6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Jun 28, 10:58 AM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1158 AM EDT SAT JUN 28 2003 ONLY CHANGES IN UPDATE WAS TO FRESHEN WORDING FOR THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPS WERE LEFT UNCHANGED. LINE OF CONVECTION CURRENTLY ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN IS EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST AND MAIN BATCH SHOULD BE COMING INTO THE COAST BY 2 PM. EXPECT HAIL TO BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WITH VIL OF THE DAY ESTIMATED TO BE IN THE 40-45 RANGE. STORMS IN THE VICINITY OF THE WARM FRONT WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED FOR ROTATION...BUT HELICITY VALUES FROM OBSERVED AND LAPS SOUNDINGS THIS MORNING ARE NOT OVERLY IMPRESSIVE. ZONE UPDATE OUT. OSTUNO .GRR...NONE.
MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-291100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 950 AM EDT SAT JUN 28 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HAIL GREATER THAN THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FAIR WEATHER SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK BUT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON INDEPENDENCE DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OSTUNO
MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-282245-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1250 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2003
THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF LOWER MICHIGAN EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 700 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN
MASON...LAKE...OCEANA...NEWAYGO AND MUSKEGON
IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN
OSCEOLA...CLARE...ISABELLA...MECOSTA...MONTCALM AND GRATIOT
IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
KENT...ALLEGAN...BARRY...KALAMAZOO...VAN BUREN AND OTTAWA
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN
IONIA...CLINTON...INGHAM...EATON...JACKSON AND CALHOUN
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58
MPH AND/OR HAIL THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR GREATER. IF
YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE
LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
OSTUNOThe Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:01 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A severe thunderstorm wind gust blew a two hundred pound jungle gym over and moved it fifty feet.
Several large tree limbs were blown down one mile northwest of Edmore.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts blew down a tree in Mt. Pleasant, and also five miles east of Mount Pleasant.
One and three quarters inch diameter hail was reported in Shepherd.
Seven eighths inch diameter hail was reported with a severe thunderstorm in Paw Paw, and a tree was blown down in Mattawan.
A severe thunderstorm produced one and three quarters inch diameter hail in Winn.
Several eight inch diameter tree limbs and branches were blown down in Tekonsha.
Several trees were blown down in Pulaski, Spring Arbor, and Jackson.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts blew down several trees in Napoleon.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Michigan in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, June 2003
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: 5364654, 5365009, 5365010, 5365011, 5365012, 5365013, 5365014, 5365015, 5365016.