Isolated severe storms caused wind gusts of up to 60 to 75 mph across portions of Ingham and Clinton counties on May 28th, with significant damage occurring to a lumberyard in Delta township in Clinton county where a semi was also blown over.
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The episode as NWS GRR wrote it up.
Isolated severe storms caused wind gusts of up to 60 to 75 mph across portions of Ingham and Clinton counties on May 28th, with significant damage occurring to a lumberyard in Delta township in Clinton county where a semi was also blown over.
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 28, 2:40 PM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 340 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013 LATEST UPDATE... SYNOPSIS/SHORT TERM/LONG TERM/HYDRO/MARINE .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 340 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013 A WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE LIFTING NORTH THROUGH LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... AND PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE. WARMER AND MORE HUMID CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH HIGHS TEMPERATURES OF 80 TO 85 INLAND FROM LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH FRIDAY. THE COVERAGE AND FREQUENCY OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE WARM FRONT LIFTS TOWARD UPPER MICHIGAN... BUT WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 340 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013 THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE CONTINUES TO BE SHOWER/TSTM TRENDS AS WELL AS THE SVR WX AND HVY RAIN THREAT. THE WARM FRONT AT 18Z WAS SITUATED JUST NORTH OF THE I-96 CORRIDOR AND SFC BASED CAPES HAVE RISEN TO 1000-1500 J/KG SOUTH OF I-96. ALTHOUGH THE CONVECTION RELATED TO THE MCV HAS PUSHED EAST OF THE CWFA... MORE SPOTTY SHOWERS/TSTMS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DEVELOP. SO FAR THESE CELLS HAVE NOT BEEN VERY IMPRESSIVE... PROBABLY BECAUSE OF SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE DEPARTING WAVE. HOWEVER THERE IS A 40 KT LOW LEVEL JET IN PLACE AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS... SO COVERAGE/INTENSITY OF CELLS MAY INCREASE THROUGH 00Z. A FEW STRONGER CELLS ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IF MORE BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER DEVELOP. SHORT TERM GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT A SOLID LINE OF CONVECTION WILL FILL IN ACROSS NRN IL THROUGH 00Z ALONG THE INSTABILITY GRADIENT... WITH A POSSIBLE EXTENSION INTO SRN LWR MI. HEAVY RAIN/LOCALIZED URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING LOOKS TO BE MORE OF A THREAT TONIGHT THAN THE SVR WX THREAT WITH REPEATING CELLS POSSIBLE. AREAS NEAR AND JUST NORTH OF I-96 HAVE ALREADY SEEN OVER AN INCH OF RAIN AND THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED. AFTER ANY LINGERING MORNING CONVECTION DISSIPATES... EXPECTING A BREAK IN THE ACTION FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AS THE WARM FRONT LIFTS OFF TO THE NORTH AND LITTLE OR NO FORCING IS PRESENT IN THE WARM SECTOR. THURSDAY MAY BE QUIET AS WELL OTHER THAN SOME WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON/EVENING DIURNAL CELLS INLAND FROM LAKE MICHIGAN. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 340 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013 THE UPPER LOW TO OUR WEST WILL CONTINUE TO PUMP GULF MOISTURE TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE...ALTHOUGH THERE SHOULD ALSO BE DRY PERIODS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT THAT A COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AND THE PCPN CHCS DIMINISH THEREAFTER. CARRIED SLGT CHC POPS INTO SUNDAY IN CASE THE FRONT IS DELAYED SOMEWHAT. MUCH COOLER AIR ARRIVES BEHIND THE FRONT FOR SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...ALTHOUGH JUST HOW COOL THE MODELS DISAGREE. AFTER DAYTIME TEMPS IN THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S FRI AND SAT...TEMPS SHOULD COOL TO THE UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70 FOR SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...ALTHOUGH THE ECMWF IS EVEN COOLER. THE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY PERIOD LOOKS LARGELY DRY WITH CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE FILLING IN. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 130 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013 ONE ROUND OF STORMS WAS EXITING THE REGION AS OF 1730Z. MORE WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS COULD FIRE UP AT ANY TIME...HOWEVER EXPECT A MORE CONCENTRATED AREA OF STORMS TO ARRIVE BETWEEN 03Z AND 09Z AS A LOW LEVEL JET TRIGGERS MORE STORMS. AFTER 09-10Z WED EXPECT MUCH OF THE AREA WILL BE FREE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THERE WILL BE SCATTERED POCKETS OF IFR WITHIN THE STORMS...BUT LARGELY MVFR OR VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO WED MORNING. THERE APPEARS TO BE ENOUGH MIXING/WIND TO PREVENT TOO MUCH OVERNIGHT FOG. VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD DEVELOP INTO EARLY/MID WED MORNING AND HOLD THROUGH 18Z. