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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2023, 5:50 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2023, 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2023, 6:37 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Calhoun County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 338 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 3, 3:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 3:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 3:53 AM EDT, 13 hours 57 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 353 AM EDT Sat Jun 3 2023 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-040800- Mason-Lake-Osceola-Clare-Oceana-Newaygo-Mecosta-Isabella-Muskegon- Montcalm-Gratiot-Ottawa-Kent-Ionia-Clinton-Allegan-Barry-Eaton- Ingham-Van Buren-Kalamazoo-Calhoun-Jackson- 353 AM EDT Sat Jun 3 2023 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southwest Lower Michigan. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight There will be a chance of thunderstorms later this afternoon and evening. The best chance for storms will be along the lakeshore, and south of I-96. Severe weather is not expected. Some small hail and gusty winds around 40 mph will be possible under any storm. Fire danger will remain elevated today with the lack of rain and recent hot and dry conditions. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Fire danger will remain elevated Sunday and Monday with the lack of rain and recent hot and dry conditions. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely not be needed. LMZ844>849-040800- 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- 353 AM EDT Sat Jun 3 2023 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southwest Lower Michigan. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight There will be a chance of thunderstorms later this afternoon and evening. Severe weather is not expected. Some small hail and gusty winds up to around 40 mph will be possible under any storm. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely not be needed.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:08 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 3:48 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 3, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Calhoun | 52 min |
| Jun 3, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Jackson | 33 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.