4 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 Mar 28, 10:45 AM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1045 AM EST FRI MAR 28 2003 WINDS HAVE PICKED UP SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT THIS MORNING...WITH MANY AREAS GUSTING TO 30 KTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CWA. LINEAR CONVECTION EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEXT FEW HOURS ALONG/OUT AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT. IN FACT...A VERY NARROW LINE OS SHOWERS CAN BE SEEN FORMING ATTM ALONG THE ILL-IND BORDER AND THIS MAY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES EAST INTO AREA OF MOISTURE POOLING WITH LOW/MID 50 DEW POINTS. ANY ORGANIZED CONVECTION WILL BRING THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AS 60 KT LOW LEVEL JET WILL BE OVER THE GRR CWA NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. CUT BACK MAXES ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA AS WAA WILL NOT BE A STRONG OR AS LONG LIVED THERE AS FURTHER SOUTH GIVEN THE PATH OF THE SFC LOW. 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 1152 AM EST FRI MAR 28 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND BRING SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS...BUT ALL OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. THE TIME OF THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM. AGAIN...LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96 HAVE THE BEST CHANCE AT SEVERE WEATHER TODAY. STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE GREATEST THREAT FROM STORMS TODAY...BUT HAIL TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH WILL BE A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY WITH THE STRONGEST OF STORMS. STORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OSTUNO
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:15 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down in Pullman, 5 miles southeast of Holland, and in Wayland between 12:14 and 12:24 p.m. EST.
Two trees were blown down in Otsego.
A tree was blown down 6 miles east of Whitehall, and another was blown down 6 miles south of Whitehall.
Numerous trees were blown down across Jackson county, and two large trees were uprooted two miles west of Brooklyn.
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, March 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: 5349382, 5349383, 5349384, 5349385.