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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

May 28, 2013Barry County, Calhoun County, Kalamazoo County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2013, 11:16 PM EDT for Barry County, Calhoun County, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It was in force for 59 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: May 28, 2013, 11:16 PM EDT (03:16 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2013, 12:15 AM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Barry County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 28, 11:34 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 Ne Augusta, MI	FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NORTHWEST OF BATTLE CREEK. LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1071 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 307 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 431 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.9
Supercell composite: 10.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

618 
WFUS53 KGRR 290316
TORGRR
MIC015-025-077-290415-
/O.NEW.KGRR.TO.W.0002.130529T0316Z-130529T0415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1116 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...
  NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN...
  NORTHERN KALAMAZOO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT

* AT 1112 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KALAMAZOO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

  HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
           SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
           OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
           EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BATTLE CREEK...RICHLAND...NASHVILLE...GALESBURG...AUGUSTA...HICKORY
  CORNERS...SPRINGFIELD...BANFIELD...BEDFORD...DOWLING...LACEY...
  ASSYRIA...MORROW LAKE...HOWLANDSBURG...HIGHLAND PARK...YORKVILLE...
  GULL LAKE...FORT CUSTER...LEVEL PARK AND BEADLE LAKE.

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 DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4230 8568 4264 8508 4244 8507 4242 8506
      4228 8505 4220 8561
TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 240DEG 26KT 4227 8550

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

MJS

2 follow-up statements

162 
WWUS53 KGRR 290341
SVSGRR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1141 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013

MIC077-290351-
/O.CAN.KGRR.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130529T0415Z/
KALAMAZOO MI-
1141 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN KALAMAZOO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 4225 8530 4251 8530 4264 8508 4244 8507
      4242 8506 4228 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 240DEG 26KT 4236 8529

$$

MIC015-025-290415-
/O.CON.KGRR.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130529T0415Z/
BARRY MI-CALHOUN MI-
1141 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN AND
SOUTHEASTERN BARRY COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM EDT...

AT 1140 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR AUGUSTA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
         SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
         OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
         EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BEDFORD AND BANFIELD AROUND 1150 PM EDT.
  ASSYRIA AND LACEY AROUND MIDNIGHT EDT.

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 DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4225 8530 4251 8530 4264 8508 4244 8507
      4242 8506 4228 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 240DEG 26KT 4236 8529

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

WDM

214 
WWUS53 KGRR 290402
SVSGRR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1202 AM EDT WED MAY 29 2013

MIC015-025-290412-
/O.CAN.KGRR.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130529T0415Z/
BARRY MI-CALHOUN MI-
1202 AM EDT WED MAY 29 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN AND SOUTHEASTERN
BARRY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
 HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4225 8530 4251 8530 4264 8508 4244 8507
      4242 8506 4228 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0402Z 240DEG 26KT 4243 8511

$$

WDM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 10:36 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton	37 hr
May 28, 10:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Kalamazoo, Van Buren	54 min
May 28, 10:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Kalamazoo, Van Buren	66 min
May 28, 11:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Calhoun, Kalamazoo, Van Buren	6 hr
May 28, 11:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Eaton	59 min
May 28, 11:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Barry, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham	6 hr
May 28, 11:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Barry, Calhoun, Kalamazoo	61 min
May 29, 12:13 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		62 min
May 29, 12:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Allegan, Muskegon, Ottawa	59 min
May 29, 12:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Eaton	65 min
May 29, 12:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Clinton, Ingham, Jackson	55 min
May 29, 1:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Clare	25 min
May 29, 11:07 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Kent	35 hr
May 29, 11:07 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton	7 days
May 29, 11:07 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Isabella	4 days
May 29, 3:51 PM EDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	GRR		19 hr

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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.