2 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jun 2, 10:15 AM EST, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1115 AM EDT FRI JUN 02 2006 .UPDATE... CONSIDERABLE MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS CURRENTLY COVERS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF LWR MI...ASSOCIATED WITH THE BAROCLINIC ZONE TO OUR SE. HIGH LEVEL RH PROGS SUGGEST THAT THIS WILL TEND TO THIN OUT AND/OR MOVE SE AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...WHICH SHOULD ALLOW FOR SUFFICIENT SFC HEATING TO GET THE 1000 CAPES ADVERTISED BY THE ETA. VORT MAX/SHTWV DIVING SE FROM NRN WI EXPECTED TO TOUCH OF SOME SCATTERED CONVECTION DURING PEAK HEATING...SO LITTLE CHANGE NEEDED TO THE GOING FCST. GIVEN STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ASSOCIATED WITH H5 COLD POOL OF AROUND -18C...SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. 0-6KM BULK SHEAR IS QUITE LOW THIS AFTERNOON...AROUND 20 KNOTS...SO WOULD NOT EXPECT A REAL ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE EVENT. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && MEADE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 224 PM EDT FRI JUN 02 2006 LMZ844>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-031000- 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- 224 PM EDT FRI JUN 02 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH ACROSS SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 55 MPH BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER 8 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOONS BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. OSTUNO MEADE
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:26 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind damage was reported in Cedar Springs and three quarters inch hail was reported near Belmont.
Three quarters inch hail was reported just north of Grand Rapids and wind damage was reported near Ada.
One inch hail was reported two miles west of Cutlervillle.
Law enforcement in Kalamazoo reported numerous trees and limbs were blown down in Kalamazoo.
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, June 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: 5514004, 5514005, 5514006, 5514007.