2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Jul 18, 10:50 AM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1150 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2005 .UPDATE... SPC HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF THE CWFA MINUS MASON AND OCEANA COUNTIES UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING. LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO FORM FROM JUST EAST OF KTVC TO NEAR BALDWIN...AND DOWN TO WHITE CLOUD. LATEST MESO ANALYSIS FROM SPC SHOWS WELL OVER 2000 J/KG OF ML CAPE CENTERED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER AS OF 15Z. THIS DEVELOPING LINE OF STORMS WILL HAVE AMPLE INSTABILITY TO KEEP GOING ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE WE HAVE UPDATED TO ADD THE WATCH INTO THE ZONES AND NEARSHORE. THE SEVERE THREAT REMAINS DAMAGING WINDS AS THE FLOW IS NEARLY UNIDIRECTIONAL UP THROUGH THE COLUMN AND 0-6 KM SHEAR WILL BE INCREASING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON TO AROUND 30-35 KNOTS. WE HAVE GONE WITH NUMEROUS STORMS WITH SEVERE WORDING AND DAMAGING WINDS. WE HAVE BROUGHT TEMPS DOWN SLIGHTLY WITH THE INCREASE IN CLOUDS AND PCPN COMING IN. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM THIS EVENING. && NJJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1127 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2005 LMZ843>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-190655- 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- 1127 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS TODAY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MUSKEGON TO CADILLAC AS A COLD FRONT PRESSES INTO THE AREA. THE PRIMARY THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL AROUND PENNY SIZE. THE MAIN STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE EAST AT 30 MPH. MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAIN COULD FALL IN AN HOUR IN THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING COULD BE FREQUENT AS WELL. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN WILL HELP TO BUILD 3 TO 5 FOOT WAVES ALONG THE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM MANISTEE TO ST. JOSEPH. THE 3 TO 5 WAVES COMING FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LAKESHORE FOR THIS AFTERNOON. HEAT INDICES COULD BRIEFLY RISE TO 100 DEGREES ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR HOLLAND TO GRAND RAPIDS AND UP TO AROUND CADILLAC LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA ON THURSDAY...AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT SLIPS THROUGH THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND AGAIN LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MJS NJJ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 215 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2005 LMZ846-847-MIZ038>040-044>046-050-051-056-057-182300- CLARE-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL-HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN-ISABELLA-KENT- LAKE-MECOSTA-MONTCALM-MUSKEGON-NEWAYGO-OSCEOLA-OTTAWA- 215 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2005 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 643 HAS BEEN CLEARED FROM PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: LAKE...OSCEOLA...CLARE...NEWAYGO...MECOSTA...ISABELLA...MUSKEGON... MONTCALM...OTTAWA...AND KENT COUNTIES. THE WATCH IS ALSO NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING NEARSHORE AREA: WHITEHALL TO HOLLAND. LMZ844-845-MIZ052-058-059-064>067-071>074-182300- ALLEGAN-BARRY-CALHOUN-CLINTON-EATON-GRATIOT-INGHAM-IONIA-JACKSON- KALAMAZOO-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND-ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN-VAN BUREN- 215 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2005 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 643 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 7 PM: GRATIOT...IONIA...CLINTON...ALLEGAN...BARRY...EATON...INGHAM...VAN BUREN...KALAMAZOO...CALHOUN...AND JACKSON COUNTIES. THE WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING NEARSHORE AREA: HOLLAND TO ST. JOSEPH. NJJ
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:45 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported several trees were blown down in Charlotte.
Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in Lansing and several trees were blown down in Williamston.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Michigan in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, July 2005
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: 5470883, 5470884.