3 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 4, 2:30 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 330 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2005 .SHORT TERM... LATEST VIS IMAGERY THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS CLOUD COVER HOLDING IN OVER ROUGHLY THE NW 2/3RDS OF THE CWFA. BACKEDGE OF THE WIDESPREAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT AFFECTED THIS AREA EARLIER IS NOW PROGRESSING THROUGH THE CWFA. THE FOCUS FOR THIS EVENING IS A LINE OF STORMS THAT IS NOW MOVING NEAR THE CHICAGO AREA. THIS LINE HAS ALREADY PRODUCED 70 MPH WINDS OVER NRN IL. AS THIS LINE MOVES INTO THE SRN TWO ROWS OF COUNTIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY THIS EVENING...IT WILL BE ENCOUNTERING OVER 2500 J/KG WITH NO CIN PER THE SPC MESO ANALYSIS PAGE AS TEMPS ARE UP AROUND 90 IN KAZO WITH DEW POINTS AROUND 67. THIS LINE SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM REMAINING INTACT AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE SRN PORTION OF THE CWFA. ELSEWHERE...THE PCPN SHIELD NORTH OF THE BOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA...HOWEVER AS THE ATMOSPHERE HAS NOT DESTABILIZED UP NORTH DUE TO EARLIER CLOUDS AND PCPN...THE SEVERE THREAT REMAINS LIMITED. WE WILL GO WITH AT LEAST LIKELY POPS FOR ALL AREAS WITH A SEVERE MENTION FOR THE EXTREME SOUTH. AFTER THIS LINE MOVES THROUGH OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...THERE SHOULD BE A BREAK IN THE PCPN. AT THE SAME TIME...THE SFC FRONT OFF TO OUR WEST SHOULD FINALLY MAKE A MOVE THROUGH THE CWFA AS THE SFC WAVE ALONG IT MOVES EAST. HOWEVER UNTIL THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...PCPN CHCS WILL NOT BE NIL. SO WE WILL CONTINUE WITH CHC/SCT TYPE WORDING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT WITH POPS TAPERED HIGHEST TO LOWEST FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE BEHIND THE PCPN WITH PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE EXPECTED TO BE PRESENT FROM THE RECENT RAINS ALONG WITH A WEAK WIND FIELD. THE FIRST FRONT SHOULD BE CLOSE TO...IF NOT EXITING THE CWFA BY 12Z TUE MORNING. THIS WILL TAKE A GOOD DEAL OF THE DEEP MOISTURE WITH IT. THE SECONDARY FRONT WILL BE OVER NRN MI AT 12Z AND MAKING A MOVE TO THE SOUTH. AS THIS FRONT COMES THROUGH DURING THE DAY...ENOUGH INSTABILITY IS GENERATED (CAPES ARE FORECASTED TO RISE TO 1000 J/KG OR SO) WITH TEMPS WELL INTO THE 70S AND DEW POINTS STILL REMAINING IN THE MID 50S TO AROUND 60 TO POP A FEW SHOWERS AND OR STORMS. WE WILL KEEP CHC POPS IN FOR THE ENTIRE DAY TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. ANY SHOWERS AND/OR STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AFTER SUNSET. THEN FOR WED...THE SFC FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE OUT OF THE CWFA...HOWEVER THE UPPER TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO BE MOVING OVER LOWER MI THROUGH THE DAY ON WED. TO ACCOUNT FOR THE UPPER TROUGH AND RESULTING DAYTIME INSTABILITY...WE HAVE ADDED A CHC OF SHOWERS FOR A MAJORITY OF THE CWFA FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ON WED. .LONG TERM... MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE REMAINS IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT IN TERMS OF EVOLUTION OF THE OVERALL WX PATTERN LATE THIS WEEK AND FOR THE WEEKEND. A SFC HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL DOMINATE OUR WX PATTERN LATE THIS WEEK AND PRODUCE MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACCOMPANIED BY A GRADUAL MODERATING TREND OF TEMPS. TEMPS WILL CONTINUE TO MODERATE THIS WEEKEND AS THE H5 RIDGE OVER THE MID SECTION OF THE UNITED STATES GRADUALLY SHIFTS EAST OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION BY SUNDAY. DRY WX SHOULD PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AND TEMPS WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL WITH THE RIDGE STILL IN PLACE. .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE && NJJ LAURENS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1148 AM EDT MON JUL 4 2005 LMZ844>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-051003- 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- 1148 AM EDT MON JUL 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE TIMING OF THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO ALMA. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE WINDS TO 65 MPH AND HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. THE STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING ALTHOUGH STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM IMPACTS THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT. RG NJJ
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:36 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported a couple trees blown down in Assyria township.
Several trees were blown down in Charlotte. One live 12 inch diameter tree was blown down seven miles north of Eaton Rapids.
Three trees greater than one foot in diameter were uprooted in Brooklyn.
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