2 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jul 12, 2:55 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 355 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2005 .SHORT TERM... THE WEATHER IN THE SHORT TERM WILL BE DOMINATED BY A VERTICALLY STACKED AND NEARLY STATIONARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SPINNING OVER SRN IL/IN. THE BULK OF THE PCPN WITH THIS FEATURE WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF MI... ALTHOUGH A FEW ISOLATED/SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE STILL EXPECTED IN SW MI. CERTAINLY NOT A DROUGHT BUSTER THOUGH. SOME DIURNAL ENHANCEMENT TO THE CONVECTION IS LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WHEN CAPES ARE PROGGED TO BE BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 J/KG. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED DUE TO WEAK WIND FIELDS ALOFT AND LACK OF COLD AIR AT H5. PATTERN IS VERY STAGNANT WITH TROPICAL AIR MASS IN PLACE AND THE JET STREAM SITUATED WELL NORTH IN CANADA. LOCALLY HEAVY/BRIEF DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE THOUGH WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEAR 2 INCHES. CLOUD COVER AND TEMP FCST IS DIFFICULT SINCE CLOUD SHIELD NORTH OF THE LOW IS NOT THICK AND EXPANSIVE. IN FACT A LARGE WEDGE OF CLEARING AFFECTED THE SRN CWFA TODAY. THIS ALLOWED TEMPS TO REACH NEAR 90 AND A BAND OF SFC BASED CONVECTION TO DEVELOP ALONG I-94. MEANWHILE TEMPS ACROSS THE NRN CWFA HAVE HELD NEAR 80 WHERE CLOUD COVER HAS BEEN PERSISTENT. WILL GENERALLY RUN WITH PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD. ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY A SURFACE HIGH SLIDES SE ACROSS THE LAKE SUPERIOR REGION. THUS HAVE REMOVED THE SMALL SHOWER THREAT IN THE NRN THIRD OF THE CWFA DURING THIS TIME...WHEN DEW POINTS ARE PROGGED TO LOWER DUE TO A STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL NE FLOW. .LONG TERM... THE PRIMARY FORECAST CHALLENGE IN THE EXTENDED PERIODS IS THE PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL AND TIMING. SINCE THE MODELS ARE NOT IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIODS... WILL REMAIN CLOSE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST WITH SMALL CHANGES FOR COLLABORATION. MOISTURE FROM THE GULF WILL CONTINUE TO BE MOVED INTO THE REGION BY THE CIRCULATION AROUND THE REMNANTS OF DENNIS. THE REMNANTS SHOULD PASS BY TO THE SOUTH SATURDAY... RESULTING IN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. OTHERWISE... NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER MAKER WILL CROSS THE AREA IN THIS STAGNANT SETUP UNTIL A COLD FRONT SWEEPS IN EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && MEADE IOD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 528 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2005 LMZ843>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-131055- ALLEGAN-BARRY-CALHOUN-CLARE-CLINTON-EATON-GRATIOT-INGHAM-IONIA- ISABELLA-JACKSON-KALAMAZOO-KENT-LAKE-MASON-MECOSTA-MONTCALM-MUSKEGON- NEWAYGO-OCEANA-OSCEOLA-OTTAWA-VAN BUREN- GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL-HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN- PENTWATER TO MANISTEE-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND- ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN-WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER- 528 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR WILL CREATE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...SOME FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND THE POTENTIAL WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. A FEW LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE AN INCH OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT FORECASTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN STORM MOTION WILL BE NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS TROPICAL MOISTURE MOVES UP FROM THE SOUTH. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO LOWER MICHIGAN ON MONDAY...AND SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD RESULT...DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THE FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. OSTUNO MEADE MJS
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:00 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down five miles southeast of Battle Creek and also around 6 Mile and B Drive. Numerous trees were blown down in Lakeview and several trees were blown down in Bedford.
One tree was blown down in Richland and another was blown down in Oshtemo.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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