4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 9, 3:02 AM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 402 AM EDT WED JUN 9 2004 .SHORT TERM... SKIES ARE PT CLDY IN THE SOUTH AND MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE NORTH. AN MCS IS JUST DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN CWA IN RESPONSE TO A STRENGTHENING LLJ. THE LLJ IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF MODERATE INSTABILITY STILL IN PLACE FROM EARLIER TODAY. ON THE SFC A COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM THE EASTERN UP SOUTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO NORTHERN IOWA. FORECAST CONCERNS...AS THEY HAVE FOR 4 DAYS NOW...DEAL WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGGING SOUTH INTO THE CWA AND ASSOCIATED PCPN CHANCES. FOR TODAY THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SINK SOUTH THROUGH THE CWA. THIS ISNT GOING TO BE A FAST MOVING FRONT. E/W ORIENTED UPPER JET IS WELL NORTH OF THE CWA IN NORTHERN ONTARIO. QUITE A BIT OF INSTABILITY WILL BE PRESENT WITH LIS OF -2 TO -4C AND CAPES AROUND 1500 J/KG. WITH PWATS CLOSE TO 1.75 INCHES...STORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD BE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCERS. WILL INCLUDE THE MENTION OF HEAVY RAIN THROUGHOUT THE CWA. TONIGHT THE HIGH WILL MOVE EAST TO CENTRAL ONTARIO AND PUSH THE BOUNDARY INTO NORTHERN INDIANA. THINK THERE WILL STILL BE POTENTIAL FOR SCT TRW ACROSS THE CWA WITH HIGHEST POPS ACROSS THE SOUTH. FOR THURSDAY HIGH PRESSURE OVER ONTARIO WILL PRODUCE A NORTHEAST WIND FLOW AND PUSH THE FRONT INTO CENTRAL INDIANA. WILL REMOVE THE MENTION OF POPS THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THE FRONT BEGINS TO MOVE NORTH AGAIN ON FRIDAY IN RESPONSE TO A LOW MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA. THE CURRENT MENTION OF PCPN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CWA STILL LOOKS GOOD, ALTHOUGH UPPER RIDGING MOVING INTO MICHIGAN WILL MITIGATE THAT THREAT SOMEWHAT. WILL KEEP LOW CHC POPS GOING FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES ITS SLOW TREK NORTH THROUGH THE CWA. .LONG TERM... WILL NOT BE MAKING MANY CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED. MODELS STILL INDICATE AN OSCILLATING BOUNDARY IN THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND..SO FEEL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STILL LOOK GOOD. WILL REINTRODUCE POPS BACK INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AS IT IS STILL QUITE A WAYS OUT TO DETERMINE WHERE CONVECTION WILL SET UP. GFS HAS THE BOUNDARY STILL IN THE AREA...SO FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH SCATTERED POPS RIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL MATCH WELL WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES AS WELL. THE FRONT FINALLY PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WITH HIGH PRESSURE TRYING TO BUILD IN FOR TUESDAY. EARLY NEXT WEEK APPEARS TO BE COOLER THAN THE WEEKEND AS A THERMAL TROUGH AT 850MB/S TRIES TO MOVE INTO THE GREAT LAKES. && .GRR...NONE && 93 DUKE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 856 PM EDT TUE JUN 8 2004 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-091000- ALLEGAN-BARRY-CALHOUN-CLARE-CLINTON-EATON-GRATIOT-INGHAM-IONIA- ISABELLA-JACKSON-KALAMAZOO-KENT-LAKE-MASON-MECOSTA-MONTCALM-MUSKEGON- NEWAYGO-OCEANA-OSCEOLA-OTTAWA-VAN BUREN- 856 PM EDT TUE JUN 8 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN WISCONSIN ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST OVER AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 96 LATER THIS EVENING. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WILL BE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. SOME SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. OVERNIGHT... SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD REACH AS FAR SOUTH AS INTERSTATE 94. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT OVER THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF LOWER MICHIGAN AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. STORMS ARE ALSO IN THE FORECAST EACH DAY FROM THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY. AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL BE IN PLACE RIGHT THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND ON WEDNESDAY. WDM NJJ
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
159 AM EDT WED JUN 09 2004
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0125 AM TSTM WND GST MUSKEGON 43.23N 86.26W
06/09/2004 60 MPH MUSKEGON MI TRAINED SPOTTER
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RJDThe Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 138 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:30 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
One road was washed out and several roads were flooded and had standing water for several hours in and near Scottville and Crystal Valley.
An emergency manager reported that numerous trees were blown down in Marshall.
Law enforcement reported that 1.5 foot diameter trees were blown down and some were uprooted.
A trained spotter reported three quarters inch diameter hail at the intersection of Mt. Hope and Morris River Drive in Lansing.
Four and one quarters inch diameter hail was reported at the intersection of Berry and US-127 roads. Several reports of smaller hail were also reported in and near Rives Junction.
Several five to ten inch diameter trees were blown down just east of Shelbyville. Several power lines were also blown down there.
Trained spotters one to two miles north and northeast of Ithaca reported three quarters to seven eighths inch diameter hail.
Several large trees and branches were blown down in Ashley.
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: 5411229, 5411226, 5411227, 5411225, 5411224, 5411228, 5411122, 5411223.