Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2019, 6:27 PM EDT for Barry County, Eaton County, Michigan. It was in force for 9 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
- May 19, 2019, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2019, 6:36 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Barry County, MI, Eaton County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1182 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS53 KGRR 192227
TORGRR
MIC015-045-192300-
/O.NEW.KGRR.TO.W.0002.190519T2227Z-190519T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
627 PM EDT Sun May 19 2019
The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Barry County in southwestern Michigan...
West central Eaton County in south central Michigan...
* Until 700 PM EDT.
* At 626 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located southwest of Nashville, or 10 miles southeast
of Hastings, moving east 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.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Nashville around 635 PM EDT.
Charlotte around 700 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Kalamo, Vermontville and Gresham.
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 4248 8516 4258 8523 4268 8485 4253 8478
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 254DEG 29KT 4253 8516
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CAS1 follow-up statement
443
WWUS53 KGRR 192236
SVSGRR
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
636 PM EDT Sun May 19 2019
MIC015-045-192245-
/O.CAN.KGRR.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-190519T2300Z/
Barry MI-Eaton MI-
636 PM EDT Sun May 19 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BARRY AND WEST CENTRAL EATON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds
up to 40 mph are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for
south central and southwestern Michigan.
LAT...LON 4248 8516 4258 8523 4268 8485 4253 8478
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 254DEG 29KT 4255 8506
$$
HONORThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 88 min | |
| May 19, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan, Van Buren | 62 min |
| May 19, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan, Kalamazoo, Van Buren | 32 min |
| May 19, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ionia | 25 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.