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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

June 29, 2021Jackson County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2021, 1:19 PM EDT for Jackson County, Michigan. It was in force for 41 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 29, 2021, 1:19 PM EDT (17:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Jackson County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:19 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2021-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 681 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 2021-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 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
681 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1064 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

095 
WUUS53 KGRR 291719
SVRGRR
MIC075-291800-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0026.210629T1719Z-210629T1800Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
119 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Jackson County in south central Michigan...

* Until 200 PM EDT.

* At 118 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 7 miles northwest of Grass Lake to 6 miles west of
  Cement City, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail could cause damage to roofs, siding, windows, and 
           vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Jackson...             Brooklyn...            Grass Lake...
  Vandercook Lake...     Leoni...               Napoleon...
  Norvell...             Oak Point...           Sunset Beach...
  Michigan Center...     Munith...              

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4207 8450 4208 8450 4243 8428 4242 8413
      4208 8413
TIME...MOT...LOC 1718Z 254DEG 34KT 4235 8429 4208 8445 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MEADE
1 follow-up statement
374 
WWUS53 KGRR 291756
SVSGRR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
156 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021

MIC075-291804-
/O.EXP.KGRR.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-210629T1800Z/
Jackson MI-
156 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 200 PM EDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However, gusty 
winds, dangerous lightning and torrential rainfall are still 
possible through 215 PM over the far southeast corner of Jackson 
county. 

LAT...LON 4207 8450 4208 8450 4243 8428 4242 8413
      4208 8413
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 270DEG 34KT 4243 8386 4216 8402 

$$

MEADE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 2:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRCalhoun, Jackson97 min
Jun 29, 9:43 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRBarry48 hr
Jun 29, 11:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRCalhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson83 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.