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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

June 11, 2021Clare County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2021, 3:46 PM EDT for Clare County, Michigan. It was in force for 44 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 11, 2021, 3:46 PM EDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2021, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Clare County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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 11, 3:50 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 E Harrison, MIMULTIPLE TREES DOWN.
Jun 11, 4:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGFarwell, MIMULTIPLE TREES DOWN.

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 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 94 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
94 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1136 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

185 
WUUS53 KGRR 111946
SVRGRR
MIC035-112030-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0002.210611T1946Z-210611T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
346 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Clare County in central Michigan...

* Until 430 PM EDT.

* At 345 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Harrison, or
  13 miles west of Gladwin, moving south at 10 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage 
           to trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Clare...               Farwell...             Harrison...
  Long Lake...           

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4409 8461 4400 8460 4382 8461 4382 8495
      4410 8486
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 004DEG 8KT 4403 8475 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

OSTUNO
2 follow-up statements
973 
WWUS53 KGRR 112009
SVSGRR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
409 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021

MIC035-112030-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210611T2030Z/
Clare MI-
409 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLARE COUNTY...

At 408 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles south of
Harrison, or 7 miles north of Clare, moving south at 15 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to crops is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         trees.

Locations impacted include...
Clare...               Farwell...             Harrison...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4403 8466 4399 8461 4382 8461 4382 8495
      4407 8485
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 014DEG 11KT 4392 8481 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

OSTUNO
798 
WWUS53 KGRR 112031
SVSGRR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
431 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021

MIC035-112040-
/O.EXP.KGRR.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210611T2030Z/
Clare MI-
431 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLARE COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4403 8466 4399 8461 4382 8461 4382 8495
      4407 8485
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 004DEG 8KT 4387 8481 

$$

OSTUNO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRClare67 min
Jun 11, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRIsabella62 min
Jun 11, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRClinton, Ionia64 min

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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.