5 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 Nov 8, 3:55 PM EST, 6 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 355 PM EST TUE NOV 8 2005 SEVERAL CHALLENGES WITH THE FORECAST OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS EASTWARD THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION. SEVERE WEATHER...STRONG WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS DURING THIS TIMEFRAME. BEGINNING TONIGHT... A WARM FRONT CURRENTLY LOCATED IN OHIO AND INDIANA WILL GRADUALLY LIFT NORTH INTO SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ALONG THIS FRONT AS GULF MOISTURE LIFTING NORTHWARD UP THE MS VALLEY REACHES THE FRONT. SIGNIFICANT 0 TO 3 KM AND 0 TO 1 KM HELICITY VALUES WILL BE IN PLACE LATER TO NIGHT. DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS. HOWEVER NAM SOUNDINGS SHOW THAT THE INSTABILITY IS TO REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH THE NIGHT EVEN ALONG INTERSTATE 94. THIS SUGGESTS THAT THE PRIMARY THREAT IS HAIL. IF SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY COULD DEVELOP WITH SOME 3KM CAPE...THEN THE TOR THREAT WOULD INCREASE QUICKLY. THIS IS SOMETHING WE WILL NEED TO WATCH CLOSELY THROUGH THE NIGHT. STILL WILL KEEP THE MENTION OF DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES IN THE HWO. THEN ON WEDNESDAY...THE COLD FRONT SWINGS THROUGH IN THE MORNING. THERE MAY BE SOME THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE FRONT...ESPECIALLY LAN TO JXN REGION. SURFACE DEWPOINTS ALONG INTERSTATE 94 MAY BE AROUND 60 DEGREES. ANY STORMS THAT DO FORM COULD CONTAIN HAIL AND SOME DAMAGING WINDS. BY 1000 AM THE FRONT SHOULD BE EAST OF LAN. AS COLD AIR WRAPS AROUND THE DEPARTING STORM...SEVERAL HOURS OF WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MIXING HEIGHTS SUGGEST WE MAY TAP INTO THE 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS...ESPECIALLY ON THE LAKESHORE WHERE I WILL ISSUE A HIGH WIND WATCH. FURTHER INLAND WILL GO WITH AN ADVISORY...WHICH MAY NEED TO BE UPGRADED LATER ON. SUCH WINDS WILL BUILD THE WAVES UP...AND IT APPEARS THAT HEIGHTS WILL INCREASE TO HIGHER THAN 10 FEET ALONG THE ENTIRE LAKESHORE. TEMPERATURES AT 850 MB DROP OFF CONSIDERABLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. VALUES BECOME COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW SHOWERS. WITH THE GROUND SO WARM...ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR UNLIKELY. .LONG TERM... MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SHOW A STRONG WAA PATTERN WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AS A SFC HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE DRIFTS EAST FROM THE TN VALLEY TO MID ATLANTIC REGION AND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TAKES SHAPE IN THE PLAINS STATES. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE NE AND GIVE OUR AREA ANOTHER SHOT FOR SHOWERS AND TSTORMS SUNDAY. THEN BEYOND THAT LATEST GFS AND ECMWF GUIDANCE SHOWS A NORTHERN STREAM SYSTEM WILL QUICKLY DIVE IN FROM THE WNW AND BRING US MORE SHOWERS BY TUESDAY (PERHAPS MONDAY NIGHT ALREADY). SO IT APPEARS THE ACTIVE WX PATTERN FEATURING ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS AND SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND PERHAPS CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE EXTENDED RANGE FCST PERIOD. .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...HIGH WIND WATCH ALONG THE LAKESHORE AND WIND ADVISORY INLAND MAINLY FOR WED AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GALE WARNINGS FOR THE LAKESHORE. && MJS LAURENS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 415 PM EST TUE NOV 8 2005 LMZ844>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-090945- ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND- HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL- WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE-MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA- CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-MONTCALM-GRATIOT- OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN- KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 415 PM EST TUE NOV 8 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AS A STRONG WARM FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE BETWEEN 11 PM TONIGHT AND 9 AM WEDNESDAY. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL HOWEVER DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. WAVES ON LAKE MICHIGAN WILL BUILD TO 3 TO 5 FEET NORTH OF GRAND HAVEN LATE TONIGHT AS WINDS TURN TO THE SOUTH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION WEDNESDAY MORNING...WHICH WILL END THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT BY MID MORNING. WIND GUSTS IN THE 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE OUT OF THE WEST ARE LIKELY FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING BEHIND THE FRONT. THIS MAY RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES. A FEW WIND GUSTS COULD EXCEED 57 MPH ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE. WIND ADVISORIES AND HIGH WIND WATCHES HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WAVES ON LAKE MICHIGAN WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 12 FEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND 12 TO 16 FEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THIS WILL POSE A THREAT TO SMALL CRAFT AND ANYONE VENTURING OUT ON AREA PIERS. GALE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. RAIN SHOWERS WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND LINGER INTO THURSDAY MORNING...ALTHOUGH NO SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. LAURENS
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:19 UTC.
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Seven eighths inch diameter hail was reported 1 mile southeast of Graafschap.
Three quarters inch diameter hail was reported one mile west of Holland.
Observers in Hudsonville reported three quarters inch diameter hail.
Three quarters inch diameter hail was reported in Burnips.
One inch diameter hail was reported two miles west of Byron Center.
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, November 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: 5484790, 5484791, 5484792, 5484793, 5484794.