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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

August 24, 2023Jackson County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2023, 9:33 PM EDT for Jackson County, Michigan. It was in force for 57 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: Aug 24, 2023, 9:33 PM EDT (01:33 UTC)
Expired: Aug 24, 2023, 10:30 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Destructive
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 80.0 mph

County Jackson County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 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
Aug 24, 6:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 24, 8:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 24, 8:42 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 24, 8:52 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
852 PM EDT Thu Aug 24 2023

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

0818 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     2 NNW Comstock Park     43.07N 85.69W
08/24/2023                   Kent               MI   Trained Spotter

            Trees across M37 at 7 Mile. Possible
            tornado. Possible damage to structures. Time
            estimated from radar.

&&

EO

Local storm report, Aug 24, 9:00 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
900 PM EDT Thu Aug 24 2023

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

0834 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 W Grattan             43.08N 85.41W
08/24/2023                   Kent               MI   Trained Spotter

            Tree down across Gavin Lake Road a few
            hundred feet south of M44. Time estimated
            from radar.

&&

EO

Local storm report, Aug 24, 9:10 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
910 PM EDT Thu Aug 24 2023

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

0830 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     1 WNW Comstock Park     43.05N 85.70W
08/24/2023  E60 MPH          Kent               MI   Broadcast Media

&&

EO

Local storm report, Aug 24, 9:25 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 24, 8:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Kent, Ottawa	53 min
Aug 24, 8:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Kent	23 min
Aug 24, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Ionia, Montcalm	36 min
Aug 24, 8:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Ingham	54 min
Aug 24, 8:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Barry, Eaton	38 min
Aug 24, 9:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GRR	Clinton	28 min
Aug 24, 9:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	GRR	Ingham	50 min
Aug 24, 9:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Ingham	11 min
Aug 24, 9:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	3 hr
Aug 25, 3:31 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		33 hr
Aug 25, 3:32 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	GRR	Allegan, Mason, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa, Van Buren	33 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.