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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this special weather statement at Oct 14, 2012, 4:55 PM EDT for Allegan County, Ottawa County, Van Buren County, 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
- Oct 14, 2012, 4:55 PM EDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 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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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 Oct 14, 4:52 PM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 14, 4:52 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 14, 12:12 PM EDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1212 PM EDT SUN OCT 14 2012 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-151030- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 1212 PM EDT SUN OCT 14 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE THREAT IS MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MUSKEGON TO ALMA AND FROM 4 PM TO 10 PM. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 60 MPH. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AREAWIDE FOR A TIME TONIGHT WITH WEST WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. THIS COULD LEAD TO A FEW DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. DESPITE TOTAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES SO FAR AND UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH POSSIBLE... NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED OR IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 4 PM AND 10 PM SOUTH OF A MUSKEGON TO ALMA LINE. LMZ844>849-151030- 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- 1212 PM EDT SUN OCT 14 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT TODAY AND NORTHWEST GALES TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. MEADE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 14, 2:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 222 PM EDT SUN OCT 14 2012 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-142030- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY...CLARE... HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO... BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 222 PM EDT SUN OCT 14 2012 ...STORMS WITH POSSIBLE GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA... AT 220 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING SOME BRIEF GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SOME LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ALONG WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST VERY FAST...AT AROUND 55 MPH. NJJ
Local storm report, Oct 14, 3:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
324 PM EDT SUN OCT 14 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0316 PM HEAVY RAIN NE FERRY 43.58N 86.22W
10/14/2012 M3.60 INCH OCEANA MI PUBLIC
MEASURED RAINFALL SINCE 8 A.M. ON 10/13/12
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JMAPLESLocal storm report, Oct 14, 3:56 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 4:16 AM EDT | Gale Warning | GRR | 24 hr | |
| Oct 14, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Barry, Eaton, Ionia | 24 min |
| Oct 14, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Gratiot, Isabella, Montcalm | 48 min |
| Oct 14, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 12 more | 57 min |
| Oct 14, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 60 min | |
| Oct 14, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham and 8 more | 59 min |
| Oct 14, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Gratiot | 48 min |
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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.