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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this special weather statement at Jun 7, 2015, 11:10 PM EDT for Kalamazoo 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
- Jun 7, 2015, 11:10 PM EDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2015, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
County Kalamazoo County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 325 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 473 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
712 WWUS83 KGRR 080310 SPSGRR SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1110 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015 MIZ071-072-080415- VAN BUREN MI-KALAMAZOO MI- 1110 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... AT 1108 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PAW PAW...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. PEA SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KALAMAZOO... PORTAGE... PAW PAW... VICKSBURG... GALESBURG... MATTAWAN... LAWTON... BANGOR... RICHLAND... LAT...LON 4214 8611 4235 8613 4240 8543 4213 8542 TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 265DEG 29KT 4224 8601 $$ OSTUNO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 10:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Van Buren | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 7:14 AM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | GRR | 9 hr | |
| Jun 8, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 119 min | |
| Jun 8, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Kalamazoo | 37 min |
| Jun 8, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Ingham | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Eaton | 58 min |
| Jun 8, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Eaton | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Calhoun | 61 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Michigan, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015
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.