Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2011, 3:58 PM EDT for Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It was in force for 47 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
- May 29, 2011, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2011, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Kalamazoo County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 4:10 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Ne Kalamazoo, MI | REPORTED NEAR GULL ROAD AND RIVERVIEW |
| May 29, 4:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Kalamazoo, MI | MEASURED AT BRONSON HOSPITAL PARKING RAMP. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 1:29 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -294 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KGRR 291958
TORGRR
MIC077-292045-
/O.NEW.KGRR.TO.W.0005.110529T1958Z-110529T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
358 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN KALAMAZOO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
* AT 355 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KALAMAZOO...AND MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
NORTHERN KALAMAZOO AROUND 400 PM EDT...
NORTHWOOD AROUND 405 PM EDT...
RICHLAND AROUND 415 PM EDT...
YORKVILLE AROUND 420 PM EDT...
HOWLANDSBURG AROUND 420 PM EDT...
THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS...
KALAMAZOO... RICHLAND... GALESBURG...
AUGUSTA... HIGHLAND PARK... GULL LAKE...
YORKVILLE... COOPER... NORTHWOOD...
HOWLANDSBURG... COMSTOCK... MORROW LAKE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
LAT...LON 4227 8568 4234 8570 4242 8558 4242 8530
4226 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 256DEG 29KT 4231 8564
$$
TJT2 follow-up statements
094
WWUS53 KGRR 292011
SVSGRR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
411 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011
MIC077-292045-
/O.CON.KGRR.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110529T2045Z/
KALAMAZOO MI-
411 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN KALAMAZOO COUNTY
UNTIL 445 PM EDT...
AT 408 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KALAMAZOO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KALAMAZOO... RICHLAND... GALESBURG...
AUGUSTA... HIGHLAND PARK... GULL LAKE...
YORKVILLE... COOPER... NORTHWOOD...
HOWLANDSBURG... COMSTOCK... MORROW LAKE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
INTENSE SQUALL LINES CAN OCCASSIONALY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES IN
ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. TAKE COVER NOW...MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN.
LAT...LON 4227 8568 4234 8570 4242 8558 4242 8530
4226 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 266DEG 23KT 4231 8556
$$
DUKE701
WWUS53 KGRR 292046
SVSGRR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
446 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011
MIC077-292055-
/O.EXP.KGRR.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110529T2045Z/
KALAMAZOO MI-
446 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN KALAMAZOO COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN.
LAT...LON 4227 8568 4234 8570 4242 8558 4242 8530
4226 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 266DEG 23KT 4232 8525
$$
DUKEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 9:38 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Jackson | 61 hr |
| May 29, 11:12 AM EDT | Flood Watch | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and 6 more | 11 hr |
| May 29, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 84 min | |
| May 29, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Allegan, Van Buren | 51 min |
| May 29, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Allegan, Ottawa, Van Buren | 80 min |
| May 29, 2:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRR | Allegan, Van Buren | 5 hr |
| May 29, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 72 min | |
| May 29, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Ionia, Kalamazoo, Van Buren | 61 min |
| May 29, 3:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson, Kalamazoo | 12 hr |
| May 29, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Barry | 52 min |
| May 29, 4:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Kalamazoo | 31 min |
| May 29, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Barry, Calhoun | 35 min |
| May 29, 4:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Eaton | 28 min |
| May 29, 4:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Ingham, Jackson | 51 min |
| May 29, 5:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Clinton | 12 hr |
| May 29, 5:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRR | Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Ionia | 6 hr |
| May 29, 7:55 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Kent | 5 days |
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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.