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 May 17, 11:08 AM EST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1208 PM EDT WED MAY 17 2006 .UPDATE... CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS GOOD AND ONLY MINOR TWEAKS WERE MADE TO MAX TEMPS. LOOKS LIKE WEST WINDS WILL KEEP THE COASTAL ZONES COOL AND MAXES HAVE PROBABLY ALREADY BEEN REACHED THERE WITH CLOUDS AND RAIN ARRIVING NEXT COUPLE HOURS. SEVERE THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOULD BE LIMITED TO MARGINAL HAIL AS SHEAR VALUES ARE MARGINAL BUT FREEZING LEVEL WILL BE IN THE 7 KFT RANGE AS SHARP H5 TROUGH CLOSES OFF AND CONVECTION GOES ELEVATED. WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS FOR THE AFTERNOON ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE STORMS REACH THE SOUTHEAST CWA. ZONE UPDATE OUT. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && OSTUNO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1245 PM EDT WED MAY 17 2006 LMZ844>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-181000- 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- 1245 PM EDT WED MAY 17 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THIS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WISCONSIN WILL MOVE ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON AND REACH AREAS FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO LUDINGTON AROUND 2 PM. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE SOUTHEAST AND REACH GRAND RAPIDS AND BATTLE CREEK AROUND 4 PM AND LANSING AND JACKSON BY 6 PM. ALONG WITH HAIL...THESE STORMS WILL COULD ALSO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING. SOME AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO THE RUNOFF FROM THE RECENT RAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON EAST OF ROUTE 131 DUE TO THE UNSTABLE COLD AIR FOLLOWING THE COLD FRONT. THESE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH BUT THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. WDM OSTUNO
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:36 UTC.
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Three quarters inch diameter hail was reported by the public near Greenville.
The public reported three quarters inch diameter hail in Ithaca and near Alma.
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, May 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: 5505914, 5505915.