Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 6:35 PM EDT for Ionia County, Kent County, Montcalm County, Michigan. It was in force for 25 min. 2 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
- Apr 26, 2011, 6:35 PM EDT (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ionia County, MI, Kent County, MI, Montcalm County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 6:35 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 5 S Greenville, MI | DELAYED REPORT. HAIL WAS OBSERVED ON M-91 NEAR FISK ROAD. |
| Apr 26, 6:51 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | Belding, MI | LARGE VOLUME OF INCH AND ONE HALF HAIL. NO DAMAGE VISIBLE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 3:02 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 687 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 744 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
834 WFUS53 KGRR 262235 TORGRR MIC067-081-117-262300- /O.NEW.KGRR.TO.W.0001.110426T2235Z-110426T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 635 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN IONIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN... EAST CENTRAL KENT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN... SOUTH CENTRAL MONTCALM COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN... * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BELDING...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS... GREENVILLE... BELDING... FENWICK... SIDNEY... ORLEANS... SMYRNA... AMSDEN... SHERIDAN CLARK ARPT... SHILOH... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING OBJECTS. && LAT...LON 4329 8508 4303 8507 4299 8530 4311 8540 TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 226DEG 47KT 4312 8524 $$ MEADE
2 follow-up statements
914 WWUS53 KGRR 262242 SVSGRR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 642 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 MIC081-262253- /O.CAN.KGRR.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110426T2300Z/ KENT MI- 642 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL KENT COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EITHER WEAKENED OR MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN. LAT...LON 4307 8526 4318 8527 4329 8508 4307 8507 TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 228DEG 43KT 4316 8515 $$ MIC067-117-262300- /O.CON.KGRR.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110426T2300Z/ IONIA MI-MONTCALM MI- 642 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MONTCALM AND NORTH CENTRAL IONIA COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT... AT 639 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BELDING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GREENVILLE... BELDING... FENWICK... SIDNEY... AMSDEN... SHERIDAN CLARK ARPT... SHILOH... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING OBJECTS. && A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN. LAT...LON 4307 8526 4318 8527 4329 8508 4307 8507 TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 228DEG 43KT 4316 8515 $$
042 WWUS53 KGRR 262258 SVSGRR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 658 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 MIC067-117-262307- /O.EXP.KGRR.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110426T2300Z/ IONIA MI-MONTCALM MI- 658 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MONTCALM AND NORTH CENTRAL IONIA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM EDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN. LAT...LON 4307 8526 4318 8527 4329 8508 4307 8507 TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 228DEG 43KT 4327 8498 $$ NJJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 11:16 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Kent | 10 days |
| Apr 26, 11:16 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Osceola | 37 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:21 PM EDT | Flood Watch | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more | 44 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Ottawa | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Kent | 63 min |
| Apr 26, 5:28 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Allegan | 6 days |
| Apr 26, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan, Kent, Ottawa | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Gratiot, Isabella, Montcalm | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 5:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Allegan, Kent, Ottawa | 12 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kalamazoo, Van Buren | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ionia, Kent, Montcalm | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Kent | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Gratiot, Montcalm | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Kalamazoo | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 7:04 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Isabella | 15 hr |
| Apr 26, 7:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Gratiot, Montcalm | 23 min |
| Apr 26, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kent | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 7:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Barry, Calhoun, Kalamazoo | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Gratiot, Isabella | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ionia, Montcalm | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 7:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Barry, Eaton | 32 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.