Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2013, 2:51 PM EST for Muskegon County, Newaygo County, Michigan. It was in force for 24 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
- Nov 17, 2013, 2:51 PM EST (19:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2013, 3:15 PM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 11:20 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
504
WFUS53 KGRR 171951
TORGRR
MIC121-123-172015-
/O.NEW.KGRR.TO.W.0004.131117T1951Z-131117T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
251 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL MUSKEGON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN...
SOUTHEASTERN NEWAYGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 315 PM EST
* AT 249 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BAILEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS
WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWAYGO... NEWYAGO STATE PARK... ASHLAND TWP...
ENSLEY TWP... GRANT... CROTON...
BAILEY... CASNOVIA... BIG PRAIRIE...
OXBOW... CROTON HEIGHTS... CANADA CORNERS...
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.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4365 8556 4335 8556 4329 8564 4329 8579
4321 8579 4321 8591 4319 8591 4327 8603
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 223DEG 50KT 4330 8583
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
NJJ2 follow-up statements
447
WWUS53 KGRR 172003
SVSGRR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
303 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013
MIC121-172013-
/O.CAN.KGRR.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-131117T2015Z/
MUSKEGON MI-
303 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MUSKEGON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4352 8556 4345 8556 4335 8557 4330 8564
4330 8576 4331 8580 4336 8580
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 238DEG 45KT 4336 8566
$$
MIC123-172015-
/O.CON.KGRR.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-131117T2015Z/
NEWAYGO MI-
303 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEWAYGO
COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM EST...
AT 258 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GRANT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
NEWAYGO COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CROTON HEIGHTS.
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.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
LAT...LON 4352 8556 4345 8556 4335 8557 4330 8564
4330 8576 4331 8580 4336 8580
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 238DEG 45KT 4336 8566
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
DUKE261
WWUS53 KGRR 172018 RRA
SVSGRR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
318 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013
MIC123-172028-
/O.EXP.KGRR.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-131117T2015Z/
NEWAYGO MI-
318 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEWAYGO COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST.
LAT...LON 4352 8556 4345 8556 4335 8557 4330 8564
4330 8576 4331 8580 4336 8580
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 238DEG 45KT 4336 8566
$$
DUKEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2:52 AM EST | Storm Warning | GRR | 24 hr | |
| Nov 17, 3:29 AM EST | High Wind Warning | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 17, 10:58 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ingham | 26 hr |
| Nov 17, 10:58 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Barry | 35 hr |
| Nov 17, 12:32 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 118 min | |
| Nov 17, 1:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Lake, Mason, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana | 55 min |
| Nov 17, 2:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ottawa | 65 min |
| Nov 17, 2:27 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 2 hr | |
| Nov 17, 2:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan, Van Buren | 62 min |
| Nov 17, 2:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Lake, Mecosta, Muskegon, Newaygo, Osceola | 45 min |
| Nov 17, 2:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kent | 55 min |
| Nov 17, 3:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Montcalm | 56 min |
| Nov 17, 3:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Kalamazoo, Van Buren | 64 min |
| Nov 17, 3:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Clare, Isabella, Mecosta, Osceola | 61 min |
| Nov 17, 3:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ionia | 58 min |
| Nov 17, 3:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Gratiot, Montcalm | 66 min |
| Nov 17, 3:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Calhoun, Eaton | 63 min |
| Nov 17, 4:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Clinton | 58 min |
| Nov 17, 4:07 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Lake, Mason, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana | 11 hr |
| Nov 17, 4:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Calhoun, Ingham, Jackson | 66 min |
| Nov 17, 4:21 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Mecosta, Osceola | 6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.