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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

June 23, 2017Clare County, Isabella County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2017, 12:37 AM EDT for Clare County, Isabella County, Michigan. It was in force for 38 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 2017, 12:37 AM EDT (04:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2017, 1:15 AM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clare County, MI, Isabella County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 23, 12:38 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGLoomis, MITREE DOWN ON ROAD.
Jun 23, 12:45 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGBeal City, MITREE DOWN ON ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 164 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2017-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1203 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2017-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1227 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

As transmitted.

245 
WUUS53 KGRR 230437
SVRGRR
MIC035-073-230515-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0013.170623T0437Z-170623T0515Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
1237 AM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Isabella County in central Michigan...
  Southeastern Clare County in central Michigan...

* Until 115 AM EDT.

* At 1236 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 6 miles northwest of Clare to near Farwell to near
  Barryton, moving southeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Mount Pleasant...      Clare...               Shepherd...
  Farwell...             Rosebush...            Lake Isabella...
  Brinton...             Delwin...              Beal City...
  Loomis...              Weidman...             

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4395 8461 4357 8461 4353 8470 4366 8509
      4379 8509 4382 8501 4399 8491
TIME...MOT...LOC 0436Z 297DEG 23KT 4390 8484 4379 8490 4373 8505 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JK
2 follow-up statements
372 
WWUS53 KGRR 230452
SVSGRR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
1252 AM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017

MIC035-073-230515-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170623T0515Z/
Isabella MI-Clare MI-
1252 AM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM EDT
FOR EASTERN ISABELLA AND SOUTHEASTERN CLARE COUNTIES...

At 1251 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Clare to near Rosebush to near Lake Isabella,
moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Mount Pleasant...      Clare...               Shepherd...
Rosebush...            Lake Isabella...       Delwin...
Beal City...           Loomis...              

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4395 8461 4357 8461 4353 8470 4363 8498
      4388 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 0451Z 297DEG 23KT 4386 8474 4375 8480 4369 8495 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JAM
318 
WWUS53 KGRR 230506
SVSGRR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
106 AM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017

MIC035-073-230516-
/O.EXP.KGRR.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170623T0515Z/
Isabella MI-Clare MI-
106 AM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ISABELLA AND
SOUTHEASTERN CLARE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 115 AM EDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and have exited the warned area. Therefore the warning will
be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4395 8461 4357 8461 4353 8470 4363 8498
      4388 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 0506Z 297DEG 23KT 4382 8463 4371 8469 4365 8484 

$$

JAM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 9:53 PM EDTFlood WatchGRRAllegan, Barry, Clare, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 13 more6 hr
Jun 22, 10:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRIsabella, Mecosta59 min
Jun 22, 11:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRRGratiot, Isabella, Mecosta, Montcalm4 hr
Jun 22, 11:05 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRIsabella69 hr
Jun 22, 11:32 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGRRIsabella, Mecosta, Montcalm24 hr
Jun 22, 11:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRLake53 min
Jun 23, 12:01 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRRLake, Mason4 hr
Jun 23, 12:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRClare, Osceola54 min
Jun 23, 12:25 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRRClare, Lake, Mecosta, Newaygo, Osceola4 hr
Jun 23, 12:36 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRIsabella4 days
Jun 23, 2:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRIsabella, Montcalm54 min
Jun 23, 11:26 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRNewaygo51 hr
Jun 23, 11:26 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRMecosta63 hr
Jun 23, 11:26 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRGratiot3 days
Jun 23, 11:30 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRROsceola21 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.