Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
147 PM EDT Wed Jun 10 2020

LATEST UPDATE...
Aviation

.SYNOPSIS...
Issued at 330 AM EDT Wed Jun 10 2020

- Severe Thunderstorms This Afternoon

- Cooler End of the Week, But Hazardous Beach Conditons Into Thursday

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.UPDATE...
Issued at 1112 AM EDT Wed Jun 10 2020

The thunderstorms are moving across the I-94 area, west of Jackson
as I write this. The storms will continue to develop into a solid
line of storms that will reach the eastern sections by mid
afternoon. Strong winds are the greatest threat with these storms.
There is strong low level moisture transport, focused on the I-69
area early this afternoon. the low level jet axis by mid afternoon
will be just east of US-131 and there will be speed convergence
as the core of the low level jet at 4 pm will be south of our CWA.
Add to that a strong upper jet crossing the area with unusually
strong upper level wave, it's clear there is a significant severe
storm threat today.

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.DISCUSSION...(Today through next Tuesday)
Issued at 330 AM EDT Wed Jun 10 2020

-Severe Thunderstorms This Afternoon-

As the remnants of Cristobal continues to move northwards into
Ontario, an negatively tilted trough with a compact vorticity max
will shift northeastward out of the central US into the Great
Lakes region. At the surface, a trailing cold front associated
with the larger scale trough will sweep eastward across the state
this afternoon and evening.

Ahead of this trailing cold front which will act as our focus for
thunderstorm activity, deep layer shear will increase to over 50
knots as a mid level speed max of 70 to 80 knots noses into the
state. Simultaneously, daytime heating/destabilization will
increase MLCAPE values towards 2000 J/kg. A mixed storm mode can
be expected, with discrete cells to start at initiation, filling
in to become a line with bowing segments as it progresses into the
central part of the state.

All that said, storms are expected to initiate between Noon-2 PM
this afternoon in far southwest lower MI, then progress east into
the late afternoon and evening becoming increasingly more
widespread, especially east of US-131. Our primary concern for
these storms will be damaging winds, especially with line
segments, but large hail and even a few tornadoes will be
possible.

-Cooler End of the Week, But Hazardous Swim Conditons Into Thursday-

Into Thursday, light showers will wrap around the western flank of
the trailing low pressure system as breezy winds shift westerly.
This will bring cooler and less humid air to end the week.
High temperature will be near 10 to 15 degrees below normal by
Friday and Saturday, with expected highs in the mid to upper 60s
range.

While general weather should be fairly quiet, beach conditions will
be very hazardous to swimmers today and Thursday. Wave heights
will peak towards 8 feet overnight Wednesday into Thursday, then
will gradually subside into Thursday afternoon.

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.AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Thursday afternoon)
Issued at 144 PM EDT Wed Jun 10 2020

The severe weather threat continues this afternoon with wind gusts
to 65 mph the main threat.

A trough is located from near Chicago to central Indiana. Once
this goes by later this afternoon, drier air will work into the
region and the thunderstorm threat will diminish. It won't be
until the main cold front moves through tonight that we see
improvement to the cigs/vsbys. VFR expected after 12z.

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.MARINE...
Issued at 330 AM EDT Wed Jun 10 2020

There will be a lull in winds this morning, then sustained winds
will increase with gusts reaching gales by this evening on the
backside of the storm system this afternoon. This will build wave
heights towards the 8 feet range before winds gradually diminish
Thursday afternoon as a surface low departs.

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.HYDROLOGY...
Issued at 330 AM EDT Tue Jun 9 2020

Following rainfall amounts of around 0.5 to local amounts up to 1.0
inch Tuesday afternoon and evening primarily across the Muskegon
and western Grand Basins, an additional 0.5 to 1.0 inch of
rainfall will be possible this afternoon and evening especially
across southern and easter Lower Michigan. Any impactful flooding
is still expected to be fairly localized, and minimal impacts are
expected for larger rivers/streams as they should be able to
handle an inch of rain. We will however want to be careful to
monitor any possible training of convection that may result in
increased flooding impacts.

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.GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MI...Beach Hazards Statement through Thursday evening for MIZ037-043-
     050-056-064-071.

LM...Gale Warning until 2 AM EDT Thursday for LMZ844>849.

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UPDATE...WDM
SYNOPSIS...Thielke
DISCUSSION...Thielke
AVIATION...04
HYDROLOGY...Thielke
MARINE...Thielke

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
452 AM EDT Wed Jun 10 2020

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-110900-
Mason-Lake-Osceola-Clare-Oceana-Newaygo-Mecosta-Isabella-Muskegon-
Montcalm-Gratiot-Ottawa-Kent-Ionia-Clinton-Allegan-Barry-Eaton-
Ingham-Van Buren-Kalamazoo-Calhoun-Jackson-
452 AM EDT Wed Jun 10 2020

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southwest Lower
Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

There is a moderate risk of severe weather today. Thunderstorms
with hail and damaging wind gusts up to hurricane force are
expected from late morning through late afternoon.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will be needed by this afternoon.

LMZ844>849-110900-
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-
452 AM EDT Wed Jun 10 2020

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southwest Lower
Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

South gales to 40 knots will pose a hazard to mariners.
Thunderstorms with wind gusts over storm force are also possible
this morning into the afternoon.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
228 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0220 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BELLEVUE                42.45N 85.01W
06/10/2020                   EATON              MI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT AND A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORT
            SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE FROM BELLEVUE TO
            OLIVET. TREES AND WIRES ARE DOWN. THERE ARE
            TREES DOWN ALONG M-78 BETWEEN BELLEVUE AND
            OLIVET. THERE IS A CITIZEN REPORT OF A
            POSSIBLE TORNADO, WHICH IS UNCONFIRMED AT
            THIS TIME.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
233 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0208 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NNE BATTLE CREEK      42.33N 85.17W
06/10/2020                   CALHOUN            MI   PUBLIC

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN RESIDENTIAL
            NEIGHBORHOOD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
234 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0232 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 ESE CHARLOTTE         42.55N 84.79W
06/10/2020  M53 MPH          EATON              MI   PUBLIC

            MESONET MICHARL40.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
236 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0230 PM     HAIL             CHARLOTTE               42.56N 84.84W
06/10/2020  M1.00 INCH       EATON              MI   PUBLIC

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