2 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jun 25, 2:15 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 315 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2002 MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM IN THE NEAR TERM IS FOR POPS FIRST THREE PERIODS AS SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE GRR CWA. FOR TONIGHT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FIRED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES OF THE GRR CWA ALONG THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF THE UPPER LOW/TROUGH THAT HAS BEEN ACROSS THE SE U.S. LAST COUPLE DAYS. THESE STORMS SHOULD PERSIST THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY DECREASING WITH LOSS OF INSOLATION. MEANWHILE...EXPECT CLOUDS TO INCREASE ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA AS SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES SOUTH. TIMING AND AMOUNTS OF PRECIP WILL BE DIFFICULT TO PIN DOWN TONIGHT AND MONDAY...AS RELATIVELY WEAK FORCING COMBINES WITH DEEP MOISTURE...RESULTING IN SOME LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORMS. EXPECT COVERAGE OF PRECIP TO WARRANT LIKELY POPS BY WED MORNING...BUT WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT QPF SHOULD BE LIMITED BY A LACK OF STRONG INFLOW/CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONT. GIVEN EXPECTED CLOUDS AND CURRENT DEW POINTS...MINS AROUND 70 LOOK GOOD TONIGHT. AS FOR SEVERE WX POTENTIAL ON WED...ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS NOT OVERLY IMPRESSIVE...AND FREEZING LEVELS ARE PROGGED TO BE NEAR 13 KFT... WHICH SHOULD KEEP SEVERE THREAT CONFINED TO THE VERY STRONGEST UPDRAFTS. HEAVY RAIN MAY BE AN ISSUE AS MBE VECTORS SUGGEST SLOW MOVING STORMS DURING THE MORNING...COINCIDENT WITH THE TIME OF DEEPEST MOISTURE AND BEST LIFT. MAX TEMPS SHOULD BE A BIT BELOW GUIDANCE GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF CLOUDS/PRECIP EXPECTED DURING THE DAY. PRECIP ENDS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ON WED NIGHT. SOME SHOWERS MAY PERSIST ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH THU MORNING AS THE FRONT SLOWS DOWN AND STALLS SOUTH OF THE FA. WILL END POPS ALL ZONES BY 12Z THU...BUT KEEP CLOUDS IN THE FORECAST ACROSS THE SOUTH THROUGH THE DAY. COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL BE THE STORY FOR THE REST OF THU AND THU NIGHT. OSTUNO EXTENDED FORECAST DISCUSSION... MODELS CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS RUN BRINGING A BRIEFLY COOLER WEATHER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITIES BEGINNING TO CLIMB AGAIN ON SUNDAY AS COOLER AIR SLAMS INTO WESTERN EDGE OF THE BERMUDA HIGH AND STOPS. WILL MAINTAIN MENTION OF SHOWERS AND TSTORMS ON MON AND EXTEND CHANCE INTO TUESDAY AS A SERIES OF 500 MB TROUGHS MOVE THROUGH AND DAMPEN OUT THE SUBSIDENCE CAUSED BY THE DOMINANT UPPER RIDGE. MWH .GRR...NONE.
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:35 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Local area law enforcement reported that several trees were blown down in Campbell and Odessa Townships.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts blew down several trees along Grand River Avenue in the extreme southwest corner of Clinton 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, June 2002
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5297083, 5297084.