An isolated severe storms affected Kent county July 9th and resulted in damaging wind gusts and hail to three quarters inches in diameter.
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An isolated severe storms affected Kent county July 9th and resulted in damaging wind gusts and hail to three quarters inches in diameter.
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 9, 2:26 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 326 PM EDT Thu Jul 9 2020 LATEST UPDATE... Synopsis/Discussion/Marine .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 326 PM EDT Thu Jul 9 2020 - Best chance for rain tonight and Friday - Small chances for rain through Monday - Heat builds again next week && .DISCUSSION...(This evening through next Thursday) Issued at 326 PM EDT Thu Jul 9 2020 -- Best chance for rain tonight and Friday -- Once again, we are seeing pop up showers and storms developing this afternoon initially along the lake breeze. We are also seeing a front/outflow boundary dropping south today, which is near a Grayling/Cadillac/Ludington line as of 3 pm this afternoon. This is helping to fire convection also. There remains little deep layer shear this afternoon, so the storms are not moving much. This allows for heavier downpours and localized minor flooding to be the main threat this afternoon with precipitable water values around 2.00 inches. We expect that this convection will diminish/move east of the area toward sunset, giving the area a break for a few hours. However, we will likely see another batch of showers and storms move in late this evening and during the early overnight hours. This will be on the edge of the nose of a low level jet nosing in ahead of the system that will move through on Friday. The good thing with this convection is that it will be moving through during the night time hours, limiting the degree of surface based instability. This will likely be on a diminishing trend as it comes in from WI and over Lake Michigan. What is left of this line will slowly progress through the area through mid Friday afternoon with the main cold front. If this was a little bit slower moving through, the storms could ramp up some with some diurnal heating. Right now, it looks like the line would move east of the U.S.-127 corridor toward 18z. This will likely not be the end of showers and a few storms. The models are trying to show some lingering rain in the deformation portion of the upper low that closes off on its way through the region. -- Small chances for rain through Monday -- As has been advertised, a little bit cooler air mass compared to the last week will build in for the weekend and early next week. We expect to see lower humidity with dew points dropping into the upper 50s, vs. the 70s we currently have. This is due to the fact that the heat ridge will move out, and a broad upper trough will move over the region. NW flow aloft will bring a couple of weak short waves through. Sat might stay dry with short wave ridging being in place right behind the departing low. However, short wave troughs will be possible Sunday and Monday. This will bring a small chance of showers and storms in the afternoon, away from the stabilizing effects of Lake Michigan. -- Heat builds again next week -- The trough aloft that will be overhead this weekend, will push east of the area by Tuesday. This will allow another upper ridge to build over the area. This one will be a little different as the ridge axis does not get stuck over the area. We will see temps get hot again, and humidity levels increase. The difference will be that some lower heights try to push a cold front in toward Thursday, which will bring a chance of some rain by Thursday. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Friday afternoon) Issued at 228 PM EDT Thu Jul 9 2020 The cold front continues to move across the lake this afternoon. Isolated showers and thunderstorms have formed just east of Ludington this afternoon. Have adjusted the TEMPO times for showers and -TSRA to the TAFS. A line of showers and storms is becoming more likely along a convergence of the lake breeze and the approaching front. This will move eastward which will make a period of -TSRA at all TAF sites this afternoon and early evening. These should be through between 00Z to 03Z. Another line of showers and thunderstorms are possible late tonight, early tomorrow morning. && .MARINE... Issued at 326 PM EDT Thu Jul 9 2020 Our main marine concern in the near term is the potential of a Small Craft Advisory and Beach Hazards event for Friday. Winds will be coming up a bit from the NW in the wake of the system Friday afternoon. It looks like there is potential of some winds of 20+ knots. This is also a setup where winds and waves overperform with a ridge building in from the west. We will evaluate this again at the last minute to determine if we will hoist headlines or not. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MI...None. LM...None. && SYNOPSIS...NJJ DISCUSSION...NJJ AVIATION...Ceru MARINE...NJJ
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 400 AM EDT Thu Jul 9 2020 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-100800- Mason-Lake-Osceola-Clare-Oceana-Newaygo-Mecosta-Isabella-Muskegon- Montcalm-Gratiot-Ottawa-Kent-Ionia-Clinton-Allegan-Barry-Eaton- Ingham-Van Buren-Kalamazoo-Calhoun-Jackson- 400 AM EDT Thu Jul 9 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southwest Lower Michigan. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Heat indices of 95 to 100 are expected again this afternoon. Scattered thunderstorms could produce torrential downpours and brief gusty winds, along with dangerous lightning strikes. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Scattered thunderstorms on Friday could produce heavy rainfall and localized flooding. Isolated storms are also possible Saturday through Monday, mainly inland from Lake Michigan in the afternoons. Although less humid weather will move in for the weekend, heat and humidity will return again by the middle of next week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. LMZ844>849-100800- 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- 400 AM EDT Thu Jul 9 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southwest Lower Michigan. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Thunderstorms with gusty winds could impact lake Michigan after 8 PM this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Thunderstorms are possible over Lake Michigan on Friday. Stronger northerly winds behind a cold front are possible Friday night and/or Saturday, which could lead to a period of hazardous conditions for small craft and swimmers. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
504 PM EDT THU JUL 9 2020
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0445 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 ENE BELMONT 43.09N 85.57W
07/09/2020 E2.87 INCH KENT MI PUBLIC
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
507 PM EDT THU JUL 9 2020
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0450 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 SSW COMSTOCK PARK 43.02N 85.70W
07/09/2020 E1.48 INCH KENT MI TRAINED SPOTTER
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
509 PM EDT THU JUL 9 2020
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0412 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NNW GRAND RAPIDS 42.99N 85.67W
07/09/2020 KENT MI PUBLIC
TREE DOWN AT COLFAX AND TAYLOR.
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
530 PM EDT THU JUL 9 2020
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0529 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 ENE KENTWOOD 42.89N 85.55W
07/09/2020 E0.85 INCH KENT MI NWS EMPLOYEE
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531 PM EDT THU JUL 9 2020
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0531 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 SSE RODNEY 43.66N 85.32W
07/09/2020 E1.39 INCH MECOSTA MI PUBLIC
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
533 PM EDT THU JUL 9 2020
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0533 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 NW SYLVESTER 43.56N 85.28W
07/09/2020 M1.36 INCH MECOSTA MI PUBLIC
&&The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:49 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An isolated severe storm produced damaging wind gusts resulting in several downed trees and tree limbs across portions of southern Kent county.
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