Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

809 
WWUS53 KGRR 022138
SVSGRR

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

MIC075-022245-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110702T2245Z/
JACKSON MI-
538 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON COUNTY
UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

AT 535 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 NORTH OF
JACKSON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JACKSON...            GRASS LAKE...         CONCORD...
  BROOKLYN...           CLARK LAKE...         WATERLOO TWP...
  LIBERTY TWP...        MICHIGAN CENTER...    TOMPKINS...
  VANDERCOOK LAKE...    HORTON...             SANDSTONE...
  NAPOLEON...           LEONI...              MUNITH...
  RIVES JUNCTION...     SPRING ARBOR...       PULASKI...

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 4208 8413 4207 8470 4221 8470 4242 8453
      4242 8413
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 260DEG 23KT 4235 8437
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

LAURENS

616 
WWUS53 KGRR 022156
SVSGRR

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

MIC075-022245-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110702T2245Z/
JACKSON MI-
556 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

AT 553 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 SOUTHWEST
OF STOCKBRIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WATERLOO TWP...       MUNITH...             PLEASANT LAKE...
  WATERLOO...           TRIST...              FRANCISCO...

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 4227 8413 4227 8430 4230 8437 4242 8435
      4242 8413
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 260DEG 23KT 4237 8422
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

LAURENS

331 
WWUS53 KGRR 022204
SVSGRR

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

MIC075-022214-
/O.CAN.KGRR.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110702T2245Z/
JACKSON MI-
604 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

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

LAT...LON 4227 8413 4227 8430 4230 8437 4242 8435
      4242 8413
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 260DEG 23KT 4238 8415

$$

LAURENS

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

LATEST UPDATE...SHORT TERM...

.SYNOPSIS...(256 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011)
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS
WILL BE POSSIBLY ALONG A COLD FRONT INTO THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAIN
CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS WELL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
MOVE OUT BY EVENING LEADING TO DRY WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE
HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(450 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011)
(TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)

WILL ISSUE A FCST UPDATE TO CLEAR A PORTION OF OUR AREA FROM THE
SEVERE TSTORM WATCH. WILL MAINTAIN THE WATCH FOR ALL THE COUNTIES
ALONG THE I-94 CORRIDOR AS WELL AS BARRY... EATON AND INGHAM
COUNTIES BASED ON KGRR/RGNL RADAR TRENDS AND VIS SAT IMAGERY.

REMAINDER OF PREVIOUS FCST DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT SHOULD BE RELEGATED TO THE EASTERN AND  SOUTHERN FORECAST
AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS COLD FRONT RUNS INTO JUICY AIRMASS
WITH DEW POINTS IN THE 70S AND PWATS NEAR 2 INCHES. ISOLATED SEVERE
THREAT WILL THEN DIMINISH AS THE COLD FRONT SETTLES SOUTH. WILL KEEP
20 POPS ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH FORECAST AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING.

WILL SEE CLEARING AND LESS HUMID AIRMASS BUILDING IN OVERNIGHT. THE
FRONT SHOULD BE FAR ENOUGH SOUTH AND EAST THAT MOST FIREWORK SHOWS
WILL BE ABLE TO GO THIS EVENING WITHOUT ANY INTERFERENCE.

DRY WEATHER CONTINUES FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH SEASONABLE TEMPS.

&&

.LONG TERM...(256 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011)
(TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
THE LONG RANGE FCST PERIOD WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY DRY AND WARM
CONDITIONS THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK. DRY WX WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN SW FLOW WITH THE SFC RIDGE TO THE SE AND COLD
FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THIS FRONT WILL BRING A CHC
OF SHOWERS AND TSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. AT THIS
TIME THE FRONTAL TIMING AS WELL AS FAIRLY WEAK INSTABILITY AND LACK
OF LLJ FORCING ALL SUGGEST THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WX WITH THAT SYSTEM
WILL BE LOW. DRY AND MILD WX IS ANTICIPATED FROM LATE WEDNESDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY.

&&

.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...(256 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011)
WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE RELATIVELY CALM THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...(256 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2011)
LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AS A COLD FRONT RUNS INTO VERY MOIST
AIR THIS EVENING. LITTLE OR NO RISES ARE EXPECTED ON MAINSTEM RIVERS
AS THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL NOT BE WIDESPREAD.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS:    OSTUNO
SHORT TERM:  OSTUNO/LAURENS
LONG TERM:   LAURENS
AVIATION:    LAURENS
MARINE:      OSTUNO
HYDROLOGY:   OSTUNO

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