Hail in Michigan, April 22, 2006

Name: Hail in Michigan, April 22, 2006
Start: 2006-04-22T18:31
End: 2006-04-22T19:57
Location: Michigan

April 22, 2006 · NWS GRR · 5 events in 2 counties and zones

5 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: $25,000
Events: 5

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.

What forecasters said that day

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 Apr 22, 2:45 PM EST, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 2:45 PM EST, 3 hours 46 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
345 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)...
TONIGHT - WILL KEEP POPS GOING TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER OUR
NE ZONES. WATER VAPOR IMAGES SHOW A COUPLE OF WELL-DEFINED VORT
LOBES CLOSE TO THE UPPER LOW CENTER AND ROTATING OVER WI AT THIS
TIME THAT COULD PROVIDE ENOUGH ADDITIONAL LIFT IN A STEEP LAPSE RATE
ENVIRONMENT TO GENERATE CONVECTION EVEN WITHOUT THE HELP OF
INSOLATION.

SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT - GFS...AND NAM TO A LESSER DEGREE...SHOW A
ANOTHER VORT MAX PIVOTING AROUND THE BACK OF THE UPPER LOW AND
ACROSS THE CWFA. HAVE PLACED HIGHER POPS OVER OUR ERN ZONES E OF THE
UPPER LOW.

MONDAY - SHORTWAVE RIDGING BETWEEN THE EXITING LOW AND THE NEXT
APPROACHING SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL RESULT IN THE LOWEST POPS FOR THIS
ENTIRE TIME RANGE.

MONDAY NIGHT - THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GFS AND NAM
AT THIS POINT. THE FORMER IS SLOWER WITH A WAVE MOVING ALONG A COLD
FRONT PASSING THROUGH OUR CWFA. WE SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
COLDER AND SLOWER GFS SOLUTION AND THE WARMER AND FASTER NAM
SOLUTION AND MENTIONED POSSIBLE RAIN SNOW MIX ONLY OVER OUR NW ZONES
WHERE THE MORE AGGRESSIVE GFS PROGS -8 TO -10 C H8 TEMPS...
SIGNIFICANT POST-FRONTAL MOISTURE...AND DPVA IN SWLY FLOW ALOFT.
EVEN WITH THIS WORST CASE SCENARIO...IMPACTS SHOULD BE MINOR WITH NO
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED.

NO MARINE OR FIRE WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

&&

.LONG TERM...
THE MID RANGE MODELS SHOW GOOD AGREEMENT ON SYNOPTIC SCALE FEATURES
WITH SOME TIMING AND STRENGTH ISSUES FOR THE SMALLER FEATURES. HAVE
ONLY MAKE SMALL CHANGES IN THE GRIDS FOR INTER OFFICE GRID
CONSISTENCY DUE TO SMALLER SCALE UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST.

TUESDAY MAY SEE A FEW RAIN SHOWERS LINGERING BEHIND A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM MOVING BY TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA AS A SHORTWAVE SWINGS BY
TO THE SOUTH. THE REST OF THE WEEK SHOULD BE DRY WITH TEMPERATURES
NEAR NORMAL. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE
REGION BY LATE FRIDAY. SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE WEEKEND.

&&

.GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

SHORT TERM: TJT
LONG TERM: IOD

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 9:40 AM EST, 8 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1040 AM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

LMZ844>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-231000-
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-
1040 AM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY. STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN. THE BEST CHANCE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NORTH
OF A MOUNT PLEASANT TO LUDINGTON LINE THIS AFTERNOON. THE THREAT FOR
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORE SHOULD DIMINISH THIS
AFTERNOON. MOST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE NORTH AND EAST
OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN BY SUNSET.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT AS
ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM DROPS SOUTHEAST FROM CENTRAL CANADA
INTO THE GREAT LAKES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY.

WDM TJT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 22, 1:50 PM EST, 4 hours 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
250 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0246 PM     HAIL             WHITE CLOUD             43.55N 85.77W
04/22/2006  E0.88 INCH       NEWAYGO            MI   PUBLIC

&&

BEACHLER

Local storm report, Apr 22, 2:40 PM EST, 3 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
340 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0335 PM     HAIL             EDMORE                  43.41N 85.04W
04/22/2006  E0.75 INCH       MONTCALM           MI   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

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The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:31 UTC.

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Event by event

5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Jackson

When: April 22, 6:31 PM EST
Where: Jackson County, Hanover
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: $5,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 42.100, -84.550

The public in Hanover reported one inch diameter hail.

Hail, Jackson

When: April 22, 7:01 PM EST
Where: Jackson County, Napoleon
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 42.167, -84.250

Law enforcement three miles south of Napoleon reported one inch diameter hail.

Hail, Ingham

When: April 22, 7:44 PM EST
Where: Ingham County, Mason
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 42.583, -84.433

Law enforcement eight miles east of Mason reported one inch diameter hail.

Hail, Ingham

When: April 22, 7:55 PM EST
Where: Ingham County, Williamston
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 42.683, -84.267

Law enforcement two miles south of Williamston reported three quarters inch diameter hail.

Hail, Ingham

When: April 22, 7:57 PM EST
Where: Ingham County, Webberville
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: $5,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 42.667, -84.167

A trained spotter two miles west of Webberville reported one inch diameter hail.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Michigan in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Michigan, April 2006

Sources

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: 5494830, 5494831, 5494832, 5494932, 5494933.