6 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 Oct 6, 3:06 PM EST, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 406 PM EDT SUN OCT 6 2002 WILL CONTINUE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES TONIGHT. GLERL SITE AT MUSKEGON HAS SHOWN WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45KT...52 MPH...OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. WITH THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM STILL INTENSIFYING THESE WINDS COULD INCREASE A BIT MORE THIS EVENING AND WILL MENTION GUSTS TO 55 MPH. UPSTREAM...OVER IOWA...WINDS HAVE REMAINED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA SO DON/T BELIEVE THESE WINDS WILL PENETRATE TOO FAR INLAND...WILL MENTION GUSTS TO 40 MPH INLAND. COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM JUST EAST OF GREEN BAY TO MADISON AT 19Z. LI/S HAVE DROPPED TO +1 ALONG THE FRONT WHERE SUNSHINE HAS RESULTED IN A MARGINALLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO SHOULD INCREASE AS THE FRONT AND UPPER DIVERGENCE FROM THE LEFT FRONT QUAD MOVES OVERHEAD. WILL CARRY LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE NE...AND CHC POPS ELSEWHERE. COLD FRONT QUICKLY EXITS TO BRING AN END TO THE SHOWERS BY MIDNIGHT. WINDS SHOULD PEAK TONIGHT AROUND MIDNIGHT AT THE ONSET OF THE COLD AIR ADVECTION...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH AS THE LOW BEGINS TO PULL AWAY. DRIER AND COOLER AIR POURS IN FOR MONDAY AS NORTHWEST FLOW TAKES OVER. TEMPS WILL STRUGGLE INTO THE 50S. THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH SUBSIDENCE FOR SUNSHINE TO MIX IN WITH THE LAKE EFFECT SC. WINDS WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY DURING THE MORNING AS THE LOW PULLS FURTHER AWAY. BY MONDAY NIGHT A SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES ACROSS THE REGION. EARLY IN THE EVENING THE WINDS SHOULD BECOME LIGHT WITH CLEAR SKIES. CONCERNED FOR FROST POTENTIAL OVERNIGHT MONDAY RAISES. RETURN FLOW DEVELOPS TOWARD MORNING AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE RETURNS TOO WHICH COULD REDUCE FROST CHCS. FOR NOW WILL MENTION PATCHY FROST AWAY FROM THE LAKE TO RISE AWARENESS. ANOTHER WEAKER SHORT WAVE SLIDES IN FOR TUESDAY. TRACK AND MOISTURE AVAILABLE TO THIS SYSTEM LOOKS SIMILAR TO TODAY/S WAVE. INITIALLY LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS LACKING BUT SLOWLY INCREASES BY LATE DAY FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. WILL CARRY CHC POPS IN THE NORTHWEST FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND WILL SPREAD THESE POPS ACROSS THE CWA OVERNIGHT TUESDAY. ONCE AGAIN A SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM SHOULD HELP BOOST TEMPS INTO THE 60S...WHILE OVERNIGHT LOWS SLIP INTO THE 40S. JK EXTENDED FORECAST DISCUSSION... ONE LOW WILL BE PULLING AWAY FROM THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY...WITH SOME COLD AIR ADVECTION BEHIND IT. PERHAPS SOME LAKE CLOUDS WILL BE AROUND ON WED...WITH 850 MB TEMPS BELOW 0 DEG C AND CYCLONIC LOW LEVEL FLOW. BY EVENING...CLOUDS SHOULD SCATTER OUT LEADING TO A COOL NIGHT WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN. HIGH PRESSURE THEN DOMINATES OUR WEATHER FOR THU...PUSHING EAST OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY. SOME DIFFERENCES SHOW UP IN THE MODELS FOR FRI. THEY ALL SHOW WARM AIR ADVECTION...BUT THE ECMWF SUPPORTS A STRONGER WARM FRONT OVER THE AREA. WILL HOLD ONTO A DRY FRIDAY...WITH THE AVN KEEPING THE HIGH IN CONTROL. THE TREND OF THE AVN DOES SUPPORT THE GULF SENDING SOME MOISTURE THROUGH THE LOWER OH VALLEY AND PERHAPS LOWER MI FOR THE WEEKEND...AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING FRONT THAT IS DROPPING OUT OF THE PLAINS. THE ECMWF IS EVEN WEAKER WITH THE FRONT. WITHOUT MUCH CONFIDENCE FOR TIMING THE FRONT THROUGH DURING THE WEEKEND...BUT WITH A DECENT POTENTIAL FOR SOME MOISTURE TO BE AROUND...WILL KEEP THE SKIES MOSTLY CLOUDY. MJS .GRR...HIGH WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES TONIGHT.
MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-071000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 658 AM EDT SUN OCT 6 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...BUT HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT. THE FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WINDY CONDITIONS BOTH THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY FROM THE SOUTH INTO THE 15 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. THIS EVENING...THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS UP NEAR 45 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN COUNTIES ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS POINT IN THE MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY TIME FRAME. RJD
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:35 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees were blown down near the intersection of Roosevelt and Summit streets by thunderstorm wind gusts, as reported by local law enforcement.
Law enforcement in Newaygo county reported that many trees were blown down across all of the county.
The highway department in Holland reported that a large tree was blown down and blocked an area road in the scenic shores area. Law enforcement in Allegan reported that a tree was blown down and fell onto a house.
Law enforcement reported one tree blown down in Spring Lake.
Law enforcement in Kent county reported that several trees were blown down ten miles northeast of the city of Grand Rapids.
Two trees were blown down about ten miles northwest of the town of Decatur, reported by local law enforcement.
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, October 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: 5320181, 5320182, 5320183, 5320184, 5320270, 5320271.