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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

June 28, 2021Ingham County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2021, 7:26 PM EDT for Ingham County, Michigan. It was in force for 35 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 28, 2021, 7:26 PM EDT (23:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2021, 8:01 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Ingham County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 2021-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2021-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

050 
WUUS53 KGRR 282326
SVRGRR
MIC065-290030-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0024.210628T2326Z-210629T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
726 PM EDT Mon Jun 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Ingham County in south central Michigan...

* Until 830 PM EDT.

* At 724 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mason, moving
  east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Lansing...             Mason...               East Lansing...
  Williamston...         Webberville...         Okemos...
  Bell Oak...            Holt...                Haslett...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4257 8456 4268 8459 4277 8438 4277 8437
      4278 8436 4278 8416 4261 8415
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 259DEG 19KT 4264 8447 

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

HOVING
2 follow-up statements
287 
WWUS53 KGRR 282342
SVSGRR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
742 PM EDT Mon Jun 28 2021

MIC065-290030-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-210629T0030Z/
Ingham MI-
742 PM EDT Mon Jun 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN INGHAM COUNTY...

At 741 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Williamston, 
or 7 miles northeast of Mason, moving east at 20 mph. This storm has 
produced some power outages south of Lansing.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Williamston...         Webberville...         Okemos...
Bell Oak...            Haslett...             

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4260 8439 4273 8446 4277 8438 4277 8437
      4278 8436 4278 8416 4265 8415
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 259DEG 19KT 4266 8435 

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

HOVING
503 
WWUS53 KGRR 290001
SVSGRR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
801 PM EDT Mon Jun 28 2021

MIC065-290011-
/O.CAN.KGRR.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-210629T0030Z/
Ingham MI-
801 PM EDT Mon Jun 28 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN INGHAM COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4260 8439 4273 8446 4277 8438 4277 8437
      4278 8436 4278 8416 4265 8415
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 259DEG 19KT 4268 8421 

$$

HOVING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRKent30 min
Jun 28, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR67 min
Jun 28, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRAllegan, Ottawa44 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.