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 Sep 5, 2:45 PM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 345 PM EDT TUE SEP 5 2006 .SHORT TERM... FORECAST CONCERNS IN THE SHORT TERM PERTAIN TO SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THE FIRST COUPLE PERIODS (TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY) AS THE UPPER LOW PULLS AWAY FROM THE AREA. EVEN A SMALL CHANCE AT SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING FOR MARGINAL HAIL. THE UPPER LOW PULLS AWAY FROM THE AREA TOMORROW...AFTER WHICH DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED IN THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM (WED NIGHT THROUGH THU NIGHT). TONIGHT...MARGINAL HAILERS WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED FOR SIGNIFICANT 50 DBZ CORES INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20K FEET RANGE. IN ADDITION...VIL VALUES INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 40S. ONCE DIURNAL INSTABILITY DECREASES LATER THIS EVENING...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH. WILL CARRY ISOLATED POPS IN THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA TO COVER ANY STRAY SHOWERS. ON WEDNESDAY...THE UPPER LOW OPENS UP AND DRIFTS SOUTHEAST AWAY FROM THE AREA. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN MOST OF THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DRIFTING AWAY FROM THE AREA AS WELL. MAINTAINED A SMALL AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. OTHERWISE EXPECTING PARTLY SUNNY SKIES IN GENERAL. WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT THE AREA IS IN NORTHWEST FLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE EXITING UPPER LOW. THE AIR REMAINS COLD AT 500MB/S...BUT GENERALLY EXPECTING PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. .LONG TERM... OUR MAIN FCST CHALLENGE IN THE EXTENDED RANGE IS TO DETERMINE HOW QUICKLY A FRONTAL BOUNDARY DROPPING IN FROM THE NW WILL MOVE THROUGH OUR AREA THIS WEEKEND. 12Z GFS GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO IMPLY FOR SEVERAL CONSECUTIVE RUNS NOW THAT THE BOUNDARY WILL GET HUNG UP OVER OUR AREA AND THAT WE COULD HAVE A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER A BLEND OF ECMWF AND CANADIAN GUIDANCE STILL SUGGESTS THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH MORE QUICKLY. WE HAVE BEEN GOING WITH THE ECMWF AND FASTER FRONTAL MOVEMENT FOR SEVERAL DAYS NOW AND I DO NOT SEE ANY REASON TO DEVIATE FROM THAT THINKING. THEREFORE WE WILL CONTINUE TO FEATURE A CHC OF SHOWERS AND STORMS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AND THEN A RETURN TO DRY WX WITH COOLER TEMPS LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && DUKE LAURENS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 236 PM EDT TUE SEP 5 2006 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-061000- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 236 PM EDT TUE SEP 5 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS ALL OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF LOWER MICHIGAN. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT LIKELY...BUT SOME STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS IN REGARD TO HAIL. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE HAIL TO AROUND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ANOTHER ANTICIPATED HAZARD. THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WILL BE NEARLY STATIONARY...OR WEST AT ABOUT 5 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON EAST OF GRAND RAPIDS. AFTER A DRY DAY THURSDAY...THE NEXT CHANCE OF STORMS WILL BE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTH FROM CANADA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. LMZ844>849-061000- ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND- HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL- WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE- 236 PM EDT TUE SEP 5 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ST JOSEPH TO MANISTEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN TODAY AS UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST FROM NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS SOUTH OF LUDINGTON... AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...HAIL TO NEAR THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH...AND ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS. THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WILL BE WEST SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTER TODAY...THE NEXT CHANCE OF STORMS WILL BE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTH FROM CANADA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... MARINERS ARE URGED TO REPORT ANY WATERSPOUT SIGHTINGS TO THE COAST GUARD FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MEADE DUKE
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:00 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Seven eighths inch diameter hail was reported by the public in Otsego.
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