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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2011, 4:25 PM EDT for Barry County, Calhoun County, Michigan. It was in force for 35 min. 11 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, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2011, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Barry County, MI, Calhoun County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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, 4:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Battle Creek, MI | TREES ARE BLOCKING I-94 BUSINESS LOOP. LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE. |
| May 29, 4:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Battle Creek, MI | ESTIMATED AROUND 50 TREES DOWN NEAR THE 100 BLOCK OF SOUTH 30TH STREET IN BATTLE CREEK. |
| May 29, 4:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Sw Battle Creek, MI | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN THE 1700 BLOCK OF WATKINS ROAD NEAR BATTLE CREEK. TREES RANGE FROM 6 INCHES TO 2 FEET IN DIAMETER. |
| May 29, 4:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Battle Creek, MI | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF ESTIMATE WIND SPEEDS AROUND 60 MPH THROUGHOUT BATTLE CREEK. |
| May 29, 4:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sw Battle Creek, MI | LAKEVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL NEAR COLUMBIA AND HELMER SUSTAINED DAMAGE. TREES DOWN AROUND THE AREA AS WELL. |
| May 29, 4:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ese Battle Creek, MI | 60 MPH ESTIMATED GUST. PEA SIZED HAIL. NUMBER OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. TREES LYING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. |
| May 29, 4:44 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ese Battle Creek, MI | TREES HAVE BEEN UPROOTED. POSSIBLE ROTATION IN THE AREA AT THE PRESENT TIME. |
| May 29, 4:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Marshall, MI | 3 LARGE TREES ON TOP OF HOUSE. SPOTTER CURRENTLY BLOCKED IN. |
| May 29, 4:49 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Albion, MI | THREE TREES DOWN ON PINE STREET NEAR EATON. MINOR CAR DAMAGE. |
| May 29, 4:53 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 64 | 1 Sse Marshall, MI | MEASURED AT BROOKS FIELD IN MARSHALL. |
| May 29, 4:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 W Springport, MI | TREES DOWN WITH SOME HOUSE DAMAGE AS WELL IN THE VICINITY OF DUCK LAKE. |
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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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.
134
WFUS53 KGRR 292025
TORGRR
MIC015-025-292100-
/O.NEW.KGRR.TO.W.0007.110529T2025Z-110529T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
425 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...
CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT
* AT 422 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RICHLAND...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THERE IS A HISTORY OF FUNNEL CLOUDS
AND DAMAGING WINDS WITH THIS STORM.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SPRINGFIELD AROUND 430 PM EDT...
FORT CUSTER AROUND 430 PM EDT...
BATTLE CREEK AROUND 435 PM EDT...
BURLEIGH CORNERS AROUND 440 PM EDT...
ST MARYS LAKE AROUND 440 PM EDT...
THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS...
BATTLE CREEK... TEKONSHA... MARSHALL...
ALBION... NASHVILLE... CONVIS TWP...
LEE TWP... BABCOCK... CERESCO...
BEDFORD... SPRINGFIELD... BURLINGTON...
ATHENS... HOMER... ASSYRIA...
BANFIELD... HICKORY CORNERS... LACEY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
&&
LAT...LON 4208 8529 4242 8530 4243 8541 4265 8508
4242 8507 4242 8472 4208 8471
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 246DEG 40KT 4229 8535
$$
TJT3 follow-up statements
919
WWUS53 KGRR 292034
SVSGRR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
434 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011
MIC015-025-292100-
/O.CON.KGRR.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110529T2100Z/
BARRY MI-CALHOUN MI-
434 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CALHOUN AND SOUTHEASTERN
BARRY COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT...
AT 431 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BATTLE CREEK...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BATTLE CREEK AROUND 435 PM EDT...
PENNFIELD AROUND 440 PM EDT...
CONVIS TWP AROUND 445 PM EDT...
LEE TWP AROUND 455 PM EDT...
DUCK LAKE AROUND 500 PM EDT...
THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS...
BATTLE CREEK... TEKONSHA... MARSHALL...
ALBION... NASHVILLE... CONVIS TWP...
LEE TWP... BABCOCK... CERESCO...
BEDFORD... SPRINGFIELD... BURLINGTON...
ATHENS... HOMER... ASSYRIA...
BANFIELD... HICKORY CORNERS... LACEY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING OBJECTS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN.
LAT...LON 4208 8529 4242 8530 4243 8541 4265 8508
4242 8507 4242 8472 4208 8471
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 254DEG 46KT 4231 8521
$$
DUKE306
WWUS53 KGRR 292052
SVSGRR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
452 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011
MIC015-025-292100-
/O.CON.KGRR.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110529T2100Z/
BARRY MI-CALHOUN MI-
452 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CALHOUN AND SOUTHEASTERN
BARRY COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT...
AT 449 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELLEVUE...MOVING EAST AT 55
MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
PARTELLO AROUND 450 PM EDT...
DUCK LAKE AROUND 455 PM EDT...
THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS...
BATTLE CREEK... TEKONSHA... MARSHALL...
ALBION... NASHVILLE... CONVIS TWP...
LEE TWP... BABCOCK... CERESCO...
BEDFORD... SPRINGFIELD... BURLINGTON...
ATHENS... HOMER... ASSYRIA...
BANFIELD... HICKORY CORNERS... LACEY...
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.
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.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN.
LAT...LON 4208 8529 4242 8530 4243 8541 4265 8508
4242 8507 4242 8472 4208 8471
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 249DEG 59KT 4240 8481
$$
DUKE505
WWUS53 KGRR 292100
SVSGRR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
500 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011
MIC015-025-292110-
/O.EXP.KGRR.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110529T2100Z/
BARRY MI-CALHOUN MI-
500 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CALHOUN AND SOUTHEASTERN BARRY COUNTIES
HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN.
LAT...LON 4208 8529 4242 8530 4243 8541 4265 8508
4242 8507 4242 8472 4208 8471
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 249DEG 59KT 4239 8461
$$
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, 3:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Kalamazoo | 47 min |
| 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, 4:47 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.