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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2014, 1:39 AM EDT for 6 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 66 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 7, 2014, 1:39 AM EDT (05:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2014, 2:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Kent County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1073 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 Jul 7, 1:19 AM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 1:19 AM EDT, 20 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 753 AM EDT SUN JUL 6 2014 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-071015- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 753 AM EDT SUN JUL 6 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME NUMEROUS TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. THERE IS AN ELEVATED RISK FOR EXCESSIVE RAIN TO PRODUCE SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING. WHERE THE STORMS PERSIST...MORE THAN TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. FREQUENT LIGHTNING COULD ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. THE MAIN STORM MOTION WILL BE EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY. GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL COULD ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL COULD BE HEAVY ON THOSE DAYS AS WELL. A COUPLE OF NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. LMZ844>849-071015- 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- 753 AM EDT SUN JUL 6 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HAZARDOUS BOATING AND SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO HIGH WINDS AND WAVES. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME NUMEROUS BY TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT COULD BE SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN STORM MOTION WILL BE EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY. GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL COULD ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. A COUPLE OF NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. MJS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 7, 12:05 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1205 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1023 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NNW CUTLERVILLE 42.87N 85.68W
07/06/2014 KENT MI TRAINED SPOTTER
2 BUILDINGS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. AT LEAST
10 TREES UPROOTED AND ON BUILDINGS AND
BLOCKING THE ROAD. NO POWER IN THE AREA.
&&
NWS GRAND RAPIDS MI
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Jul 7, 12:46 AM EDT, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1246 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 AM HEAVY RAIN ALMA 43.38N 84.65W
07/07/2014 E2.35 INCH GRATIOT MI TRAINED SPOTTER
ESTIMATED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL THROUGH
MIDNIGHT.
&&
NWS GRAND RAPIDS MI
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Jul 7, 12:49 AM EDT, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1249 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1027 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 W KENTWOOD 42.88N 85.64W
07/06/2014 KENT MI TRAINED SPOTTER
MARSHALL AVE IS IMPASSABLE DUE TO DOWNED
TREES AND POWER LINES. TIME ESTIMATED FROM
RADAR.
&&
NWS GRAND RAPIDS MI
IRIS SYSTEMSpecial weather statement, Jul 7, 12:55 AM EDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1255 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2014
MIZ038>040-044>046-051-052-070600-
CLARE-GRATIOT-ISABELLA-LAKE-MECOSTA-MONTCALM-NEWAYGO-OSCEOLA-
1255 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
AT 1251 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALTONA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT PLEASANT... HARRISON... ALMA...
CLARE... EVART... MECOSTA...
MARION... STANTON... BARRYTON...
EDMORE... WEIDMAN... FARWELL...
ROSEBUSH... ITHACA... ASHLEY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 4416 8461 4347 8460 4347 8436 4312 8436
4312 8476 4316 8531 4330 8532 4329 8604
4417 8604
TIME...MOT...LOC 0455Z 266DEG 38KT 4353 8530
NJJLocal storm report, Jul 7, 1:00 AM EDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
100 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 ENE KENTWOOD 42.89N 85.54W
07/07/2014 M1.53 INCH KENT MI OFFICIAL NWS OBS
HEAVY RAIN DURATION 5 HOURS
&&
NWS GRAND RAPIDS MI
IRIS SYSTEMSpecial weather statement, Jul 7, 1:39 AM EDT, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 48 min | |
| Jul 6, 8:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Montcalm | 64 min |
| Jul 6, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Kent | 55 min |
| Jul 6, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ottawa | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 9:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Isabella, Mecosta, Montcalm | 18 min |
| Jul 6, 9:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Montcalm | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 10:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Kent | 5 hr |
| Jul 6, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Barry, Ionia, Kent | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 11:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Kent | 59 min |
| Jul 6, 11:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRR | Gratiot, Ionia, Kent, Montcalm | 12 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Isabella, Mecosta | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Clinton, Ionia | 96 min |
| Jul 7, 12:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ionia | 32 min |
| Jul 7, 12:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Clinton | 54 min |
| Jul 7, 12:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRR | Clinton | 12 hr |
| Jul 7, 12:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRR | Isabella, Mecosta, Newaygo | 12 hr |
| Jul 7, 12:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Clare, Gratiot, Isabella, Lake, Mecosta, Montcalm and 2 more | 65 min |
| Jul 7, 1:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Gratiot | 57 min |
| Jul 7, 3:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Kalamazoo and 1 more | 87 min |
| Jul 7, 3:42 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ionia | 8 days |
| Jul 7, 3:42 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Clinton | 13 days |
| Jul 7, 4:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson, Kalamazoo | 83 min |
| Jul 7, 4:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson, Kalamazoo | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 5:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRR | Barry, Eaton, Ingham | 12 hr |
| Jul 7, 9:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Gratiot | 41 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GRR | Gratiot, Ionia, Montcalm | 24 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.