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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

July 3, 2026Kent County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2026, 4:08 PM EDT for Kent County, Michigan. It was in force for 73 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
Jul 3, 2026, 4:08 PM EDT (20:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2026, 5:21 PM EDT
In force
73 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Kent County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 3, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2026-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 118 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2026-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
118 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-259 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1382 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 8:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR75 min
Jul 2, 9:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR3 hr
Jul 2, 9:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRMuskegon, Oceana94 min
Jul 2, 10:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRAllegan, Van Buren62 min
Jul 3, 12:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRBarry, Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson, Kalamazoo93 min
Jul 3, 5:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRCalhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson96 min
Jul 3, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR2 hr
Jul 3, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGRRAllegan, Ottawa, Van Buren90 min
Jul 3, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGRRCalhoun, Kalamazoo86 min
Jul 3, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGRREaton, Ingham, Jackson93 min
Jul 3, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGRRBarry55 min
Jul 3, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGRRJackson86 min
Jul 3, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGRRIonia59 min
Jul 3, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGRREaton62 min
Jul 3, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGRRClinton, Ingham68 min
Jul 3, 5:34 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRIngham29 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.