1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 30, 7:54 PM EST, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 854 PM EDT TUE JUL 30 2002 CURRENTLY A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WISCONSIN. MSAS DATA SHOWS THE BEST PRESSURE FALLS EAST OF THE SYSTEM...WHICH SUGGESTS THAT IT WILL CONTINUE ROLLING EAST. THE COMBINATION OF CONVERGENT MOIST LOW LEVEL FLOW...AND DIVERGENT UPPER LEVEL FLOW...WHICH IS DRIVING THE COMPLEX...IS PROJECTED BY THE RUC TO MAINTAIN ITSELF PAST MIDNIGHT. A CHANNEL OF VERY UNSTABLE(ELEVATED) AIR IS FORECASTED BY THE RUC TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF LOWER MICHIGAN PAST MIDNIGHT. ALL THIS SUGGESTS THAT THE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO HOLD TOGETHER AS THEY CROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS NOW PLACED PARTS OF LOWER MI...IN THE SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. WILL INCREASE THE PROBABILITIES OF RAINFALL ACROSS MY NORTHERN FOR TONIGHT. WILL ADD A CHANCE FOR SOUTHERN COUNTIES. .GRR...NONE. MJS
MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-311100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 900 PM EDT TUE JUL 30 2002 ...HAZARDOUS WEATHER POTENTIAL STATEMENT FOR THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF LOWER MICHIGAN FOR TONIGHT... DISPATCHERS...PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGERS. HAZARDS... SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MUSKEGON COUNTY... TO ISABELLA COUNTY. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS. DISCUSSION... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A WARM FRONT IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING...ARE FORECASTED TO CROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN AROUND MIDNIGHT. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS TO MAINTAIN SEVERE LEVELS AS THEY TRACK INTO NORTHWESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN AFTER MIDNIGHT. THUS...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF LOWER MICHIGAN IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. ...HAZARDOUS WEATHER POTENTIAL STATEMENT FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION... AND SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE A POSSIBILITY. DRY WEATHER IS FORECAST FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY... THEN ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN BY LATE IN THE DAY SATURDAY. MEADE MJS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An isolated severe thunderstorm during the late evening hours blew down several trees and power lines in Scottville and Ludington (Mason county).
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Michigan in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, July 2002
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