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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 2016, 4:16 PM EDT for Kent County, Michigan. It was in force for 29 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, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2016, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
County Kent County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 185 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, 3:22 PM EDT, 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 3:22 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 4:55 AM EDT, 11 hours 21 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, 5 hours 38 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, 1 hour 3 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
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 3:57 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
357 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2016
MIZ039-040-045-046-051-057-122045-
MECOSTA MI-OSCEOLA MI-KENT MI-MONTCALM MI-CLARE MI-ISABELLA MI-
357 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
AT 356 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR MCBAIN TO 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HOWARD CITY...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... EVART... HOWARD CITY...
LAKEVIEW... MARION... MORLEY...
MECOSTA... BARRYTON... VILLAGE OF LAKE ISAB...
CANADIAN LAKES... HIGHLAND... LAKE...
SAND LAKE... HERSEY... STANWOOD...
PIERSON... RODNEY... LANGSTON...
DIGHTON... SIX LAKES...
LAT...LON 4416 8480 4328 8513 4329 8556 4358 8556
4416 8534
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 264DEG 16KT 4415 8526 4331 8560
CASLocal storm report, Jul 12, 4:10 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
410 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 SE HERSEY 43.83N 85.42W
07/12/2016 M0.68 INCH OSCEOLA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
RAIN FELL IN 25 MINUTES. WIND GUST TO 41 MPH.
&&
EBWSpecial weather statement, Jul 12, 4:16 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
416 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2016
MIZ057-122045-
KENT MI-
416 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
AT 416 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOWARD
CITY TO NEAR WALKER...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...
GRAND RAPIDS... WYOMING... KENTWOOD...
WALKER... EAST GRAND RAPIDS... ROCKFORD...
SPARTA... NORTHVIEW... FOREST HILLS...
GRANDVILLE... CEDAR SPRINGS... SAND LAKE...
COMSTOCK PARK... BELMONT... CANNONSBURG...
LAT...LON 4329 8567 4329 8535 4292 8553 4293 8578
4305 8579
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 269DEG 15KT 4329 8557 4296 8576
CASThe 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, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Kent | 32 min |
| Jul 12, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Mecosta, Montcalm, Osceola | 48 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.