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 Apr 22, 9:25 AM EST, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1025 AM EDT SAT APR 22 2006 .UPDATE... MAIN SHORT TERM CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE TSRA POTENTIAL LATER TODAY. WATER VAPOR IMAGES SHOW A STRONG VORT MAX ROTATING AROUND THE SE QUADRANT OF THE STACKED UPPER LOW OVER WI. THIS HAS PUSHED A BAND OF SHOWERS INLAND OFF THE LAKESHORE. IN SPITE OF FAVORABLE REFLECTIVITIES ABOVE THE -20C LEVEL NEAR LUDINGTON...REPORTED CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES HAVE BEEN CONFINED TO THE FAR NRN PART OF LOWER MI. AS NOTED IN THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... IMPRESSIVE LAPSE RATES ARE IN PLACE AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD POOL ALOFT. THIS IS CONFIRMED BY LOCAL 12Z SOUNDINGS. THE WOLCOTT IN PROFILER HAS SHOWN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN 0-6KM SHEAR WITH THE VORT MAX...SUGGESTING THAT ROTATING STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY. HOWEVER...VERY LOW CAPE PROJECTED IN THE -10 TO -30C LAYER SUGGESTS HAIL SIZES SHOULD STAY BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...ALTHOUGH ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE IMPRESSIVE IN SPOTS. RUC13 ADVERTISES THE BEST INSTABILITY SHIFTING N OF THE CWFA BY THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE MENTIONED VORT MAX. STILL CAN NOT RULE OUT SOME STORMS IN OUR AREA...SO WILL LEAVE THE WEATHER GRIDS AS IS. THE ONLY GRID CHANGES OF ANY SIGNIFICANCE WERE BUMPING UP DEWPOINT AND RH GRIDS SLIGHTLY TODAY BASED ON OBSERVATIONS. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ARE PLANNED FOR THE NEARSHORE FORECAST. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && TJT
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
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:45 UTC.
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Seven eighths inch diameter hail was reported by the public in White Cloud.
An emergency manager in Edmore reported three quarters inch diameter hail.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Michigan in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, April 2006
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: 5494935, 5494936.