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NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 2, 3:56 PM EST, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 456 PM EDT WED AUG 02 2006 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)... LINE OF CONVECTION IS NOW FORMING AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT FROM NRN LWR MI SW ACROSS SRN WI. FRONT IS SLOW TO MOVE SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING... SO MAIN THREAT FOR SVR WX IS IN THE NRN CWFA WHERE BEST SURFACE CONVERGENCE AND BETTER DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL EXIST. MAIN THREAT IS FOR DAMAGING WINDS FROM SHORT BOWING SEGMENTS. SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT MAY ALSO RESULT IN TRAINING OF CELLS AND A HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT. COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO CLEAR THE SE CWFA THURSDAY MORNING BUT HAVE HELD ON TO A CHANCE OF SHOWERS/TSTMS ALL DAY IN THE SOUTH IN CASE THE FRONT SLOWS/STALLS. OTHERWISE COOLER LESS HUMID AIR FILTERING INTO THE REGION TONIGHT/THURSDAY... WITH MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE CONDITIONS TO FOLLOW. HIGH PRESSURE WILL LEAD TO DRY WEATHER THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. .MARINE...STRONG SW FLOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT HAS RESULTED IN WAVES OF UP TO 6 FEET TODAY. ARRIVAL OF THE FRONT AND ASSOCIATED BAGGY GRADIENT SHOULD ALLOW WINDS/WAVES TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. HOWEVER THE NORTH FLOW COLD ADVECTION ON THURSDAY WILL LIKELY CAUSE THEM TO KICK UP AGAIN. WE COULD NEED ANOTHER SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ON THURSDAY...PARTICULARLY SOUTH OF GRAND HAVEN. .LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... A SFC HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL PRODUCE DRY WX SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY AND TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO AVERAGE ABOVE NORMAL. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL DROP IN FROM THE NW SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY BRINGING A CHC FOR A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS. HOWEVER PROBABILITIES OF RAIN WITH THAT SYSTEM LOOK QUITE LOW SINCE GUIDANCE RH PROGS INDICATE MOISTURE WITH THE FRONT WILL BE VERY LIMITED. THEN BEYOND THAT ANOTHER SFC HIGH PRESSURE AREA WILL TAKE CONTROL OF OUR WX AND PRODUCE DRY WX WITH SEASONABLE TEMPS FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE PORTION OF NEXT WEEK. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE GRR CWFA. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE LAKE MI NEARSHORE FROM ST JOSEPH TO MANISTEE UNTIL 11 PM. && MEADE LAURENS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1212 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006 LMZ844>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-031015- 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- 1212 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ONE MORE DAY OF HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE A COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING AND BRINGS COOLER AND DRIER AIR BACK TO SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. UNTIL THEN...WITH CONSIDERABLE SUNSHINE FROM INTERSTATE 96 SOUTH...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RISE TO BETWEEN 100 DEGREES AND 105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. SUN STROKE...HEAT CRAMPS AND OR HEAT EXHAUSTION ARE LIKELY FOR ANYONE WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE OUTSIDE. WAVES OF 3 TO 7 FEET WILL POSE A HAZARD FOR SMALL CRAFT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RIP CURRENTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE... SO SWIMMERS VENTURING OUT INTO LAKE MICHIGAN WILL WANT TO BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE NEAR AND NORTH OF ROUTE 10 THROUGH THE DAY. A FEW OF THESE COULD BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON WITH DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT THERE A MORE WIDESPREAD AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS THE AREA WITH THE COLD FRONT. DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH THROUGH THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SOME LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE INTO THURSDAY MORNING BUT THESE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LATE SUNDAY OR MONDAY WITH THE NEXT COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WDM BDM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 630 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006 MIZ052-059-022300- CLINTON-GRATIOT- 630 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF ELSIE TO 12 MILES WEST OF ST. JOHNS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... EUREKA...BANNISTER...ST. JOHNS...ELSIE. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BECOME DAMAGED...AND LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAS PASSED. MJS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 801 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006 MIZ064-071-030100- ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 801 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 8 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF BANGOR TO 13 MILES WEST OF BANGOR...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... KIBBIE...LACOTA...MILL GROVE...SOUTH MONTEREY...ARMSTRONG CORNERS... HOPKINSBURG. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BECOME DAMAGED...AND LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAS PASSED. MJS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
912 PM EDT WED AUG 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0828 PM TSTM WND DMG ALLEGAN 42.53N 85.85W
08/02/2006 ALLEGAN MI TRAINED SPOTTER
IN LEE TOWNSHIP TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
0836 PM TSTM WND DMG COVERT 42.29N 86.26W
08/02/2006 VAN BUREN MI TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
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CERUThe Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:45 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several power lines were blown down in Sebewa.
A trained spotter reported that several power lines were blown down in Bedford.
Several power lines were blown down in Lansing.
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, August 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: 5527590, 5527591, 5527592.