6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 9, 2:00 PM EST, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 300 PM EDT SUN JUL 9 2006 .SHORT TERM... CONVECTION TRYING TO FORM IN TO A LINE FROM NR GRB EASTWARD THROUGH NORTHERN LOWER MI. SUFFICIENT CAPE AND SHEAR FOR SOME ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF ROUTE 20. BEST LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORTWAVE TRACKS THROUGH NORTHERN COUNTIES AS WELL. WILL FEATURE LIKELY PROBABILITIES FOR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY TONIGHT...MAINLY NORTH. WILL MENTION SOME GUSTY WINDS WITH THE STORMS. THE FRONT PUSHES SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT...SHIFTING SOUTH OF GRR BY MIDNIGHT. NORTHERN COUNTIES SHOULD SEE LITTLE IN THE WAY OF PRECIP LATE TONIGHT. THE FRONT DOES NOT SHIFT AS FAR SOUTH OF THE REGION ON MONDAY AS THOUGHT EARLIER. THUS WILL NEED TO MONITOR PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL...ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN AREAS MONDAY AFTERNOON. WILL MAINTAIN A DRY FORECAST. REALLY BIG DIFFERENCES SHOW UP IN THE MODELS CONCERNING THE APPROACHING WAVE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. THE NAM SHOWS A BIG AREA OF RAIN CLIPPING MY NORTHWEST COUNTIES WHILE THE GFS HAS IT MOVING INTO THE DTX AREA. I HAVE ADDED A CHANCE FOR STORM TUESDAY FOR MY SOUTHERN COUNTIES...CLOSER TO THE DEEPER MOISTURE. I INCREASED POPS TUE NIGHT TO HIGH CHANCE GIVEN THE APPROACHING WAVE. .LONG TERM... THE MAIN WEATHER FEATURE DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL BE THE MOVEMENT OF A LOW THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST AND THE PASSAGE OF A WARM FRONT ON WEDNESDAY. THE WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW IN MINNESOTA IS PROGD TO MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE CWA VERY EARLY WEDNESDAY AND COULD BE THROUGH THE CWA BY 12Z. A STRONG SOUTH FLOW WILL THEN BE IN PLACE AFTER FROPA AND PWATS WILL BE NEAR 2 INCHES. THUS ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD BE EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS. IT/S WORTH NOTING THAT THE GFS IS MUCH FARTHER SOUTHEAST WITH THE LOW THAN THE WRF IS AND AS SUCH WOULD PROVIDE A BETTER CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAIN. FOR NOW WILL GO WITH HIGH CHC POPS OVER THE ENTIRE CWA. THE ECMWF SPLITS THE DIFFERENCE AND MOVES THE LOW OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS INTO NORTHERN LOWER. AFTER THE WARM FRONT MOVES THROUGH...WE/LL BE IN A PERIOD OF HEAT WITH A RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY. AS 850 MB TEMPS CLIMB UP TO AROUND 20C...SFC TEMPS SHOULD HOVER NEAR 90. WE/LL KEEP A DRY FCST AFTER THURSDAY AS THE RIDGE BUILDS. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN NEARSHORE ZONES LATE TONIGHT AND ALL ZONES ON MONDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THIS EVENING AROUND GRAND HAVEN. && MJS 93
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 520 PM EDT SUN JUL 9 2006 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-100945- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 520 PM EDT SUN JUL 9 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING OVER ALL OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEAR ROUTE 55 IS EXPECTED TO TRACK EAST SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING REACHING ROUTE 20 BY 730 PM. IF THIS LINE HOLDS TOGETHER IT WOULD REACH INTERSTATE 96 AREA AROUND 9 PM AND INTERSTATE 94 BY 11 PM. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF ROUTE 20 WHERE THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR WIDESPREAD WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. IN ADDITION HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN STORM MOTION WILL BE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. MOST OF THE STORMS WILL HAVE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM FROM THE PACIFIC OCEAN WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT LAKES DURING THE MID WEEK PERIOD. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE QUICK TO MOVE IN BUT SLOW TO LEAVE. IT WILL BE THE FIRST SYSTEM IN SOME TIME THAT WILL TAP GULF MOISTURE. AS A RESULT OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE SYSTEM ITSELF AND GULF MOISTURE BEING DRAWN INTO IT...SOME LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT AS MUCH A THREAT WITH THIS SYSTEM AS IS THE HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. LMZ844>849-100945- ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND- HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL- WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE- 520 PM EDT SUN JUL 9 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS FROM HOLLAND TO WHITEHALL THIS EVENING AS SOUTHWEST WINDS WERE CREATING SOME WAVES UP AROUND 4 FEET. THERE IS THE RISK OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES THIS EVENING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH BEHIND THE FRONT AND INCREASE. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS WAVES FOR SMALL CRAFT MAINLY NORTH OF WHITEHALL AFTER MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION AN INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST NORTH OF HOLLAND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY HAZARDOUS WAVES TO SMALL CRAFT WILL EXIST ON MONDAY. IN ADDITION AN INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL EXISTS. IN THE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY TIME FRAME... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTING ARE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. WDM MJS
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:02 UTC.
6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down on wires near the intersection of Route 10 and Schoenherr Road.
One inch diameter hail was reported three miles south of Walkerville.
Broadcast media reported one inch hail in and near White Cloud.
Law enforcement reported one inch hail in Big Prairie.
The public reported three quarters inch hail in Ferrysburg.
Seven eighths inch hail was reported three miles south of Big Rapids.
Numerous reports of three quarters to one inch hail were received from across Ottawa county.
A couple of trees were blown down onto power lines in Greenville.
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: 5524876, 5524877, 5524878, 5524879, 5524880, 5524881, 5524882, 5524883, 5524884.