4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 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 28, 11:30 AM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1230 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 .UPDATE... VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWS A LINE OF CU WITH THE FRONT FROM NEAR CAD TO BETWEEN LDM AND MBL. STRONG HEATING CONTINUES IN THIS AREA AS WELL. SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY SPC WEBPAGE HAS ML CAPE VALUES UP 2500 J/KG...DCAPE IS HIGH AS WELL. THUS ANY STRONGER THUNDERSTORM THAT DOES FORM WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED FOR POSSIBLE STRONG DOWNDRAFTS. I DID NOTICE THAT MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES APPEAR TO BE MORE FAVORABLE FOR HAIL AS COMPARED TO PREVIOUS DAYS WITH VALUES NEAR 7 DEG C FROM 700 TO 500 MB. THIS COULD PERHAPS LEAD TO A HIGHER HAIL THREAT THAN WE HAVE SEEN. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE CHANCE PROBABILITIES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && MJS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1210 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 LMZ844>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-291015- 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- 1210 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME VERY UNSTABLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. A WEAK FRONT EXISTS FROM NEAR CADILLAC TO BETWEEN MANISTEE AND LUDINGTON. THIS FEATURE COULD FOCUS THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXIST FOR THIS REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COULD OCCUR AS WELL. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DOES FORM THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING COULD CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. ISOLATED LOCATIONS COULD SEE UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR...WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. ONCE THE SUN SETS... SO SHOULD THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON EAST OF ROUTE 131...DURING THE AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. A STRONG COLD FRONT MAY BRING A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. COOLER AIR WILL FOLLOW THE COLD FRONT THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WARM AIR IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN BY MONDAY...JULY 4TH. THAT IS EXPECTED TO TOUCH OFF MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WDM MJS
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:41 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were blown down in Reed City.
One inch diameter hail was reported six miles northeast of Harrison.
Law enforcement reported several trees blown down in Barryton.
A trained weather spotter measured a 59 m.p.h. wind gust in Mt. Pleasant.
Law enforcement reported numerous trees were blown down in St. Louis and a large number of trees were blown down in Breckenridge.
A thunderstorm intensified and began to back build over Mecosta County. For this event radar estimated a maximum storm total precipitation of 7.3 inches, of which, approximately 6.5 inches of the storm total fell over a two hour period. A "ground truth" report of 5.25 inches of rain in approximately 2 hours was received from the public the following day from the north side of Chippewa Lake. Significant flooding occurred in Mecosta County with several roads underwater and the shoulders of many roads in the area washed out.
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, June 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: 5459722, 5459723, 5459724, 5459725, 5459726, 5459727.