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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2011, 10:45 PM EDT for Clare County, Michigan. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2011, 10:45 PM EDT (02:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2011, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Clare County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 8, 10:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 2055 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1930 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 11.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KGRR 090245
TORGRR
MIC035-090315-
/O.NEW.KGRR.TO.W.0011.110609T0245Z-110609T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1045 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CLARE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
* AT 1041 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF HARRISON...AND MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HARRISON AROUND 1050 PM EDT...
DODGE LAKE AROUND 1100 PM EDT...
THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS...
HARRISON... CLARE... FARWELL...
SEBEWA TWP... DODGE LAKE... LONG LAKE HEIGHTS...
FRANKLIN TWP... SHERIDEN TWP... LAKE GEORGE...
LAKE... LEOTA... MEREDITH...
BROWNS CORNER... DOVER...
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 4415 8460 4381 8460 4382 8502 4415 8501
4417 8500 4416 8461
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 274DEG 25KT 4400 8486
$$
MEADE3 follow-up statements
469 WWUS53 KGRR 090255 SVSGRR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1055 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 MIC035-090315- /O.CON.KGRR.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110609T0315Z/ CLARE MI- 1055 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLARE COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM EDT... AT 1050 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HARRISON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL CLARE COUNTY AT 1110 PM EDT THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS... HARRISON... DODGE LAKE... SHERIDEN TWP... BROWNS CORNER... DOVER... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING OBJECTS. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN. LAT...LON 4405 8460 4381 8460 4390 8489 4404 8485 TIME...MOT...LOC 0255Z 279DEG 26KT 4397 8477 $$ LAURENS
972
WWUS53 KGRR 090303
SVSGRR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1103 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011
MIC035-090315-
/O.CON.KGRR.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110609T0315Z/
CLARE MI-
1103 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLARE COUNTY
UNTIL 1115 PM EDT...
AT 1059 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HARRISON...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN CLARE
COUNTY.
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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN.
LAT...LON 4391 8475 4398 8474 4401 8465 4401 8460
4382 8460
TIME...MOT...LOC 0303Z 279DEG 26KT 4396 8469
$$
LAURENS364
WWUS53 KGRR 090316
SVSGRR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1116 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011
MIC035-090325-
/O.EXP.KGRR.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110609T0315Z/
CLARE MI-
1116 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLARE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF CLARE COUNTY UNTIL 1130 PM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN.
LAT...LON 4391 8475 4398 8474 4401 8465 4401 8460
4382 8460
TIME...MOT...LOC 0303Z 279DEG 26KT 4396 8469
$$
LAURENSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Lake | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Lake, Mason, Osceola | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 10:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 110 min | |
| Jun 8, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Mason | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 10:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Clare, Lake, Osceola | 64 min |
| Jun 8, 10:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRR | Clare, Lake, Mason, Osceola | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 10:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana | 84 min |
| Jun 8, 11:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 58 min | |
| Jun 8, 11:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Mecosta | 94 min |
| Jun 8, 11:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Muskegon, Ottawa | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 11:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 11:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Isabella | 85 min |
| Jun 8, 11:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kent, Montcalm | 75 min |
| Jun 9, 12:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Gratiot | 63 min |
| Jun 9, 12:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ionia, Kalamazoo | 62 min |
| Jun 9, 12:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Ionia | 56 min |
| Jun 9, 12:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Ingham, Jackson | 61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.