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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at Aug 20, 2016, 2:35 PM EDT for Barry County, Eaton County, Michigan. It was in force for 25 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
- Aug 20, 2016, 2:35 PM EDT (18:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2016, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Barry County, MI, Eaton County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:37 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
073
WFUS53 KGRR 201835
TORGRR
MIC015-045-201900-
/O.NEW.KGRR.TO.W.0006.160820T1835Z-160820T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
235 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN EATON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN...
EASTERN BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 300 PM EDT
* AT 233 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF BEDFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHARLOTTE...NASHVILLE...BELLEVUE...ASSYRIA...KALAMO...
VERMONTVILLE...LACEY...WOODBURY...GRESHAM...BANFIELD AND DOWLING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4243 8535 4277 8509 4277 8504 4264 8478
4242 8503 4242 8533
TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 215DEG 29KT 4245 8519
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
MEADEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 10:06 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 114 min | |
| Aug 20, 10:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa | 61 min |
| Aug 20, 11:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Lake, Mason, Newaygo | 30 min |
| Aug 20, 12:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Allegan, Van Buren | 65 min |
| Aug 20, 1:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan, Van Buren | 48 min |
| Aug 20, 1:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Allegan, Van Buren | 24 min |
| Aug 20, 1:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Allegan, Ottawa | 28 min |
| Aug 20, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan, Kent, Ottawa | 55 min |
| Aug 20, 2:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Allegan, Kent, Ottawa | 33 min |
| Aug 20, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Kalamazoo | 59 min |
| Aug 20, 2:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Kent | 24 min |
| Aug 20, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Newaygo | 24 min |
| Aug 20, 2:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Ionia, Kent, Montcalm | 12 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Kent, Montcalm | 31 min |
| Aug 20, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Barry, Clinton, Eaton, Ionia | 41 min |
| Aug 20, 3:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Ionia, Montcalm | 28 min |
| Aug 20, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Clinton, Gratiot, Ionia, Isabella, Montcalm | 42 min |
| Aug 20, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Lake | 46 min |
| Aug 20, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Clinton, Gratiot, Isabella | 31 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.