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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2012, 2:10 AM EDT for 4 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 65 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
- Jul 3, 2012, 2:10 AM EDT (06:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2012, 3:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Clare County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Osceola County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 2, 11:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 11:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 2:55 PM EDT, 11 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 255 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2012 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-030900- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 255 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON MAINLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96 AND EAST OF ROUTE 131. A SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND LOCAL HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THE EXPECTED HAZARDS. STORMS WOULD MOVE SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. FIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN HIGH DUE TO THE HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. THE STORMS WILL CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN SATURDAY. SOME OF THEM MAY BE SEVERE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH DAMAGING WINDS. NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN MONDAY. FIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN HIGH DUE TO THE HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WHICH WILL CONTINUE ALL WEEK. THIS BEING THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEK... SETTING OFF FIRE WORKS COULD RESULT IN GRASS FIRES. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE IN THE MID 90S TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN HEAT STRESS ISSUES FOR THOSE OUTSIDE...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. LMZ844>849-030900- ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI- HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI- WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI- 255 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MID TO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. ANY THUNDERSTORM MAY HAVE GUSTY WINDS THAT WOULD LOCALLY INCREASE WAVE HEIGHTS. VISIBILITY WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER IN RAIN SQUALLS IN ANY OF THE STORMS. CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTING WOULD ALSO BE A HAZARD WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY...ON SATURDAY...AND ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN MONDAY. GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTING ARE THE EXPECTED HAZARDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WDM/LAURENS/TJT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 2:10 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 210 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012 MIZ039-040-045-046-051-052-030715- CLARE-GRATIOT-ISABELLA-MECOSTA-MONTCALM-OSCEOLA- 210 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... AT 206 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY TO CENTRAL MUSKEGON COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HERSEY... HARTWICK TWP... MIDDLE BRANCH TWP... EVART... GRANT TWP... SYLVAN TWP... ORIENT TWP... SEARS... COLFAX TWP... CHIPPEWA LAKE... STANWOOD... RODNEY... BARRYTON... MORLEY... FREEMAN TWP... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. && LAT...LON 4407 8482 4339 8482 4339 8545 4407 8546 TIME...MOT...LOC 0610Z 259DEG 11KT 4398 8533 4329 8610 93
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 3:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Clare, Gratiot, Isabella, Montcalm | 60 min |
| Jul 3, 4:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Gratiot | 50 min |
| Jul 3, 5:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Lake, Osceola | 58 min |
| Jul 3, 6:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Clare | 55 min |
| Jul 3, 10:46 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | GRR | Clare, Clinton, Gratiot, Ionia, Isabella, Kent and 9 more | 17 hr |
| Jul 3, 10:46 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 9 more | 4 days |
| Jul 3, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Ingham | 66 min |
| Jul 3, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ingham, Jackson | 24 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.