1 hail, 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 Sep 15, 11:02 AM EST, 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1202 PM EDT MON SEP 15 2003 STORMS HAVE MOVED INLAND AND THE MARINE ZONES ARE CLEAR OF PRECIP AS THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS SWINGS EAST...TOUCHING OFF MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. ONE OF THE STORMS THIS MORNING PRODUCED A SERIES OF WATERSPOUTS OFF OF PENTWATER. THIS STORM ALSO PRODUCED SOME SMALL HAIL INLAND. EXPECT SOME MORE SMALL HAIL AS WELL AS COLD AIR FUNNELS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. WILL ISSUE A PNS TO COVER THE COLD AIR FUNNELS. MAXES WILL BE HELD TO AROUND 70 MOST PLACES BY CAA AND SOME CLOUDS/SHOWERS. TONIGHT SHOULD SEE SOME COLD TEMPS AND WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT ISSUING A FROST/FREEZE ADVISORY UP NORTH GIVEN THAT MIN TEMPS WERE IN THE UPPER 30S ACROSS NORTHERN WISCONSIN THIS MORNING DESPITE SOME CLOUDS. ZONE UPDATE OUT. OSTUNO .GRR...NONE.
MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-160945- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION TO STORM MOVEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 706 AM EDT MON SEP 15 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CROSSING LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO MOST OF LOWER MICHIGAN INTO THIS AFTERNOON. BY THIS AFTERNOON THE GREATEST INSTABILITY WILL BE OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF LOWER MICHIGAN. THUS...THE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOSTLY BE EAST OF A LINE FROM BIG RAPIDS TO BATTLE CREEK. NONE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. EVEN SO...A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD HAVE PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE EAST AROUND 25 MPH. ONCE THE SUN SETS THE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DISSIPATE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE REMANENTS OF HURRICANE ISABEL ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES BY FRIDAY. THAT SYSTEM IN COMBINATION WITH A STORM SYSTEM FROM WESTERN CANADA WILL BRING THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE PERIOD. WDM
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 24 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:07 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
An isolated severe thunderstorm produced three quarters inch diameter hail in Wayland.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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