROPPED OR LOWERED POPS ACROSS THE NORTH FOR
THIS AFTERNOON.

ACROSS THE SOUTH...TEMPS NEAR 90 AND SFC DEW POINTS ABOVE 70 THIS
AFTERNOON TRANSLATE TO IMPRESSIVE CAPES...WHICH MAY BE REALIZED IF
THE CAP ERODES AHEAD OF THE FRONT. WORKING AGAINST THE SEVERE
POTENTIAL IS A LACK OF SPEED SHEAR AND RATHER WEAK SFC CONVERGENCE.
SO WE EXPECT MAINLY ISOLATED SEVERE THREAT FROM MULTICELL CLUSTERS
OF STORMS RATHER THAN A MORE EXTENSIVE THREAT FROM A LINE OF
ORGANIZED STORMS.

THE FRONT WILL SAG SOUTH BY THIS EVENING WITH PRECIP CHANCES ENDING
FOR ALL BUT THE FAR SOUTHERN FORECAST AREA. DRY WEATHER TO FOLLOW
FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH SEASONABLE TEMPS.

&&

.LONG TERM...(405 AM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011)
(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)

MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY THE ATMOSPHERE IS STILL RELATIVELY
DRY...BUT THAT CHANGES AS WE GO THROUGH TUESDAY.  INCREASING
SOUTHWEST FLOW DRAWS UP MOISTURE FROM THE MIDDLE MS VALLEY.  THE
ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZES DURING THE AFTERNOON. WILL NEED TO MONITOR
THE RISK FOR A LATE DAY THUNDERSTORM AS A RESULT...BUT SOUNDINGS
SHOW LITTLE OR NO CAPE BELOW 700 MB.  AS A RESULT WILL KEEP IT DRY
THROUGH TUESDAY.  ELEVATED INSTABILITY MOVES IN AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT TUESDAY NIGHT.  THE HIGH RES EURO IS MORE
AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS INSTABILITY THAN THE GFS.  WILL MAINTAIN THE
RISK FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUE NIGHT INTO WED WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.

&&

.AVIATION...(115 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011)
THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE TAF SITES THIS
AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR TO
SE OF KGRR FROM MID TO LATE AFTN. HOWEVER COVERAGE OF TSTORMS WILL
LIKELY BE QUITE LIMITED DUE TO SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT INHIBITING
FACTORS SUCH AS MINIMAL SFC CONVERGENCE AND LACK OF UPPER LEVEL
FORCING. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL ALSO INHIBIT CONVECTIVE INITIATION
SIGNIFICANTLY IF NOT COMPLETELY. HOWEVER INSTABILITY IS ROBUST SO
ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. ALL SHOWER AND
STORMS SHOULD BE E/SE/S OF ALL OUR TAF SITES BY EARLY EVENING.

MVFR TO VFR CONDITIONS THIS AFTN WILL TRANSITION TO VFR TONIGHT
THROUGH 18Z SUN AS DRIER AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT. POTENTIAL
FOR CUMULUS CLOUDS TO DEVELOP SUNDAY ALSO LOOKS FAIRLY LOW DUE TO
THE DRIER AIRMASS IN PLACE AND SUBSIDENCE UNDER THE HIGH PRESSURE
RIDGE.

&&

.MARINE...(405 AM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011)
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COLD FRONT ARE THE MAIN THREAT
TODAY. OUTSIDE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WINDS AND WAVES WILL
REMAIN AOB ADVISORY CRITERIA TODAY.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...(405 AM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011)
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COLD FRONT TODAY. PWAT/S AOA
1.75 INCHES INDICATE A HEAVY RAIN THREAT ON AN STORM THAT DEVELOPS.
MID LEVEL WINDS ACTUALLY DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT MOVES
ACROSS THE CWA. THUS STORM MOVEMENT WILL PROBABLY BE ON THE SLOW
SIDE WHICH WILL ADD TO THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS:    93
SHORT TERM:  OSTUNO
LONG TERM:   MJS
AVIATION:    LAURENS
MARINE:      93
HYDROLOGY:   93

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
744 AM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-030945-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
744 AM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON EAST
OF A MUSKEGON TO HARRISON LINE. THE MAIN HAZARD WILL BE DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE PRIMARY STORM MOTION WILL BE EAST AT 25
MPH. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEFLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ACCOMPANY
ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP IN THE TUESDAY NIGHT TO
WEDNESDAY TIMEFRAME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

LMZ844>849-030945-
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-
744 AM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PATCHY FOG COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS TODAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING THIS AFTERNOON.

AN INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST MAINLY THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON FOR AREAS NORTH OF SOUTH HAVEN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP IN THE TUESDAY NIGHT TO
WEDNESDAY TIMEFRAME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

MJS