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April 7, 2020: Severe Hail in Lower Michigan
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| Radar loop from 5 PM to 11 PM, 4/7/2020 |
A warm and relatively humid early spring day with sharply colder air aloft provided the instability needed for thunderstorms to develop late in the day, touched off by a wave of low pressure approaching from the west. Wind shear between the lower and upper layers of the atmosphere helped organize the storms into long-lived cells and lines. Many of the storms produced severe hail greater than 1 inch in diameter. Several locations in central to southwest Lower Michigan reported hail the size of golf balls. The Plainwell and Morley areas saw hail about the size of hen eggs, 2 inches in diameter.
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2-inch diameter hail in Plainwell. Photo by Erik Kostrzewa, FOX 17. |
Green circles represent reports of hail 1-inch or larger, while blue circles indicate wind damage. (Click image to enlarge) (All reports) |
Preliminary Storm Reports
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1039 PM EDT TUE APR 7 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0954 PM HAIL 5 ENE PINE CREEK 42.19N 85.16W
04/07/2020 M1.00 INCH CALHOUN MI PUBLIC
0950 PM HAIL 1 SE MARSHALL 42.25N 84.94W
04/07/2020 M1.00 INCH CALHOUN MI PUBLIC
0939 PM HAIL 3 S BROWNLEE PARK 42.28N 85.14W
04/07/2020 M1.50 INCH CALHOUN MI PUBLIC
0938 PM HAIL 1 E SPRINGFIELD 42.32N 85.22W
04/07/2020 U1.00 INCH CALHOUN MI PUBLIC
REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.).
0936 PM HAIL 2 SSE SPRINGFIELD 42.30N 85.23W
04/07/2020 M1.00 INCH CALHOUN MI PUBLIC
0928 PM HAIL 2 S MOUNT PLEASANT 43.57N 84.77W
04/07/2020 M1.25 INCH ISABELLA MI PUBLIC
0926 PM HAIL PLAINWELL 42.45N 85.64W
04/07/2020 M2.00 INCH ALLEGAN MI BROADCAST MEDIA
0912 PM HAIL PLAINWELL 42.44N 85.65W
04/07/2020 U1.00 INCH ALLEGAN MI PUBLIC
REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.).
0911 PM HAIL 2 S OTSEGO 42.44N 85.70W
04/07/2020 U1.00 INCH ALLEGAN MI PUBLIC
REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.).
0910 PM HAIL PLAINWELL 42.45N 85.64W
04/07/2020 M2.00 INCH ALLEGAN MI BROADCAST MEDIA
0909 PM HAIL 2 W VESTABURG 43.41N 84.94W
04/07/2020 U1.00 INCH MONTCALM MI PUBLIC
REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.).
0900 PM HAIL OTSEGO 42.46N 85.70W
04/07/2020 M1.75 INCH ALLEGAN MI PUBLIC
TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0855 PM HAIL 3 W OTSEGO 42.45N 85.75W
04/07/2020 M1.75 INCH ALLEGAN MI TRAINED SPOTTER
0847 PM HAIL 2 SW FITCHBURG 42.43N 84.31W
04/07/2020 U1.00 INCH INGHAM MI PUBLIC
REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.).
0845 PM HAIL DORR 42.73N 85.72W
04/07/2020 E1.00 INCH ALLEGAN MI PUBLIC
0836 PM HAIL MORLEY 43.49N 85.45W
04/07/2020 M1.75 INCH MECOSTA MI PUBLIC
TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0827 PM HAIL 1 SSE HOLLAND 42.76N 86.10W
04/07/2020 M1.00 INCH ALLEGAN MI TRAINED SPOTTER
0826 PM HAIL 2 SSW COMSTOCK PARK 43.02N 85.70W
04/07/2020 M1.00 INCH KENT MI TRAINED SPOTTER
0825 PM HAIL 2 NE HOLLAND 42.79N 86.08W
04/07/2020 M1.00 INCH OTTAWA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
0820 PM HAIL GRAND LEDGE 42.75N 84.75W
04/07/2020 M1.75 INCH EATON MI TRAINED SPOTTER
0800 PM HAIL 4 SSW GRAND LEDGE 42.70N 84.78W
04/07/2020 M1.00 INCH EATON MI TRAINED SPOTTER
0722 PM HAIL WALKER 42.99N 85.75W
04/07/2020 E1.00 INCH KENT MI PUBLIC
0630 PM HAIL 2 SW WHITEHALL 43.37N 86.37W
04/07/2020 M1.50 INCH MUSKEGON MI PUBLIC
0625 PM HAIL WHITEHALL 43.40N 86.34W
04/07/2020 M1.00 INCH MUSKEGON MI PUBLIC
0625 PM HAIL 1 SSW WHITEHALL 43.38N 86.35W
04/07/2020 M1.75 INCH MUSKEGON MI PUBLIC
CORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM 1 SSW
WHITEHALL. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0903 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 WSW AURELIUS 42.51N 84.56W
04/07/2020 INGHAM MI PUBLIC
TREE DOWN ACROSS PLAINS ROAD.
0847 PM HAIL SIX LAKES 43.43N 85.15W
04/07/2020 E1.75 INCH MONTCALM MI AMATEUR RADIO
DELAYED REPORT. PHOTOS OF GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL. POSSIBLY HEN EGG SIZE.
0840 PM HAIL 1 E ALTONA 43.54N 85.28W
04/07/2020 E1.75 INCH MECOSTA MI AMATEUR RADIO
DELAYED REPORT. PHOTOS OF GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL. POSSIBLY HEN EGG SIZE.
0728 PM HAIL LAKE 43.86N 85.00W
04/07/2020 E1.75 INCH CLARE MI PUBLIC
DELAYED REPORT. PHOTO OF LARGE HAIL.
0849 PM HAIL 2 NW ALLEGAN 42.55N 85.88W
04/07/2020 E1.00 INCH ALLEGAN MI PUBLIC
DELAYED REPORT.
0922 PM HAIL 1 W EASTWOOD 42.30N 85.57W
04/07/2020 U0.75 INCH KALAMAZOO MI PUBLIC
DELAYED REPORT. FROM MPING.
0918 PM HAIL 2 SW WESTWOOD 42.28N 85.66W
04/07/2020 U0.75 INCH KALAMAZOO MI PUBLIC
DELAYED REPORT. FROM MPING.
0917 PM HAIL 2 WSW WESTWOOD 42.30N 85.67W
04/07/2020 M1.00 INCH KALAMAZOO MI PUBLIC
DELAYED REPORT. TWO PHOTOS FROM OSHTEMO TWP
VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
0925 PM HAIL 2 N GALESBURG 42.32N 85.42W
04/07/2020 M2.00 INCH KALAMAZOO MI PUBLIC
DELAYED REPORT. PHOTO VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
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