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 8, 7:00 PM EST, 5 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 800 PM EDT TUE JUN 8 2004 .UPDATED... DOING A QUICK UPDATE TO BRING THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FARTHER SOUTH FASTER TONIGHT. WHILE THE CONVECTION BETWEEN MKG AND GRB HAS WEAKENED AS IT MOVED OVER LAKE MICHIGAN THIS EVENING...MORE CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED NEAR TVC SOUTHWEST TO NEAR MTW WI. MEANWHILE THE SHORTWAVE MOVE MO CONTINUES TO MOVE NE TOWARD SW LOWER MICHIGAN. THIS HAS HELPED THUNDERSTORMS FORM BETWEEN CHI AND MKE. THE RUC SHOWS THIS AREA BECOMING MORE EXTENSIVE OVER CNTL LOWER MI BEFORE MIDNIGHT. WHILE THE SHEAR PROFILE DOES NOT SUPPORT SEVERE WEATHER... IT SURE LOOKS LIKE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WILL BE GENEROUSLY SCATTERED AROUND BY 10 PM NORTH OF GRR. GIVEN PWAT VALUES OVER 1 1/2 INCHES...ANY OF THESE COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN. HOWEVER WITH THEM MOVING NE AROUND 30 MPH...FLOODING SHOULD NOT BE A BIG ISSUE EITHER. && .GRR...NONE && WDM
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
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:24 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained spotter in Muskegon reported a 60 m.p.h. wind gust.
Several six to twelve inch diameter trees were blown down five miles southeast of Freesoil.
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