10 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 Sep 6, 11:24 AM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1224 PM EDT WED SEP 6 2006 .UPDATE... MORNING FOG HAS BURNED OFF WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES IN PLACE. A FEW CU ARE BEGINNING TO FORM AND EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE. SCT-BKN CUMULUS SHOULD DEVELOP THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON. MAIN CONCERN THIS AFTERNOON IS WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE A CHANCE AT CONVECTION. BOTTOM LINE IS...FEEL CHANCES ARE SLIM AND THEREFORE DECIDED TO LEAVE THE 20 POPS IN THE FORECAST. PLENTY OF INSTABILITY IS PRESENT WITH MODIFIED (75/58 T/TD) DTX AND GRB SOUNDINGS YIELDING CAPES APPROACHING 2000 J/KG AND LI/S NEAR -7 C. PROBLEM WILL BE A FOCUS. YESTERDAY WE HAD THE AID OF THE UPPER LOW. TODAY WE HAVE RIDGING BUILDING IN AT 850MB/S. THERE IS A WEAK BOUNDARY DROPPING SOUTH AND THIS MAY BE A FOCUS. ZONES SENT. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && DUKE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1215 PM EDT WED SEP 6 2006 LMZ844>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-071015- 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- 1215 PM EDT WED SEP 6 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. THE PROBABILITY OF STORMS IS QUITE SMALL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND PEA SIZE HAIL WOULD BE THE MAIN THREATS. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL UP TOWARD ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WAVES ON LAKE MICHIGAN WILL BUILD TO 3 TO 5 FEET ON THURSDAY NIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST. THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTH FROM CANADA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MEADE DUKE
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:16 UTC.
10 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The broadcast media reported seven eighths inch diameter hail in Holton.
Three quarters inch diameter hail was reported by the media six miles west of Grant.
Law enforcement reported three quarters inch diameter hail five miles north of Stanwood.
One inch diameter hail was reported in Morley.
Three quarters to one inch diameter hail was reported across portions of southern Kent county.
The broadcast media reported three quarters inch diameter hail in Ionia.
Three quarters inch diameter hail was reported by the public four miles west of Fremont.
The public reported three quarters inch diameter hail three miles east of Doster.
A trained spotter reported three quarters inch diameter hail in Springfield.
Seven eighths inch diameter hail was reported in Vicksburg where it briefly covered the ground.
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, September 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: 5532310, 5532311, 5532312, 5532313, 5532314, 5532315, 5532316, 5532317, 5532318, 5532319.