An isolated severe thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that blew a tree down onto a house in Battle Creek.
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An isolated severe thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that blew a tree down onto a house in Battle Creek.
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 Jun 2, 2:28 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 328 PM EDT MON JUN 2 2014 LATEST UPDATE... SYNOPSIS/SHORT TERM/LONG TERM/HYDRO/MARINE .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 328 PM EDT MON JUN 2 2014 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SWEEP EAST THROUGH LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE FRONT ITSELF WILL DROP SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WITH TEMPERATURES COOLING OFF JUST A BIT ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SLIDES EAST THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. COOLER AND DRY WEATHER SETTLES IN FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 328 PM EDT MON JUN 2 2014 THREAT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE ENDING. HAVE HAD SOME WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 40 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS HAVE BEEN AIDED BY FAIRLY STRONG UNIDIRECTIONAL SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FLOW AND PRECIPITATION LOADING MOST LIKELY. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE EAST OF THE AREA BY 700PM OR SO. POSSIBILITY OF A STRAY SHOWER OR STORM THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH. THINKING THE OVERNIGHT WILL BE MAINLY DRY DESPITE THE COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH. KEPT A SMALL CHANCE FOR A SHOWER OVERNIGHT. NEXT FOCUS WILL BE ON THE SYSTEM FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MODELS HAVE CONSIDERABLE SPREAD IN TERMS OF DEPTH OF THE LOW AND TRACK. GFS AND ECMWF TRACK THE LOW THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE ACROSS OUR SOUTH ON WEDNESDAY...BUT THE TREND IS FOR THE HEAVIEST PRECIP TO REMAIN SOUTH OF OUT AREA CURRENTLY. HAVE SOME LIKELY POPS IN THE SOUTH ON WEDNESDAY BUT THESE MAY NEED TO BE TAPERED BACK IF CURRENT TRENDS TO THE SOUTH CONTINUE. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 328 PM EDT MON JUN 2 2014 MAIN IMPACT WEATHER IN THE LONG TERM CENTERS AROUND A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY. AFTER DRY WEATHER FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AND PLEASANT TEMPS IN LOW 70S THURSDAY / AROUND 80 BY SATURDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL JET IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES BRINGING THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION INTO THE FORECAST AREA. A SHORTWAVE FEATURE AT 500 MB ALONG WITH A DEVELOPING LLJ THAT NOSES INTO THE REGION BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT WILL HELP CONVECTION DEVELOP ACROSS IA/MO/IL. THIS ACTIVITY MAY OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. LATEST TIMING OF THIS CONVECTION PER THE 12Z ECMWF IS NOT FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER. IN COMPARISON...THE 12Z GFS DEVELOPS A MORE NEGATIVELY TILTED ULJ...TIGHTER SHORTWAVE AND SUBSEQUENTLY DEVELOPS A MID 990S LOW SWINGING THROUGH THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. THIS SEEMS A BIT OVERDONE FOR EARLY JUNE BUT NEVERTHELESS WE WILL HAVE TO SEE HOW STRONG THE UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS BECOME. FOR NOW...POPS OF 40-50 PERCENT SEEM REASONABLE THIS FAR OUT. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 139 PM EDT MON JUN 2 2014 THUNDERSTORMS IN PROGRESS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. MAIN FOCUS ON IFR VISIBILITIES IN +TSRA COMES WITH THE MAIN LINE OF SHOWERS/EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING LAKE MICHIGAN. OB SITES IN SOUTHERN WI/NORTHERN IL DROPPED DOWN TO IFR OR EVEN LIFR BRIEFLY AS THE LINE CAME THROUGH. GUSTY WINDS ALREADY ONGOING ACROSS ALL TAF SITES WILL CONTINUE IN THE TSRA ACTIVITY / PERHAPS ENHANCED A BIT WITH SOME DOWNBURSTS AT OR ABOVE 40 KTS. LOOK FOR CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE AFTER THE MAIN LINE COMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. A BIT OF A BREEZE WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW...HOWEVER. && .MARINE... ISSUED AT 328 PM EDT MON JUN 2 2014 OPTED TO MAINTAIN THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AS IS GIVEN THE CURRENT WINDS AND WAVES. WINDS AND WAVES ARE BEING AIDED BY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA AT THIS TIME. DECENT GRADIENT WINDS REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF THE NIGHT...SO THE 6AM EXPIRATION TIME LOOKS OK AT THIS POINT. WE WILL WATCH THE BUOYS AND SHORELINE OBS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND CANCEL EARLY IF POSSIBLE. WAVES HAVE PEAKED AT THE LUDINGTON BUOY AROUND 5 FEET THUS FAR. EXPECTATION IS FOR WAVES TO SLOWLY FALL OFF INTO THE 2 TO 4 FEET TONIGHT AND DIMINISH FURTHER TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. SOME MARINE FOG MAY PERSIST INTO TONIGHT AND HAVE THAT IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE EVENING AT THIS POINT. HAVE BEEN