Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
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.
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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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 12:25 AM EDT | HAIL 1 | Breedsville, MI | . |
| Jun 16, 12:25 AM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Breedsville, MI | DELAYED REPORT: PHOTO SENT IN WAS ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN PING PONG AND GOLF BALL SIZE. |
| Jun 16, 12:42 AM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Paw 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.
- 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
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
$$
CAS1 follow-up statement
900
WWUS53 KGRR 160433
SVSGRR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1233 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2016
MIC159-160500-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160616T0500Z/
VAN BUREN MI-
1233 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY...
AT 1233 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PAW PAW...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PAW PAW... MATTAWAN... LAWTON...
BANGOR... LAWRENCE... MCDONALD...
GLENDALE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4225 8620 4237 8602 4233 8576 4212 8577
TIME...MOT...LOC 0433Z 293DEG 33KT 4230 8593
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
OSTUNOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 55 min | |
| Jun 15, 9:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Mason, Muskegon, Oceana | 65 min |
| Jun 15, 9:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 62 min | |
| Jun 15, 10:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Ottawa | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 10:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Muskegon, Ottawa | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 10:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 62 min | |
| Jun 15, 11:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kent | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 11:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan, Van Buren | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 12:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Barry | 23 min |
| Jun 16, 12:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kalamazoo, Van Buren | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 12:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Calhoun | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 2:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Jackson | 30 min |
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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.