It was a matter of time before my luck ran dry. Still don't think I ended up with any t'storm with this latest event.
Might as well just assume a lot of them past I-75 break apart and become light showers with the events that bullseye around Paducah. Sometimes locations directly south of me will still get a storm and not me. I've seen I-64 also act as a weather barrier at times.
Some weather history for April 19 for Southern Lower Michigan
1957: Less than a week after record low temperatures in the teens, high temperatures are pushing 80 degrees across Lower Michigan. Muskegon went from 19 degrees on the 15th to a high of 79 on this date, a rise of 60 degrees in four days.
1953, the temperature in Flint never rose above 35 degrees. This temperature was a record temperature, in that it was the lowest maximum temperature for that day. The next day, the record lowest maximum temperature for Flint was 34 degrees.
1927, A deadly tornado outbreak occurred across the central part of Illinois, killing 21 people. The first tornado touched down near Hardin, traveling northeast through Carrollton, then skimmed the south side of Springfield. At Carrollton, a teacher was killed as she held the door of the school shut, saving the lives of her students. The second tornado, peaking at estimated F4 intensity, touched down on the southeast side of Springfield, then moved to affect the towns of Riverton, Buffalo Hart, Chestnut, and Cornland. In Buffalo Hart, only three houses were left standing, while the northern half of Cornland was leveled. The tornado track was 65 miles, ending in Ford County
1986, A major storm system produced ten tornadoes in Texas. One of these tornadoes virtually annihilated the town of Sweetwater. The tornado struck at the unlikely time of 7:17 am. One person was killed, and 100 were injured.
The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 55/47 there was 0.07” of rainfall the average wind speed was 5.4 MPH and the highest was 28 MPH out of the W. There was a reported 21% of possible sunshine. For today the average H/L is 59/39 the record high of 82 was set in 1985 the record low of 19 was set in 1897 the most rainfall of 1.89” fell in 1993 the most snowfall was 1.0” in 1953. Last year the H/L was 57/31 and there was 0.16” of rainfall.
The overnight low and current temperature was(is) 41 with clear skies at this time. I recorded 0.09” of rainfall from yesterday at 7 AM to today at 7AM
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