Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2012, 5:44 PM EDT for Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 12, 2012, 5:44 PM EDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2012, 6:27 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Kalamazoo County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 6:09 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | 4 S Plainwell, MI | SPOTTER REPORTD LITTLE DINGS IN HIS CAR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 4:22 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 1981 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
857 WFUS53 KGRR 122144 TORGRR MIC077-122245- /O.NEW.KGRR.TO.W.0002.120312T2144Z-120312T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 544 PM EDT MON MAR 12 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN KALAMAZOO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN... * UNTIL 645 PM EDT * AT 542 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PAW PAW...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... COOPER AROUND 610 PM EDT... NORTHWOOD AROUND 610 PM EDT... HIGHLAND PARK AROUND 625 PM EDT... GULL LAKE AROUND 625 PM EDT... YORKVILLE AROUND 625 PM EDT... THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS... KALAMAZOO... RICHLAND... OSHTEMO... ALAMO... HIGHLAND PARK... GULL LAKE... YORKVILLE... COOPER... NORTHWOOD... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS AT 1 800 647 3836. && LAT...LON 4242 8576 4242 8530 4217 8576 TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 246DEG 32KT 4225 8587 $$ TJT
3 follow-up statements
511 WWUS53 KGRR 122202 SVSGRR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 602 PM EDT MON MAR 12 2012 MIC077-122245- /O.CON.KGRR.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120312T2245Z/ KALAMAZOO MI- 602 PM EDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN KALAMAZOO COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM EDT... AT 559 PM EDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED A DEVELOPING TORNADO JUST NORTH OF NORTHWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE STORM SHOULD EXIT KALAMAZOO COUNTY BY 615 PM EDT. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... COOPER AROUND 600 PM EDT... THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS... RICHLAND... ALAMO... HIGHLAND PARK... GULL LAKE... COOPER... NORTHWOOD... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS AT 1 800 647 3836. && A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN. LAT...LON 4242 8576 4242 8530 4227 8564 TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 237DEG 41KT 4237 8559 $$ TJT
401 WWUS53 KGRR 122221 SVSGRR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 621 PM EDT MON MAR 12 2012 MIC077-122245- /O.CON.KGRR.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120312T2245Z/ KALAMAZOO MI- 621 PM EDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN KALAMAZOO COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM EDT... AT 617 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICHLAND...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL EXIT EXTREME NORTHEAST KALAMAZOO COUNTY BY 630 PM EDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS AT 1 800 647 3836. && LAT...LON 4234 8549 4242 8548 4242 8530 TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 252DEG 33KT 4241 8535 $$ TJT
729 WWUS53 KGRR 122227 SVSGRR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 627 PM EDT MON MAR 12 2012 MIC077-122237- /O.CAN.KGRR.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120312T2245Z/ KALAMAZOO MI- 627 PM EDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KALAMAZOO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN. LAT...LON 4234 8549 4242 8548 4242 8530 TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 252DEG 33KT 4242 8528 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 3:18 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 17 hr | |
| Mar 12, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ionia | 5 days |
| Mar 12, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ingham | 47 hr |
| Mar 12, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 100 min | |
| Mar 12, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Muskegon, Oceana | 57 min |
| Mar 12, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Mason | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Lake, Newaygo | 59 min |
| Mar 12, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Muskegon | 50 min |
| Mar 12, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Newaygo | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Mecosta | 62 min |
| Mar 12, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Mecosta, Montcalm, Newaygo | 45 min |
| Mar 12, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Clare, Osceola | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Isabella | 21 min |
| Mar 12, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 84 min | |
| Mar 12, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Van Buren | 58 min |
| Mar 12, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Allegan | 66 min |
| Mar 12, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Van Buren | 43 min |
| Mar 12, 5:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Van Buren | 16 min |
| Mar 12, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Mecosta | 61 min |
| Mar 12, 5:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Allegan, Barry | 44 min |
| Mar 12, 6:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Isabella, Mecosta | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 6:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Eaton | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.