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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 2016, 3:13 PM EDT for Kent County, Michigan. It was in force for 32 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 12, 2016, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2016, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
County Kent County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1160 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
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 12, 1:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 1:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 4:55 AM EDT, 10 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 455 AM EDT TUE JUL 12 2016 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-130830- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 455 AM EDT TUE JUL 12 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND/OR LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WELL AS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. LMZ844>849-130830- 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- 455 AM EDT TUE JUL 12 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINDS AND WAVES WINDS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT AND SWIMMERS NORTH OF WHITEHALL TODAY. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND/OR LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AREAS OF FOG AND HAZE MAY DEVELOP ON LAKE MICHIGAN TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. AREAS OF FOG AND HAZE COULD CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WELL AS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. MEADE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 12, 10:38 AM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
304 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2016
MIZ038-039-044-045-051-122000-
MECOSTA MI-OSCEOLA MI-LAKE MI-NEWAYGO MI-MONTCALM MI-
304 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
AT 302 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LUTHER TO NEAR GRANT...AND MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS AT LEAST 40 MPH WITH SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BIG RAPIDS... NEWAYGO... EVART...
WHITE CLOUD... FREMONT... REED CITY...
HOWARD CITY... LAKEVIEW... GRANT...
MARION... MORLEY... MECOSTA...
BARRYTON... LUTHER... CANADIAN LAKES...
CROTON... BRIDGETON... HIGHLAND...
CHASE... SAND LAKE...
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4416 8509 4353 8509 4329 8511 4329 8601
4417 8571
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 274DEG 17KT 4415 8562 4334 8590
CASSpecial weather statement, Jul 12, 3:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 313 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2016 MIZ050-056-057-121945- KENT MI-MUSKEGON MI-OTTAWA MI- 313 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... AT 312 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GRANT TO COOPERSVILLE... AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS AT LEAST 40 MPH WITH SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WALKER... COOPERSVILLE... SPARTA... RAVENNA... NORTHVIEW... WRIGHT... KENT CITY... CASNOVIA... COMSTOCK PARK... SLOCUM... BAILEY... MARNE... THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4329 8593 4329 8558 4300 8566 4304 8599 TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 268DEG 14KT 4334 8586 4306 8592 CAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Mecosta, Montcalm, Newaygo, Osceola | 56 min |
| Jul 12, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Mecosta, Montcalm, Osceola | 48 min |
| Jul 12, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Kent | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Clare, Ionia, Isabella, Kent, Montcalm | 52 min |
| Jul 12, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kent | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Allegan | 53 min |
| Jul 12, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Montcalm | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Gratiot, Ionia | 41 min |
| Jul 12, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Gratiot | 27 min |
| Jul 12, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Clinton, Ionia | 48 min |
| Jul 12, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Clinton | 30 min |
| Jul 12, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson | 56 min |
| Jul 12, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Ingham, Jackson | 58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.