7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 30, 3:32 AM EST, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 432 AM EDT THU JUN 30 2005 .SHORT TERM... MAIN FOCUS WAS ON PCPN CHCS AS A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION THIS MORNING. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE DETERMINED BY HOW QUICKLY THE ATMOSPHERE RECOVERS FROM THE MORNING CONVECTION. ALSO NEED TO CONSIDER HOW QUICKLY THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH AND WHETHER POPS WILL BE NEEDED INTO THIS EVENING. POTENT UPPER LOW WAS SLIDING ACROSS MN THIS MORNING. A LARGE COMPLEX OF STORMS STRETCHED FROM WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR THROUGH WISCONSIN TO NE KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS WILL PROGRESS ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...SLOWLY DIMINISHING AS THEY RUN AWAY FROM THE BEST UPPER JET SUPPORT. WILL HAVE LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE NORTH WHERE THE BULK OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS MORNING. THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE COMPLEX...OVER ERN IA/WRN IL APPEARS TO BE WEAKENING ALREADY AS CLOUD TOPS HAVE BEEN WARMING A BIT...SO CHC POPS LOOKS GOOD FOR THE SOUTH THIS MORNING. THERE WILL BE A STRONG PUNCH OF DRIER AIR BEHIND THE STORMS INTO THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL ALLOW SUNSHINE TO BREAK THROUGH AND SURFACE TEMPS TO CLIMB TO AROUND 90 WITH DEWPOINTS AROUND 70. THIS WILL BOOST CAPE VALUES TO AT OR ABOVE 3K J/KG BY EARLY AFTERNOON. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL ALSO CLIMB INTO THE 95 TO 100 DEGREE IN THE SOUTH MAKING FOR A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE DAY...BUT SHY OF ADVISORY CRITERIA. STORMS SHOULD RE-FIRE OVER THE CWA INTO THE AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. THERE IS NOT A LOW LEVEL JET TO PROVIDE LIFT...BUT THE UPPER JET LOOKS VERY FAVORABLE. THE RIGHT REAR QUAD OF THE UPPER JET MOVES OVER THE SE HALF OF THE CWA DURING THE AFTERNOON. STRONG UPPER DIVERGENCE FROM THIS JET WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR REDEVELOPMENT INTO THE AFTERNOON. A 55KT MID LEVEL JET RISES THE LIKELIHOOD THAT A FEW STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. 0-6KM BULK SHEAR VALUES ARE MARGINAL...30-35 KNOTS. BELIEVE THE HIGHEST THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL GENERALLY BE SE OF A BIV-MOP LINE AND FROM ROUGHLY 1 THROUGH 8 PM. MUCH OF THE CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO BE WELL AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WHICH WILL ACROSS THE CWA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD STEAL MOST OF THE MOISTURE NEAR THE FRONT...BUT CAN NOT RULE OUT A FEW RANDOM SHOWER/STORMS WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. WILL THEREFORE EXTEND CHC POPS OVER THE SE CORNER INTO THE EVENING. ONCE THE FRONT IS THROUGH...BY MIDNIGHT...A MUCH DRIER AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION. THE UPPER TROF COMES THROUGH ON FRIDAY. THE MOISTURE DOES NOT LOOK DEEP ENOUGH FOR SHOWERS TO DEVELOP...BUT A BKN CU DECK WILL MOST LIKELY OCCUR BY AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE THE END OF THE WEEK WILL FEATURE MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE CONDITIONS WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S AND DEWPOINTS AROUND 50. .LONG TERM... SATURDAY NIGHT...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE SLIPPING OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE GREAT LAKES...WITH RETURN FLOW BEGINNING. IT WILL BE A DRY AND SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL NIGHT FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...WITH LOWS IN THE 50S. SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT A FRONT SWEEPS EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS...REACHING WESTERN WI AND IA BY MONDAY MORNING. THE UPPER FLOW WILL BE ZONAL ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF STATES...SO THE FRONT WILL BE PROGRESSING TO THE EAST AT A DECENT PACE. HIGHS AND LOWS IN THIS TIME FRAME WILL BE VERY CLOSE TO NORMAL. MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...AS THE FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE AREA...THEN STALLS OUT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES. 500MB HEIGHTS REBOUND FROM THE LOWER 570S ON SATURDAY...TO THE MIDDLE 580S ON MONDAY. TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY WILL LIKELY BE ABOVE NORMAL ONCE AGAIN. WEDNESDAY WILL FEATURE DRY WEATHER AS THE FRONT WILL BE OFF TO THE SOUTH OF THE STATE WITH HIGH PRESSURE FILTERING IN FROM THE NORTH. THE FRONT TO THE SOUTH APPEARS TO BE FAR ENOUGH SOUTH TO KEEP THE DRY FORECAST GOING...BUT FUTURE MODEL RUNS WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED TO SEE IF THIS FRONT BEGINS TO CREEP BACK NORTH. .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && JK DUKE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 622 AM EDT THU JUN 30 2005 LMZ844>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-011000- 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- 622 AM EDT THU JUN 30 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ALL OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF LOWER MICHIGAN HAS BEEN PLACED IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE THREAT WILL EXTEND FROM DAYBREAK THROUGH ABOUT 800 PM. A COLD FRONT TO THE WEST OF THE STATE OVER EASTERN WISCONSIN HAS TOUCHED OFF STORMS EARLY THIS MORNING ALREADY SPREADING INTO WESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. AS THE FRONT PROGRESSES INTO THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON...ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREAT FROM STORMS TODAY WILL BE STRONG WINDS AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. WIND GUSTS OF 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS AS WELL AS HAIL TO AROUND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE EAST AROUND 30 MPH. WITH A SQUALL LINE SWEEPING THE LAKE THIS MORNING...THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE SHORE FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET ARE EXPECTED ON LAKE MICHIGAN FRIDAY...WHICH WILL POSE A HAZARD TO SMALLER CRAFT. WAVES OF THIS HEIGHT WILL ALSO BRING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR RIP CURRENTS. THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE FORECAST ON THE FOURTH OF JULY AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: WEATHER.GOV/GRANDRAPIDS (ALL LOWER CASE) DUKE
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:02 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Three trees were blown down in the Coopersville area.
Three quarters inch diameter hail was reported in Grand Rapids.
Several trees were blown down in the Indian Hills area of Hastings.
Several power lines were blown down on Michigan Avenue.
Numerous trees were blown down in Olivet and in the area about three miles northeast of Olivet.
Twelve trees were blown down in and near Parma.
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: 5457553, 5457554, 5457555, 5457556, 5457557, 5457558, 5457559, 5457560, 5457561.