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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 7:20 PM EDT for Barry County, Calhoun County, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It was in force for 25 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
- Apr 26, 2011, 7:20 PM EDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Barry County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 3:02 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 157 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.
943 WFUS53 KGRR 262320 TORGRR MIC015-025-077-262345- /O.NEW.KGRR.TO.W.0003.110426T2320Z-110426T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 720 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN... NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN... NORTHEASTERN KALAMAZOO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN... * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 715 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RICHLAND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS... RICHLAND... NASHVILLE... AUGUSTA... BEDFORD... MORGAN... ASSYRIA... BANFIELD... HICKORY CORNERS... LACEY... DOWLING... HIGHLAND PARK... GULL LAKE... YORKVILLE... MAPLE GROVE... CEDAR CREEK... 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 4240 8551 4272 8508 4243 8507 4233 8537 TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 228DEG 40KT 4241 8536 $$ MEADE
1 follow-up statement
585 WWUS53 KGRR 262330 SVSGRR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 730 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 MIC025-077-262339- /O.CAN.KGRR.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110426T2345Z/ CALHOUN MI-KALAMAZOO MI- 730 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KALAMAZOO AND NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EITHER WEAKENED OR MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN. LAT...LON 4273 8509 4243 8507 4242 8511 4242 8548 TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 228DEG 40KT 4249 8524 $$ MIC015-262345- /O.CON.KGRR.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110426T2345Z/ BARRY MI- 730 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARRY COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM EDT... AT 724 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICHLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN KALAMAZOO COUNTY. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NASHVILLE... MORGAN... ASSYRIA... BANFIELD... HICKORY CORNERS... LACEY... DOWLING... QUIMBY... MAPLE GROVE... CEDAR CREEK... 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 4273 8509 4243 8507 4242 8511 4242 8548 TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 228DEG 40KT 4249 8524 $$ 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, 6:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Ionia, Kent, Montcalm | 25 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, 7:25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.