Numerous reports of wind damage were received from portions of Montcalm and Isabella counties.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS GRR wrote it up.
Numerous reports of wind damage were received from portions of Montcalm and Isabella counties.
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 Jul 10, 12:17 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 117 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007 LATEST UPDATE...AVIATION... .SYNOPSIS... (417 AM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007) A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH IT. MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S. ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE THURSDAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. && .SHORT TERM... (1212 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007) INSTABILITY IS CLIMBING RAPIDLY IN MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT TO THE WEST. SB CAPES ARE ALREADY AOA 2000 J/KG ACROSS MOST OF THE CWFA. MODEL QPF PROGS STRONGLY HINT THAT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS TSTMS WILL DEVELOP INLAND FROM LAKE MICHIGAN AFTER 18Z AS THE MID LEVEL TROUGH GETS CLOSER. HOWEVER THE MAIN STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTIVE LINE WITH THE COLD FRONT IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL TOWARD 00Z. HAVE CLOSELY FOLLOWED SREF POPS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... BUMPING THEM UP TO LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL IN MOST PLACES. EARLIER DISCUSSION FROM 417 AM... A HEALTHY COLD FRONT...WITH TEMPS SOME 15 DEGREES COOLER BEHIND IT...COMES ACROSS THE CWA TONIGHT. A 45 KNOT MID LEVEL JET WILL STREAK ACROSS CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN RIGHT ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS SET UP FAVORS A LINEAR CONVECTION COMPLEX...WHICH COULD CONTAIN MINI BOWS. THE STRONGEST WINDS SLIDE ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA FROM MKG-MOP NORTHWARD WHERE THE SEVERE THREAT WILL BE THE HIGHEST. LESSER WIND FIELDS WILL BE REALIZED AS ONE HEADS SOUTH TOWARD I94 WHERE THE THREAT SHOULD REMAIN RATHER LOW. MUCH OF THE SEVERE POTENTIAL SHOULD HUG THE FRONT...SO THE TIME FRAME SHOULD BEGIN AROUND 23Z IN THE NW CWA TO ABOUT 07Z OVER THE SE CWA. WILL CONTINUE TO FEATURE THE CHANCE OF A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS OR STORMS IN THE SE CORNER OF THE CWA WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE FRONT DEPARTS. OTHERWISE THE REST OF THE CWA WILL SEE PARTLY SUNNY SKIES WITH MUCH COOLER TEMPS AND LOWER HUMIDITIES. A RATHER DEEP UPPER TROUGH FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WILL PARK OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES KEEPING THE REGION COOLISH INTO THURSDAY. ALL THE MODELS ARE NOW CATCHING ON THE TO IDEA OF THE GFS AND ARE BRINGING ANOTHER SHORT WAVE AROUND THE UPPER TROUGH ON THURSDAY. WILL MAINTAIN THE CHANCE POPS FOR SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS... ESPECIALLY INTO THE AFTERNOON. && .LONG TERM... (417 AM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007) THE MAIN CONCERN OVER THE LONG TERM DEALS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME SHOWERS THU NIGHT. CURRENTLY WE HAVE A DRY FORECAST GOING FOR THIS TIME FRAME. MODELS ALL SHOW A CLOSED MID LEVEL LOW UP AROUND HUDSON BAY 00Z FRI. CLEARLY A COOLER AIRMASS WILL BE FILTERING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE DIFFERENCE LIES IN THE EMBEDDED WAVES... WITH THE GFS SHOWING A DIGGING 500 MB SHORTWAVE ARRIVING IN SW LOWER MI BY 12Z FRI. THE ECMWF...UKMET AND GLOBAL GEM DO NOT SHOW THIS FEATURE OR BRING IT THROUGH BY 00Z FRI. THE GFS ENSEMBLE FORECASTS ALSO VARY WIDELY ON THIS POTENTIAL FEATURE. I DECIDED TO KEEP IT DRY FOR THU NIGHT. THIS CLOSED UPPER LOW REMAINS OVER HUDSON BAY THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. AS LONG AS THE LOW IS THERE...A RETURN TO WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES APPEARS UNLIKELY. WE WILL BE IN THE BAROCLINIC ZONE...THUS AS WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE GO BY...WE SHOULD STAND THE CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT AMONGST THE MODELS FOR A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO TRACK THROUGH THE U.P. SO I WILL MAINTAIN THE POPS FOR SAT AND SAT NIGHT. && .AVIATION...(117 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007) CUMULUS FIELD IS BEGINNING TO FILL IN ACROSS MOST OF THE TERMINALS THIS AFTERNOON AS PLENTY OF WARM AND MOIST AIR IS IN PLACE. KMKG IS CURRENTLY BEING SHADOWED BY THE SOMEWHAT COOLER AIR COMING IN OFF OF LAKE MICHIGAN. MODELS INDICATE AN AREA OF CONVERGENCE WILL HELP AID IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG AND EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 131. THE CHANCES OF ONE OF THESE HITTING ANY ONE TERMINAL IS SOMEWHAT LOW...SO HAVE GONE WITH VCTS FOR ALL TERMINALS EXCEPT KMKG TO COVER THIS. MAIN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME THROUGH THIS EVENING AND DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THEY WILL BE ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE KMKG AREA