Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2021, 7:54 PM EDT for Van Buren County, Michigan. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2021, 7:54 PM EDT (23:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2021, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 1:05 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 223 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 492 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
939 WUUS53 KGRR 262354 SVRGRR MIC159-270045- /O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0022.210626T2354Z-210627T0045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 754 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021 The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Van Buren County in southwestern Michigan... * Until 845 PM EDT. * At 753 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Watervliet to near South Bend, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Paw Paw... Hartford... Mattawan... Lawton... Decatur... Keeler... Lawrence... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for southwestern Michigan. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 4207 8622 4219 8622 4235 8577 4207 8576 TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 233DEG 41KT 4214 8622 4165 8626 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ MEADE
3 follow-up statements
197 WWUS53 KGRR 270017 SVSGRR Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 817 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021 MIC159-270045- /O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-210627T0045Z/ Van Buren MI- 817 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY... At 816 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Decatur, or 8 miles southwest of Paw Paw, moving northeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Paw Paw... Mattawan... Lawton... Decatur... Lawrence... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for southwestern Michigan. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4207 8612 4222 8612 4235 8577 4207 8576 TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 239DEG 37KT 4213 8601 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ DUKE
359 WWUS53 KGRR 270028 SVSGRR Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 828 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021 MIC159-270045- /O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-210627T0045Z/ Van Buren MI- 828 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY... At 827 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Mattawan, or near Paw Paw, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Paw Paw... Mattawan... Lawton... Decatur... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for southwestern Michigan. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4207 8597 4227 8599 4235 8577 4207 8576 TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 229DEG 44KT 4220 8578 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ DUKE
788
WWUS53 KGRR 270041
SVSGRR
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
841 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021
MIC159-270050-
/O.EXP.KGRR.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-210627T0045Z/
Van Buren MI-
841 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for southwestern
Michigan.
LAT...LON 4207 8597 4227 8599 4235 8577 4207 8576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 233DEG 41KT 4228 8564
$$
DUKEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:57 PM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | GRR | 14 hr | |
| Jun 26, 3:32 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 36 hr | |
| Jun 26, 11:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Allegan, Ionia, Kent, Montcalm, Ottawa | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 3 hr | |
| Jun 26, 2:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Muskegon | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Ionia, Kalamazoo, Kent, Montcalm and 2 more | 43 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Mecosta | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 3:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Clare, Isabella, Mecosta | 15 min |
| Jun 26, 3:49 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | GRR | Allegan, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa, Van Buren | 24 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Ionia | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Kalamazoo | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 4:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Calhoun, Eaton | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 5:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Clinton | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ingham | 55 min |
| Jun 26, 5:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Calhoun, Kalamazoo | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Clinton | 17 min |
| Jun 26, 5:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Ingham | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 5:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Eaton | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 5:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Ingham | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Calhoun, Ingham, Jackson | 61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.