Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

June 16, 2016Van Buren County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2016, 12:13 AM EDT for Van Buren County, Michigan. It was in force for 47 min. 3 reports 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
Jun 16, 2016, 12:13 AM EDT (04:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2016, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Van Buren County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:12 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 12:25 AM EDTHAIL 1Breedsville, MI.
Jun 16, 12:25 AM EDTHAIL 1.75Breedsville, MIDELAYED REPORT: PHOTO SENT IN WAS ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN PING PONG AND GOLF BALL SIZE.
Jun 16, 12:42 AM EDTHAIL 0.88Paw Paw, MI.

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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 221 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2016-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 979 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2016-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
979 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1006 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

925 
WUUS53 KGRR 160413
SVRGRR
MIC159-160500-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0013.160616T0413Z-160616T0500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1213 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT

* AT 1212 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED EAST OF
  SOUTH HAVEN... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SOUTH HAVEN...         PAW PAW...             HARTFORD...
  MATTAWAN...            LAWTON...              BANGOR...
  PINE GROVE...          COVERT...              LAWRENCE...
  GOBLES...              BLOOMINGDALE...        BREEDSVILLE...
  MENTHA...              GRAND JUNCTION...      MCDONALD...
  LACOTA...              KENDALL...             GLENDALE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4228 8632 4242 8627 4242 8576 4207 8577
      4207 8585
TIME...MOT...LOC 0412Z 286DEG 41KT 4237 8616 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CAS
1 follow-up statement
900 
WWUS53 KGRR 160433
SVSGRR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1233 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2016

MIC159-160500-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160616T0500Z/
VAN BUREN MI-
1233 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY...

AT 1233 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PAW PAW...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PAW PAW...             MATTAWAN...            LAWTON...
BANGOR...              LAWRENCE...            MCDONALD...
GLENDALE...            

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4225 8620 4237 8602 4233 8576 4212 8577
TIME...MOT...LOC 0433Z 293DEG 33KT 4230 8593 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

OSTUNO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 9:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR55 min
Jun 15, 9:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRMason, Muskegon, Oceana65 min
Jun 15, 9:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR62 min
Jun 15, 10:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRROttawa52 min
Jun 15, 10:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRMuskegon, Ottawa48 min
Jun 15, 10:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR62 min
Jun 15, 11:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKent32 min
Jun 15, 11:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRAllegan, Van Buren46 min
Jun 16, 12:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRBarry23 min
Jun 16, 12:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKalamazoo, Van Buren40 min
Jun 16, 12:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRCalhoun34 min
Jun 16, 2:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRJackson30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.