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10-15 KTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE NEXT 24 HOURS. && .MARINE... ISSUED AT 340 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013 WHILE WINDS AND WAVES SHOULD FOR THE MOST PART STAY BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS... DENSE FOG MAY BE AN ISSUE AT TIMES AS MID 60 DEW POINTS COME ACROSS THE CHILLY LAKE WATERS. && .HYDROLOGY... ISSUED AT 340 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013 LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES EARLIER TODAY HAS ALREADY PROMPTED TWO RIVER ADVISORIES FOR BANKFULL...IONIA AND HOLT. ADDITIONAL LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY OVER THE SRN CWFA INCLUDING THE GRAND AND KALAMAZOO BASINS. URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY TONIGHT WHERE CELLS REPEAT... AND ADDITIONAL ADVISORIES FOR THE LARGER RIVERS MAY EVENTUALLY BE REQUIRED AS THE RUNOFF MAKES IT/S WAY THROUGH. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MI...NONE. LM...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...MEADE SHORT TERM...MEADE LONG TERM...JK AVIATION...JK HYDROLOGY...MEADE MARINE...MEADE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 517 AM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013 LMZ844>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074- 290930- ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI- HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI- WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI-MASON-LAKE- OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-MONTCALM- GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM- VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 517 AM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL...BUT THERE IS ALSO A LOW CHANCE OF A TORNADO AS WELL. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE FROM WEST TO EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. OSTUNO
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1257 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1255 PM HEAVY RAIN EAST GRAND RAPIDS 42.94N 85.61W
05/28/2013 M1.65 INCH KENT MI TRAINED SPOTTER
UPDATED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL
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JMAPLESSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
104 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013
MIZ059-066-067-073-074-281800-
CALHOUN-CLINTON-EATON-INGHAM-JACKSON-
104 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
AT 1259 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WAVERLY TO LEE TWP
TO PULASKI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
PEA SIZED HAIL...WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LANSING... JACKSON... DEWITT...
SPRINGPORT... CONCORD... EATON RAPIDS...
BROOKLYN... LESLIE... MASON...
GRASS LAKE... WILLIAMSTON... STOCKBRIDGE...
WEBBERVILLE... HANOVER... HORTON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 4234 8496 4282 8468 4295 8437 4278 8436
4277 8415 4207 8413 4207 8482
TIME...MOT...LOC 1703Z 241DEG 46KT 4279 8461 4239 8484
4204 8466
NJJPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
227 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0120 PM HEAVY RAIN OKEMOS 42.72N 84.43W
05/28/2013 M1.06 INCH INGHAM MI TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL
&&
JMAPLESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
229 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0220 PM HEAVY RAIN OKEMOS 42.72N 84.43W
05/28/2013 M1.06 INCH INGHAM MI TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL
&&
JMAPLESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
258 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 PM HEAVY RAIN GERALD R FORD ARPT 42.89N 85.53W
05/28/2013 M0.93 INCH KENT MI OFFICIAL NWS OBS
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL THROUGH 1PM
&&
JMAPLESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
548 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0538 PM HAIL 5 ENE EATON RAPIDS 42.52N 84.56W
05/28/2013 M0.25 INCH INGHAM MI TRAINED SPOTTER
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HOVINGThe Detroit radar (KDTX), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:55 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Isolated severe storms produced wind gusts to near 60 mph near Dansville.
Wind damage at a lumberyard in Delta township and rolled a semi truck over as well. Several large tree limbs and branches were blown down near Dewitt. An old detached garage and a pole barn were damaged as well.
A trained spotter reported that large limbs and branches were blown down in Milwood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Michigan in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, May 2013
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: 443999, 444000, 444001.