1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 3, 2:07 PM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 307 PM EDT FRI SEP 3 2004 .SHORT TERM... PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN IN THE NEAR TERM IF FOR CHANCES FOR RAIN IN WEAKLY FORCED ENVIRONMENT PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE SFC COLD FRONT ON MONDAY. FOR TONIGHT... AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH WEAK VORT MAX MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA WILL BRING CHANCE OF RAIN THIS EVENING ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHERN CWA. ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REST OF THE CWA INTO THE EVENING GIVEN SOME SFC BASED INSTABILITY. THREAT OF PRECIP SHOULD BE OVER BY 06Z AS VORT MAX MOVES EAST AND WEAKENS. FOG THEN BECOMES AN ISSUE. WILL KEEP WORDING FOR PATCHY FOG...AND EVENING SHIFT WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR THE POTENTIAL OF AREAS OF DENSE FOG GIVEN LIGHT WINDS...SOME CLEARING...AND HIGH DEW POINTS OVERNIGHT. FOR SATURDAY...EXPECT FAIR WEATHER MOST OF THE DAY...BUT AN ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA AS SFC HEATING LEADS TO SOME INSTABILITY WHERE SOME DEEPER MOISTURE IS AVAILABLE. SAME BASIC SYNOPTIC SET UP PREVAILS INTO SUNDAY...ALTHOUGH MODELS TRENDS ARE TO HAVE MORE SUBSIDENCE/DRYING AHEAD OF THE EJECTING WESTERN TROUGH. THEREFORE POPS WERE DROPPED FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN APPEARS TO BE ON MONDAY...AS GOOD LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE COMBINES WITH MOISTURE POOLING AHEAD OF SFC FRONT. .LONG TERM... THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN FAIR AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE LONG TERM PORTION OF THE FORECAST. THE LONG TERM PORTION OF THE FORECAST STARTS OUT MON NIGHT WITH AN UPPER WAVE JUST TO OUR WEST AND THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT ALMOST OVERHEAD. THESE FEATURES WILL ALLOW FOR A CHC OF SOME SHOWERS MON NIGHT. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SAG JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA TEMPORARILY. THAT IS UNTIL THE POTENTIAL REMNANTS OF HURRICANE FRANCES COME INTO THE PICTURE. THE REMNANTS COULD ALLOW FOR THE FRONT TO MOVE A LITTLE CLOSER TO MICHIGAN AND BRING SOME PCPN INTO THE AREA. THE MORE LIKELY SOLUTION IS THAT THE REMNANTS WILL PASS EAST OF THE AREA WITH SOME OF THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF THE PCPN SHIELD GETTING INTO THE SE SECTION OF THE CWFA. WITH THIS IN MIND...WE HAVE LEFT PCPN CHCS IN FOR TUE AND WED...BUT WE HAVE CONFINED THE CHC TO THE SE 1/2 OF THE CWFA. ONCE THE REMNANTS OF FRANCES AND THE FRONT MOVE EAST...RIDGING AT THE SFC AND ALOFT WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA AS AN UPPER TROUGH DIGS OVER THE NRN ROCKIES. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR NORMAL TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS FOR THU. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE WEATHER FOR FRI. PREVIOUS RUNS BRING THE UPPER TROUGH FROM THE WEST INTO THE GREAT LAKES BY EARLY FRI. THE LATEST MODEL RUNS ARE SLOWING THE PROGRESS OF THE TROUGH DOWN DUE TO THE INCREASING AMPLIFIED PATTERN. PER ISC GRID COLLABORATION WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES...WE WILL HAVE A CHC OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ON FRI ASSUMING THE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SFC FRONT WILL BE IN THE AREA. HOWEVER...THE THOUGHT IS THAT THE TIMING MIGHT HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED TO A SLOWER TROUGH MOVEMENT IF MODEL TRENDS CONTINUE SLOWER. THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR WARMER TEMPS AND DRIER CONDITIONS ON FRI. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. OSTUNO NJJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 614 AM EDT FRI SEP 3 2004 LMZ844>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-041011- ALLEGAN MI-BARRY MI-CALHOUN MI-CLARE MI-CLINTON MI-EATON MI- GRATIOT MI-INGHAM MI-IONIA MI-ISABELLA MI-JACKSON MI-KALAMAZOO MI- KENT MI-LAKE MI-MASON MI-MECOSTA MI-MONTCALM MI-MUSKEGON MI- NEWAYGO MI-OCEANA MI-OSCEOLA MI-OTTAWA MI-VAN BUREN MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBION...ALLEGAN...ALMA...BALDWIN... BATTLE CREEK...BELDING...BIG RAPIDS...CHARLOTTE...CLARE...EASTWOOD... EATON RAPIDS...EVART...GRAND HAVEN...GRAND RAPIDS...GREENVILLE... HART...HASLETT...HASTINGS...HOLLAND...IONIA...ITHACA...JACKSON... KALAMAZOO...LANSING...LOWELL...LUDINGTON...MARSHALL...MASON... MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON...NEWAYGO...PAW PAW...PLAINWELL... PORTAGE...PORTLAND...SOUTH HAVEN...ST. JOHNS...STANTON... VANDERCOOK LAKE...WESTWOOD AND WHITE CLOUD 614 AM EDT FRI SEP 3 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SOME PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. THE FOG SHOULD BURN OFF QUICKLY ONCE THE SUN COMES UP AFTER 700 AM. OTHERWISE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY...AS A UPPER DISTURBANCE ROTATES THROUGH THE REGION. THIS DISTURBANCE SHOULD AID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AS INSTABILITY RISES THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED THOUGH. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE NORTH AROUND 15 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY BE THE MAIN THREAT...ALONG WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST SATURDAY...SUNDAY AND INTO LABOR DAY. AT THIS TIME...THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:57 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement five miles south of Newaygo reported seven eighths inch diameter hail.
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