AROUND 01Z AND SHOULD EXIT THE KJXN TERMINAL AROUND 06-07Z. A FEW SHOWERS MAY LAG BEHIND THE FRONT FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS...THEN CLEARING SHOULD TAKE PLACE. VFR SHOULD RULE AFTER THE FRONTAL CLOUD COVER AND PRECIPITATION MOVES OUT. && .MARINE... (417 AM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007) WEAK WIND FIELDS NEAR THE WARM FRONT WILL KEEP WAVES ON THE LOW SIDE TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES TONIGHT COLD ADVECTION AND A FAIRLY STIFF WNW FLOW SHOULD BEGIN TO PRODUCE WAVES HIGH ENOUGH FOR A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TOWARD DAYBREAK ON WEDNESDAY. THE WINDS AND WAVES SHOULD RELAX INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. && .HYDROLOGY... (417 AM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007) THE SCATTERED NATURE OF THE CONVECTION TODAY SHOULD MITIGATE MUCH POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN. HOWEVER GOOD MOISTURE POOLING ALONG THE COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEAR 2 INCHES TONIGHT. SO SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED URBAN AND/OR SMALL STREAM FLOODING OVERNIGHT. THE OVERALL AMOUNT OF RAIN SHOULD HAVE A LIMITED AFFECT ON MAINSTREAM RIVERS. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MI...NONE. LM...NONE. && SHORT TERM: MEADE/JK LONG TERM: MJS AVIATION: NJJ MARINE: JK HYDROLOGY: JK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 553 AM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-111000- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 553 AM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE...ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF ROUTE 10. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING COULD BECOME FREQUENT. WHERE ANY THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST...IN EXCESS OF AN INCH OF RAIN COULD FALL. THE MAIN STORM MOTION WILL BE EAST AT 30 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THURSDAY AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. LMZ844>849-111000- ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND- HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL- WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE- 553 AM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 KNOTS COULD POSE A HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...LIGHTNING MAY BE FREQUENT. A SHARP WIND SHIFT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE TONIGHT AS SOUTHWEST WINDS VEER TO NORTHWEST. THE WINDS COULD BECOME GUSTY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. CONDITIONS COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. ALSO AN INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS COULD DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY WAVES HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WILL ALSO LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ON WEDNESDAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 220 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-102100- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY...CLARE... HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING 220 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH 5 PM OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. IF SKIES DARKEN IN YOUR AREA CURTAIL ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND SEEK SHELTER UNTIL 30 MINUTES AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. TJT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 244 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007 MIZ051-057-058-101930- IONIA-KENT-MONTCALM- 244 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 242 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF BELDING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...BELDING...GREENVILLE AND STANTON. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...PEA SIZED HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 4308 8552 4295 8536 4322 8486 4345 8515 TURNAGE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
304 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007
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0245 PM HAIL GREENVILLE 43.18N 85.25W
07/10/2007 E0.25 INCH MONTCALM MI PUBLIC
WIND GUST ESTIMATED TO 45 MPH.
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GWETZELThe Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:03 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and limbs were blown down two to three miles northwest of Stanton. A tin roof was also ripped off of a barn by the wind gusts.
Widespread wind damage occurred across portions of Isabella county. A few shingles were blown off of roofs two miles north of Mt. Pleasant. Numerous trees were blown down in and near Mt. Pleasant. A roof was blown off of a garage and bleachers in a ballpark were blown over a fence.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts also blew a shed off of it's foundation and a camper was blown over.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Michigan in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, July 2007
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: 48575, 48579, 48583.