1 tornado, 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 May 10, 10:50 AM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1150 AM EDT WED MAY 10 2006 .UPDATE... WILL REMOVE POPS THIS AFTERNOON FOR AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM ROUGHLY CLARE TO KALAMAZOO AS MAIN AXIS OF INSTABILITY AND SURFACE CONVERGENCE SETS UP EAST OF THERE. THICKER HIGH CLOUDS ARE STREAMING IN FROM THE SW WHICH SHOULD HOLD TEMPS IN CHECK AND ALSO BE A LIMITING FACTOR FOR INSTABILITY. WEB CAMS ARE SHOWING SOME FOG/HAZE OUT ON LK MI...DUE TO DEW PTS IN THE 50S MOVING OVER THE COLD WATERS. MAIN ACTION COMES TONIGHT AS RAPIDLY DEEPENING LOW AND OCCLUSION LIFTS NORTH INTO THE AREA. STILL ON TRACK FOR SOME HEAVY RAINFALL... AND WILL PONDER THE NEED FOR A FLOOD WATCH WITH THE 4 PM ISSUANCE. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON NEARSHORE WATERS ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1227 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2006 LMZ844>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-111000- 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- 1227 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AFTER 3 PM EAST OF A LINE FROM KALAMAZOO TO CLARE...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AS AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS SOUTH OF MICHIGAN AND MOVES NORTH. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TONIGHT WILL BE SOUTH OF THE STATE BUT ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT...PARTICULARLY SOUTH AND EAST OF GRAND RAPIDS. STORM MOVEMENT TONIGHT WILL BE TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST AT AROUND 20 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS A CONCERN FOR TONIGHT... WITH SOME LOCATIONS POSSIBLY RECEIVING IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES. THIS COULD RESULT IN SOME FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OF URBAN AND LOW LYING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY EXPERIENCE QUICK RISES TONIGHT...TO NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFULL. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON LAKE MICHIGAN TONIGHT AND WAVES WILL BUILD TO 6 FEET OR MORE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LINGER INTO THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING. HOWEVER SHOULD ANY FLOODING DEVELOP... THOSE PROBLEMS WILL LINGER THROUGH THE BULK OF THE DAY AND PERHAPS LONGER. GALE FORCE WINDS AND WAVES IN EXCESS OF 6 FEET ON LAKE MICHIGAN WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY THEN BEGIN GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED... BUT RAINFALL REPORTS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. YOU CAN SUBMIT REPORTS USING THE WEATHER SPOTTER REPORT FORM ON OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GRR/SPOTTER. MEADE
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:38 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A very brief touchdown of a F0 tornado occurred two miles south southwest of Schoolcraft in an open field. This was a landspout type of weak tornado which resulted in no injuries and no significant damage.
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