1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 17, 2:56 PM EST, 5 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 345 PM EDT THU MAY 16 2001 STILL HARD TO FIND MUCH SUPPORT FOR LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION DESPITE DECENT INSTABILITY. CONVERGENCE WITH WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN WISCONSIN IS LIMITED AND SOUNDINGS JUST LOOK TOO DRY. AM STILL QUITE TEMPTED TO REMOVE ALL MENTION OF PCPN TONIGHT AS FRONT DRAGS THROUGH THE AREA... BUT HAVE OPTED TO MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY AND HOLD ON TO SMALL CHANCE POPS IN THE SOUTH. OTHERWISE PARTLY CLOUDY... WITH SOME BETTER CLEARING LATE TONIGHT ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN SECTIONS BEHIND THE FRONT. AREAS OF FOG CONTINUE TO PLAGUE THE IMMEDIATE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE (SEE WEB CAMS AND VISIBLE SATELLITE) SO WILL INCLUDE MENTION OF LAKESHORE FOG IN COASTAL COUNTIES. DRY AIR MASS AND SURFACE RIDGING SETTLING IN TO SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS SHOULD BRING MUCH QUIETER WEATHER. ONLY CONCERN WOULD BE THE I-94 CORRIDOR WHERE PROGS ARE SUGGESTING THE NRN FRINGES OF AN MCS WILL BE BRUSHING BY ON FRIDAY. AVN IS FARTHEST NORTH WITH THIS FEATURE AND ACTUALLY PRODUCES PCPN IN EXTREME SRN MI. MODELS HAVE NOT BEEN HANDLING THESE COMPLEXES TOO WELL AND WILL NOT BE FORECASTING ANY PCPN FRIDAY IN THE SOUTH. WILL HOWEVER CARRY MORE IN THE WAY OF CLOUDINESS... THINKING A CIRRUS SHIELD MAY BE AFFECTING THE AREA MUCH OF THE DAY. OTHERWISE MOSTLY SUNNY/S AND MOSTLY CLEAR/S THROUGH THE SHORT TERM FCST CYCLE. MAV HIGH TEMPS LOOK TOO COOL BASED ON 850 MB TEMPS AND HAVE GONE MORE IN LINE WITH THE FWC. MEADE EXTENDED FORECAST DISCUSSION AVN AND MRF COMING BETTER IN LINE WITH EACH OTHER WITH CLOSED UPPER LOW MOVING INTO THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE CANADIAN MODEL STILL HOLDS ON TO AN UPPER WAVE THAT DOES NOT CLOSE THRU TUESDAY AND THEREFORE MOVES THE SYSTEM THRU QUICKER. I/M INCLINED TO LEAN TOWARD THE MRF AND AVN SOLUTION SINCE THEY SEEM TO BE COMING TOWARDS AND FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT. WILL PULL PCPN MENTION FROM LATE SUNDAY AS UPPER TROF IS STILL OUT OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS BY MONDAY MORNING. SURFACE FEATURES MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY WITH UPPER LOW PIN WHEELING AROUND THE GREAT LAKES TUESDAY THRU THURSDAY. WE MAY SEE A BREAK IN THE PCPN ON TUESDAY AS A DRY SLOT COULD BE OVER THE REGION FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. AS THE LOW FILLS... PCPN CHCS SHOULD RETURN BY TUESDAY NIGHT WITH CONDITIONS REMAINING SHOWERY INTO THURSDAY. JK .GRR...NONE.
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:17 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
An isolated severe thunderstorm produced nickel-sized diameter hail 3 miles south of Scottville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Michigan in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, May 2001
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