3 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 13, 9:55 AM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1055 AM EDT SUN JUN 13 2004 .UPDATE... OBVIOUSLY THE FOCUS IS ON THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEE LATEST SPC SWODY1 OUTLOOK WHICH HAS SW MI IN A MODERATE RISK. THE SHORTWAVE WHICH PRODUCED WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS ON SATURDAY WILL CONTINUE LIFTING NE AND SWING THROUGH SW MI BETWEEN 20Z AND 03Z. ALSO A 100+ KT JET CORE AT 250 MB LIFTING NE FROM WISCONSIN WILL GIVE THE REGION RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION DIVERGENCE. THE MAIN THING TO WATCH IS DEGREE OF INSTABILITY WHICH DEVELOPS. MODELS ARE FORECASTING 3000 K/JG WHICH WOULD CERTAINLY MAKE THINGS VOLATILE GIVEN THE UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS. WIND SPEEDS AT 500 MB ARE PROGGED TO STRENGTHEN TO 50-55 KTS BY 21Z...WHILE 850 MB FLOW INCREASES TO 30-35 KNOTS. SOME DRY AIR IS ALSO NOTED IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE FCST SOUNDINGS. && .GRR...NONE. && MEADE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED TYPOS IN OUTLOOK PERIOD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 925 AM EDT SUN JUN 13 2004 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-140947- ALLEGAN-BARRY-CALHOUN-CLARE-CLINTON-EATON-GRATIOT-INGHAM-IONIA- ISABELLA-JACKSON-KALAMAZOO-KENT-LAKE-MASON-MECOSTA-MONTCALM-MUSKEGON- NEWAYGO-OCEANA-OSCEOLA-OTTAWA-VAN BUREN- 925 AM EDT SUN JUN 13 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS UPGRADED SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN TO A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE...AS WELL AS TORNADOES. THE BEST TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM 2 PM THROUGH 10 PM...AND THE PRIMARY STORM MOTION WILL BE EAST AT 30 MPH. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY ANY STORMS THAT DO FORM. THE ATMOSPHERE IS FORECASTED TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS PREDICTED TO TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...TRIGGERING THE STORMS. IF STORMS REPEAT OVER THE SAME AREA...FLOODING COULD BECOME A PROBLEM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96 AND ALSO FOR TUESDAY ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING WINDS ALOFT...COUPLED WITH A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ALONG A FRONT SITUATED OVER THE REGION... WILL TRIGGER THE STORMS. WE WILL ALSO NEED TO MONITOR THE HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL AS THE AREA IS RELATIVELY WET FROM RECENT RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR MONDAY AND ALSO TUESDAY. MJS MEADE
MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-140000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
107 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2004
THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS
OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF LOWER MICHIGAN EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT
SUNDAY 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
THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF AFFECTED
LAKESHORE COUNTIES.
A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. 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.
93The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:31 UTC.
3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
The broadcast media reported one and three quarters inch diameter hail in Gowen.
Amateur radio operators reported one to one and three quarters inch diameter hail fell two to three miles west of Gowen.
A very weak F0 tornado touched down very briefly in an open field one mile northeast of Stanton in central Montcalm county. Very minor damage was noted to trees on a fence row as the tornado dissipated. The tornado dissipated about ten seconds after forming.
Three quarters inch hail was reported by law enforcement four miles southwest of Vestaburg.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Michigan in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Michigan, 2004Warnings in Michigan, June 2004
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: 5411231, 5411232, 5411230, 5411233.