22 thunderstorm wind, 6 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 Jul 17, 2:00 PM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 300 PM EDT MON JUL 17 2006 .SHORT TERM... MODELS ARE IN PRETTY FAIR AGREEMENT ON TIMING AND INTENSITY OF THE FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD REACH LUDINGTON DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING HOURS. ECHOES OVER LM AT 2PM OFF LUDINGTON STILL FAIRLY WELL CAPPED AND WILL PROBABLY NOT GET GOING UNTIL FRONTAL BOUNDARY GETS CLOSER TO OUR AREA WHICH SHOULD BE AROUND 21Z OR LATER. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW BRIEF PERIOD OF PRECIPITATION SO MODEL TOTAL AMOUNTS MAY BE OVER DONE SOMEWHAT. LIFTED INDEX NOT TOO IMPRESSIVE OVER SW LOWER ATTM COMPARED TO -10 TO -14 VALUES OVER WI AT 17Z OUR -2 TO -7 LOOKS PRETTY MEAGER AND AGAIN CIN AND A LOT OF HOT DRY AIR IN THE LOW LEVELS WILL NEED SOME TIME AND FRONTAL FORCING TO GET ACTIVITY GOING THIS EVENING. WITH CAPES EXPECTED IN THE 1500-2500 RANGE TONIGHT SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY WITH MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES -7 TO -8 UPDRAFTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SOME DECENT SIZE HAIL AND DOWNDRAFT CAPES 1000-1600 JOULES SHOULD SUPPORT STRONG WIND. COLD FRONT EXITS THE CWA NEAR BETWEEN 06 AND 12Z BUT MAY SEE SOME PRECIP IN THE SE CORNER INTO EARLY TUESDAY BUT HAVE LEFT A DRY FORECAST THERE FOR NOW. WILL HAVE TO SEE IF THE FRONT AND PRECIP WILL BE AS PROGRESSIVE AS WE THINK. MILDER AIR IN STORE FOR THE AREA ON TUESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AND THEN A COLD FRONT APPROACHES WEDNESDAY NIGHT BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR RAIN MAINLY TO THE WESTERN CWA. .LONG TERM... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND FAIRLY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING US ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND TSTORMS THURSDAY. SOME SEVERE WEATHER WILL CERTAINLY BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM TOO JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND AS A STRONG SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES REGION. DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL BEHIND THIS SYSTEM ON FRIDAY. BASED PRIMARILY ON 12Z GFS GUIDANCE WE HAVE OPTED TO REMOVE MENTION OF CONVECTION FROM SATURDAY/S FCST SINCE A SFC HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE SHOULD STILL BE IN CONTROL OF OUR WX PATTERN. OUR NEXT SHOT FOR TSTORMS WILL COME LATE IN THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. OUR PREVIOUS EXTENDED RANGE FCST APPEARED TO BE IN EXCELLENT SHAPE SO NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WERE NECESSARY OTHER THAN TO REMOVE POPS FROM THE FCST FOR SATURDAY. .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM NORTH OF HOLLAND...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11 PM EDT. && MWH LAURENS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 600 AM EDT MON JUL 17 2006 LMZ844>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-180845- 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- 600 AM EDT MON JUL 17 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAT INDICES WILL REACH 95 TO 100 DEGREES AGAIN TODAY INLAND FROM LAKE MICHIGAN. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. STRONGER STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM AFTER 5 PM NORTHWEST OF GRAND RAPIDS THEN DEVELOP INTO A LINE THAT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. SOME OF THE STORMS IN THIS LINE MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO LEAD TO SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET NORTH OF HOLLAND TODAY AND THIS EVENING WILL POSE A THREAT TO SMALL CRAFT. RIP CURRENTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON LAKE MICHIGAN TODAY AND THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY DRY AND COOLER...LESS HUMID WEATHER WILL PREVAIL ON TUESDAY...THEN THE VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR WILL RETURN AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THURSDAY AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED NEXT WEEKEND... ALTHOUGH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF VOLUNTEER WEATHER SPOTTER GROUPS MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...THEN AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. MEADE
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:47 UTC.
22 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hundreds of trees were blown down across Oceana county.
Numerous trees were blown down along the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Many trees were blown down in and around Newaygo county.
Numerous trees were blown down and barn roofing was ripped off.
Trees and power lines were blown down in and near Stanton.
Three quarters inch hail was reported in Carson City.
Three quarters inch hail was reported near Sylvester.
A trained spotter reported three quarters inch hail in Shelby.
One inch hail was reported by the public in Big Rapids.
Several large trees were blown down in Montague.
Numerous trees were blown down in and near Ionia.
One and three quarters to two inch hail was reported near Coopersville and in Marne.
Numerous trees were blown down across the city of Jackson.
Numerous trees were blown down across Allegan county and a tree fell on a tent camper pinning a woman underneath. She sustained minor injuries.
The public in Belding reported numerous trees were blown down.
Law enforcement reported numerous trees blown down in and near Hastings.
Numerous trees were blown down in Bloomingdale and Gobles.
Many trees were blown down in Portage and Kalamazoo.
Trees and power lines were blown down in Wayland and Allegan.
Many trees were blown down across Van Buren county and particularly in and near Bloomingdale.
Multiple trees and power lines were reported blown down in Kalamazoo by amateur radio.
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, July 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: 5524885, 5524886, 5524887, 5524888, 5524889, 5523514, 5523515, 5523516, 5523517, 5523518, 5523519, 5523520, 5523521, 5523522, 5523523, 5523524, 5523525, 5523526, 5523527, 5523528, 5523529, 5523530, 5523531, 5523532, 5523533, 5523569, 5523570, 5523651.