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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

July 13, 2017Osceola County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2017, 2:18 AM EDT for Osceola County, Michigan. It was in force for 42 min. 4 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
Jul 13, 2017, 2:18 AM EDT (06:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2017, 3:00 AM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Osceola County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Jul 13, 2:30 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ese Le Roy, MICOUNTY ROAD COMMISSION INDICATED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE VICINITY OF 160TH AND 15 MILE ROADS AND ALSO 230TH AND 16 MILE. ALSO SOME ROAD WASHOUTS. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jul 13, 2:30 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ese Le Roy, MISOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF A BARN COLLAPSE AND LARGE TREES DOWN AT 160TH AND 15 MILE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jul 13, 2:34 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 N Ina, MITREE DOWN AT M115 AND 100TH AVE.
Jul 13, 2:40 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ene Pisgah Heights, MIPOWER LINES DOWN AT 20 MILE RD AND 50TH AVE.

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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 209 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 2017-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 885 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 2017-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
885 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
822 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

695 
WUUS53 KGRR 130618
SVRGRR
MIC133-130700-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0021.170713T0618Z-170713T0700Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
218 AM EDT THU JUL 13 2017

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Osceola County in central Michigan...

* Until 300 AM EDT.

* At 217 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 6 miles south of Mitchell State Park to near Luther,
  moving east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Evart...               Reed City...           Marion...
  Highland...            Hersey...              Le Roy...
  Tustin...              Gibos Corners...       Ashton...
  Sears...               Pisgah Heights...      Avondale...
  Dighton...             Ina...                 Park Lake...
  Stambaugh Corner...    

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. 
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading 
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to 
be struck by lightning.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4416 8509 4383 8509 4386 8556 4416 8556
TIME...MOT...LOC 0617Z 280DEG 44KT 4415 8550 4404 8563 

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

DUKE
2 follow-up statements
963 
WWUS53 KGRR 130636
SVSGRR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
236 AM EDT THU JUL 13 2017

MIC133-130700-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-170713T0700Z/
Osceola MI-
236 AM EDT THU JUL 13 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT
FOR OSCEOLA COUNTY...

At 236 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Mcbain to 7 miles north of Evart, moving east at
50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Evart...               Marion...              Highland...
Le Roy...              Tustin...              Ashton...
Sears...               Pisgah Heights...      Avondale...
Dighton...             Ina...                 Park Lake...
Stambaugh Corner...    

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4416 8509 4388 8509 4391 8556 4416 8556
TIME...MOT...LOC 0636Z 277DEG 45KT 4415 8520 4400 8529 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DUKE
214 
WWUS53 KGRR 130656
SVSGRR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
256 AM EDT THU JUL 13 2017

MIC133-130706-
/O.EXP.KGRR.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-170713T0700Z/
Osceola MI-
256 AM EDT THU JUL 13 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OSCEOLA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
300 AM EDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.  However heavy rain
is still possible with these thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 4416 8509 4388 8509 4391 8556 4416 8556
TIME...MOT...LOC 0656Z 280DEG 44KT 4411 8491 4396 8500 

$$

DUKE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 12:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRLake, Osceola65 min
Jul 13, 1:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR45 min
Jul 13, 1:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRLake62 min
Jul 13, 1:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRLake, Mason40 min
Jul 13, 2:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClare59 min
Jul 13, 4:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRClinton66 min
Jul 13, 4:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClinton, Eaton, Ingham53 min

Nearby

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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.