MONITORING WEBCAMS AND NOTHING TOO THICK HAS DEVELOPED CLOSE TO THE SHORELINE SO FAR. DRIER AIR SHOULD FLOW IN BEHIND A COLD FRONT LATE TONIGHT AND ON TUESDAY TO END THE FOG THREAT. THE NEXT TIME FRAME OF CONCERN WILL COME ON WEDNESDAY WHEN EASTERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP. TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM IS STILL A QUESTION MARK. THE NAM WOULD IMPLY STRONG EASTERLY WINDS DEVELOPING ON WEDNESDAY...BUT ITS A BIT OF AN OUTLIER AT THIS POINT. && .HYDROLOGY... ISSUED AT 139 PM EDT MON JUN 2 2014 DEEP MOIST CONVECTION IN A HIGH PWAT / UNIDIRECTIONAL SHEAR ENVIRONMENT WILL ENSURE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN ANY THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. WHILE NOT ALL PLACES WILL BENEFIT FROM SOAKING RAINS...LOCAL AMOUNTS OVER AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. SMALL STREAMS AND TRIBS MAY BE PRONE TO RISES...BUT NOT EXPECTING WIDESPREAD FLOODING GIVEN THE PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF THE CONVECTION. AFTER THIS EVENING...THE THREAT ENDS. NO FLOODING ON MAIN STEM RIVERS IS OCCURRING. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY WITH AN EXPECTED MCS THAT WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MIDWEST. THIS MAY END UP PROPAGATING JUST SOUTH OF MOST OF OUR CWA...ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT A CERTAINTY YET AND WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MI...NONE. LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR LMZ844>849. && SYNOPSIS...DUKE SHORT TERM...DUKE LONG TERM...HOVING AVIATION...HOVING HYDROLOGY...HOVING MARINE...DUKE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 423 AM EDT MON JUN 2 2014 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-030745- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 423 AM EDT MON JUN 2 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS LEADING TO LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 131. A FEW ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SAME AREA... PRIMARILY BETWEEN NOON AND 9 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 ON WEDNESDAY... AND AREAWIDE ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LMZ844>849-030745- 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- 423 AM EDT MON JUN 2 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT TODAY AND TONIGHT... MAINLY NORTH OF HOLLAND. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY AND THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 30 KNOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WINDS AND WAVES MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT ON TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF SAUGATUCK ON WEDNESDAY... AND OVER ALL OF LAKE MICHIGAN ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MEADE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
300 PM EDT MON JUN 2 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0244 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 5 E CASTLE PARK 42.74N 86.11W
06/02/2014 M48 MPH ALLEGAN MI ASOS
ASOS STATION W MICH REGIONAL ARPT /BIV/
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NWS GRAND RAPIDS MIPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
320 PM EDT MON JUN 2 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0212 PM TSTM WND DMG CALEDONIA 42.79N 85.51W
06/02/2014 KENT MI PUBLIC
AROUND 3-4 INCH DIAMETER MAPLE TREE SNAPPED
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NWS GRAND RAPIDS MI
IRIS SYSTEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
337 PM EDT MON JUN 2 2014
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0322 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 NNW BEECHWOOD 42.83N 86.13W
06/02/2014 OTTAWA MI PUBLIC
A FEW TREES DOWN AT BUTTERNUT DR. AND RILEY
ST. IN HOLLAND. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS
BLOCKED OFF A SMALL PORTION OF THOSE TWO
ROADS.
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NWS GRAND RAPIDS MI
IRIS SYSTEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
416 PM EDT MON JUN 2 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0407 PM TSTM WND GST SCHOOLCRAFT 42.12N 85.63W
06/02/2014 M55 MPH KALAMAZOO MI TRAINED SPOTTER
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NWS GRAND RAPIDS MI
IRIS SYSTEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
457 PM EDT MON JUN 2 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
0445 PM TSTM WND GST BATTLE CREEK 42.30N 85.23W
06/02/2014 E45 MPH CALHOUN MI BROADCAST MEDIA
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IRIS SYSTEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
459 PM EDT MON JUN 2 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
0349 PM TSTM WND GST 1 S EAST GRAND RAPIDS 42.93N 85.61W
06/02/2014 M55 MPH KENT MI TRAINED SPOTTER
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NWS GRAND RAPIDS MI
IRIS SYSTEMThe Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:57 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Calhoun county emergency management reported that a 3 foot diameter tree was blown down onto a house on M Drive between M66 and Two Mile Rd. in Battle Creek.
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