1 hail, 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 Mar 13, 5:20 AM EST, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 520 AM EST MON MAR 13 2006 .SHORT TERM... ABBREVIATED DISCUSSION DUE TO ACTIVE WEATHER. ARRIVAL OF WARM FRONT FROM THE SOUTH HAS BEEN DELAYED DUE TO EARLIER WIDESPREAD CONVECTION. HOWEVER STILL EXPECT THE FRONT TO SURGE NORTH LATER THIS MORNING AS THE SURFACE LOW OVER ERN IOWA LIFTS NORTHEAST AND DEEPENS. SUSPECT CONVECTION WILL EVENTUALLY REORGANIZE/REINTENSIFY AFTER DAYBREAK ONCE WARM/JUICY SURFACE AIR ARRIVES AND THE COLD FRONT AND MID LEVEL DRY SLOT APPROACHES FROM THE W/SW. SPC HAS INCLUDED MUCH OF OUR AREA IN A MDT RISK TODAY... AND THE CURRENT TORNADO WATCH MAY BE REPLACED WITH ANOTHER WATCH LATER THIS MORNING. HAVE UPGRADED THE HIGH WIND WATCH TO A HIGH WIND WARNING SINCE DEEP MIXING THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING IN THE DRY SLOT MAY OCCASIONALLY BRING DOWN THE 50-55 KNOT LOW LEVEL JET. ALSO THE SURFACE LOW IS DEEPENING AS IT LIFTS NE TOWARD NRN LWR MI AND PRESSURE GRADIENT/CAA BEHIND THE FRONT IS IMPRESSIVE. ITS BACK TO WINTER TONIGHT/TUESDAY AS -10C H8 AIR SWEEPS IN AND DELIVERS SOME LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS. THERE IS A PERIOD OF DEEPER MOISTURE/LIFT TONIGHT AS THE MID LEVEL DEFORMATION ZONE MOVES ACROSS... AND THAT MAY HELP GENERATE SOME 1-3 INCH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE NW PART OF THE CWFA. THINGS QUIET DOWN FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS THE SURFACE RIDGE MOVES ACROSS. .LONG TERM... MADE NO CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FCST. POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR A SWATH OF ACCUMULATING SNOW ON THURSDAY AS A SURFACE LOW TRACKS SOUTH OF MI. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...HIGH WIND WARNING ALL OF THE CWFA FROM NOON TO MIDNIGHT. GALE WARNING FOR THE GRR NEAR SHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN FROM NOON THROUGH MONDAY THROUGH 4AM. && MEADE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 850 AM EST MON MAR 13 2006 LMZ844>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-141100- 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- 850 AM EST MON MAR 13 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS TODAY... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO GRAND RAPIDS AND UP TO MOUNT PLEASANT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IS EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO A POSSIBILITY. STORM MOTIONS WILL BE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT SHOULD END BY 1 PM WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT... HOWEVER WEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 60 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS MUCH COLDER AIR PUSHES INTO THE REGION. 1 TO 3 INCH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT... MAINLY WEST AND NORTH OF GRAND RAPIDS. RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING TODAY. ALSO LARGER RIVERS WILL EXPERIENCE STEADY RISES THROUGH THE DAY...WITH SOME LOCATIONS REACHING FLOOD STAGE. ADDITIONAL RAIN TODAY SHOULD REMAIN LESS THAN A HALF INCH. WAVES ON LAKE MICHIGAN WILL BUILD TO 8 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND TO AS HIGH AS 16 FEET TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SEVERAL RIVERS MAY REACH OR EXCEED BANKFULL THIS WEEK DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINS. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS A POSSIBILITY ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS SOUTH OF MICHIGAN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. MEADE MJS
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:37 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The public in Vicksburg reported golf ball sized hail covered the ground with hail measured as large as two and a quarter inches in diameter.
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