4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 14, 9:20 AM EST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1020 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 .UPDATE... IMPRESSIVE SPEED MAX SEEN APPROACHING FROM THE WEST ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND IN 12Z RAOB DATA. 500 MB WND SPD AT MINNEAPOLIS THIS MORNING WAS 65 KTS AND WILL BE TRANSLATING EAST INTO WRN LWR MI THIS AFTERNOON. LWR MI IS VIRTUALLY CLOUD FREE ATTM AND DEVELOPING SLY FLOW AHEAD IF APPROACHING DISTURBANCE IS SENDING 70 DEGREE DEW POINTS BACK NORTH FROM INDIANA. CAPES HAVE ALREADY CLIMBED OVER 1500 J/KG AND LIFTED INDICES ARE NEAR -6. LATEST RUC HAS LIFTED INDICES TO -9 BY 21Z. SVR THREAT INITIALLY APPEARS TO BE ACROSS THE SRN CWFA FROM CONVECTION MOVING EAST FROM SRN WI/NRN IL...BUT SUSPECT ALL OF THE AREA WILL HAVE A SEVERE THREAT ONCE THE SHORTWAVE SWEEPS IN AFTER 18Z. WOULD EXPECT CONVECTION TO DEVELOP FARTHER NORTH FROM WHERE IT CURRENTLY IS CONSIDERING THE BUILDING INSTABILITY AND APPROACHING UPPER DYNAMICS. MAIN THREAT IS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. GOING FCST OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS LIKELY LOOKS FINE AND LITTLE CHANGE NEEDED. && .GRR...NONE. && MEADE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1143 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-150834- ALLEGAN-BARRY-CALHOUN-CLARE-CLINTON-EATON-GRATIOT-INGHAM-IONIA- ISABELLA-JACKSON-KALAMAZOO-KENT-LAKE-MASON-MECOSTA-MONTCALM-MUSKEGON- NEWAYGO-OCEANA-OSCEOLA-OTTAWA-VAN BUREN- 1143 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL RACE RAPIDLY EAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96...BETWEEN NOON AND 3 PM. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 75 MPH. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN CAUSE WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF STORMS INCLUDE KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...ALBION AND JACKSON. OTHER SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN... ASIDE FROM THE AFOREMENTIONED LINE OF STORMS. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORM THREAT SHOULD COME TO AN END BY 9 PM THIS EVENING. THE SEVERE WEATHER IS THE RESULT OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING EAST FROM WISCONSIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT TRACKS THROUGH THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FOR WEDNESDAY MJS MEADE
MIZ064>067-071>074-142200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1046 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2004
THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF LOWER MICHIGAN EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 600 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN
INGHAM...EATON...JACKSON AND CALHOUN
IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
ALLEGAN...BARRY...KALAMAZOO AND VAN BUREN
THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF AFFECTED
LAKESHORE COUNTIES.
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.
93MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-150000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1232 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004
THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF LOWER MICHIGAN EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY 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 AND OTTAWA
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN
IONIA AND CLINTON
THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF AFFECTED
LAKESHORE COUNTIES.
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.
MEADEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
102 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1257 AM HAIL 2 SE BLOOMINGDALE 42.36N 85.93W
06/14/2004 1.00 INCH VAN BUREN MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
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MJKThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported that six trees were blown down five miles east of Vicksburg.
Seven eighths inch diameter hail was reported three miles south of Pompeii.
The post office in Vermontville reported three quarters inch diameter hail.
A trained spotter six miles east of Maple Rapids reported one inch diameter hail, and an estimated thunderstorm wind gust to 60 m.p.h. was reported in St. John's.
Law enforcement reported that six trees and several wires were blown down in Athens.
Three quarters inch hail was reported at Mt. Hope and Waverly roads.
The general public reported a couple of trees were blown down one mile east of Brooklyn and two miles south of Jackson.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Michigan in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5411306, 5411301, 5411305, 5411300, 5411302, 5411303, 5411304.