4 hail, 2 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 Jun 23, 2:42 PM EST, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 342 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2004 .SHORT TERM... MAIN ISSUE IT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING. SECOND ISSUE IS THE PRECIPITATION EVENT FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LITTLE QUESTION ABOUT FRIDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY AND PLEASANT FOR TONIGHT THERE IS A STRONG SHORTWAVE DROPPING SOUTHEAST FROM THE DAKOTAS THIS AFTERNOON AND THE SURFACE WAVE OVER ERN IOWA/NW IL IS WAITING FOR THAT WAVE. THAT MEANS THE FRONT WILL REMAIN STALLED OVER CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING TILL THAT SHORTWAVE MOVES IT OUT. WITH THE AID OF A STRONG MID LEVEL JET...A 35 KNOT LOW LEVEL JET NOSING INTO THE SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF LOWER MICHIGAN BETWEEN 00Z AND 06Z AND THE DPVA...SHOWERS AND SCT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 96 THIS EVENING. THE SHOWERS WILL BE MORE SCATTERED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96 SINCE THE FRONT WILL NEVER GET THERE TONIGHT. DUE TO THE 60 TO 70 KNOTS OF SHEAR BETWEEN 0 AND 6 KM... AND THE 6 TO 7C/KM LAPSE RATES TONIGHT...ISOLATED LARGE HAIL (FREEZING LEVEL NEAR 10000 FT) NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION BUT WHATEVER HAPPENS WILL BE ELEVATED BEING NORTH OF THE SURFACE FRONT. THAT MAIN UPPER WAVE MOVES ACROSS NRN LOWER MICHIGAN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS STRONG FG FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. INSTABILITY IS ALMOST NIL ON THE ETA BUT STRONG OVER THE SE CWA ON THE GFS DURING THE MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. SINCE THE FRONT WILL NOT HAVE CLEARED THE CWA TONIGHT...THE GFS IS LIKELY CLOSER TO THE TRUTH. THUS HAVE SCT THUNDERSTORMS NEAR INTERSTATE 94 THURSDAY. I ALSO HAVE 30 POP IN THE MORNING AND 50 POP IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING SINCE THAT IS WHEN IT MORE THAN LIKELY WILL REALLY RAIN. SKIES WILL CLEAR THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THAT WAVE MOVES OUT AND THE DEEPER MOISTURE MOVES OUT. FRIDAY WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY AS RIDGING MOVES IN FROM THE SURFACE THROUGH 850 MB. WHILE THERE IS SHORTWAVE THE MOVES ACROSS THE NRN CWA AROUND 18Z THE AIR WILL BE TO DRY OF MUCH OF ANYTHING. .LONG TERM... LATEST MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO INDICATE WELL HAVE VERY TRANQUIL AND DRY WX THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD, ACCOMPANIED BY A GRADUAL MODERATING TREND OF TEMPS. BY SATURDAY NIGHT A BROAD H5 TROUGH WILL STILL BE PARKED OVER THE EASTERN LAKES REGION AND SEVERAL WEAK IMPULSES OF H5 ENERGY WILL PASS THROUGH. HOWEVER, RH PROGS ARE NOT TOO IMPRESSIVE WITH MOISTURE SATURDAY NIGHT, AND WE BELIEVE SUBSIDENCE UNDER THE WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL INHIBIT ANY SHOWERS FROM DEVELOPING. THE SFC HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL DOMINATE OUR WX EARLY TO MID NEXT WEEK AND PRODUCE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A GRADUAL MODERATING TREND OF TEMPS AS THE H5 PATTERN BECOMES MORE ZONAL AND 1000-500 MB HEIGHTS GRADUALLY RISE TO AROUND 582 DM BY LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THEREFORE TEMPS WILL RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS AND MAX TEMPS COULD REACH THE LOWER 80S BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. DRY WX WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .GRR...NONE. && WDM LAURENS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1110 AM EDT WED JUN 23 2004 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-241000- ALLEGAN-BARRY-CALHOUN-CLARE-CLINTON-EATON-GRATIOT-INGHAM-IONIA- ISABELLA-JACKSON-KALAMAZOO-KENT-LAKE-MASON-MECOSTA-MONTCALM-MUSKEGON- NEWAYGO-OCEANA-OSCEOLA-OTTAWA-VAN BUREN- 1110 AM EDT WED JUN 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF LOWER MICHIGAN FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE ENTIRE AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 200 PM AND 200 AM... WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS COMING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN THREAT FROM STORMS WILL BE HIGH WINDS. SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY CONTAIN WINDS TO NEAR 60 MPH. THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT EITHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON THURSDAY. STORMS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96 MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS. HIGH WINDS AGAIN APPEAR TO BE THE MAIN THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED BOTH TODAY AND THURSDAY. LAURENS
MIZ043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-240400-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
606 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2004
THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF LOWER MICHIGAN EFFECTIVE
UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN
OCEANA...NEWAYGO AND MUSKEGON
IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN
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 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.
MJSThe Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:13 UTC.
4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported three quarters inch diameter hail ten miles north of Muskegon.
Three quarters inch diameter hail was reported seven miles northeast of Muskegon by broadcast media.
Seven eighths inch diameter hail was reported three miles south of Ithaca.
One inch diameter hail was reported by the public three miles southeast of Newaygo.
A wind gust to 60 m.p.h. was estimated in Norton Shores and a two to four foot diameter tree limb was blown down in Fruitland township.
Several trees were blown down in the Grand Haven and Spring Lake areas.
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: 5411310, 5411309, 5411312, 5411311, 5411308, 5411307.