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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

June 12, 2021Gratiot County, Isabella County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2021, 4:36 PM EDT for Gratiot County, Isabella County, Michigan. It was in force for 39 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 12, 2021, 4:36 PM EDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2021, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Gratiot County, MI, Isabella County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 2021-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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 2021-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-240 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

285 
WUUS53 KGRR 122036
SVRGRR
MIC057-073-122115-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0003.210612T2036Z-210612T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
436 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Gratiot County in central Michigan...
  Southeastern Isabella County in central Michigan...

* Until 515 PM EDT.

* At 435 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest
  of Shepherd, or 8 miles south of Mount Pleasant, moving southeast
  at 40 mph.

  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...
  Alma...                Ithaca...              St. Louis...
  Shepherd...            Breckenridge...        Wheeler...
  North Star...          Ashley...              Forest Hill...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay
away from windows.

&&

LAT...LON 4344 8485 4346 8484 4347 8486 4358 8485
      4349 8460 4347 8460 4347 8454 4340 8437
      4312 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 301DEG 34KT 4347 8482 

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

WDM
2 follow-up statements
293 
WWUS53 KGRR 122105
SVSGRR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
505 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

MIC057-073-122115-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210612T2115Z/
Gratiot MI-Isabella MI-
505 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN GRATIOT AND SOUTHEASTERN ISABELLA COUNTIES...

At 505 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles south of
Breckenridge, or 6 miles east of Ithaca, moving southeast at 40 mph.

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...
Alma...                Ithaca...              St. Louis...
Shepherd...            Breckenridge...        Wheeler...
North Star...          Ashley...              Forest Hill...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move to a shelter, inside a strong building and away from
windows.

&&

LAT...LON 4344 8485 4346 8484 4347 8486 4358 8485
      4349 8460 4347 8460 4347 8454 4340 8437
      4312 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 301DEG 34KT 4332 8448 

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

WDM
953 
WWUS53 KGRR 122118
SVSGRR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
518 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

MIC057-073-122128-
/O.EXP.KGRR.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210612T2115Z/
Gratiot MI-Isabella MI-
518 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GRATIOT AND
SOUTHEASTERN ISABELLA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4344 8485 4346 8484 4347 8486 4358 8485
      4349 8460 4347 8460 4347 8454 4340 8437
      4312 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 301DEG 34KT 4326 8435 

$$

WDM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRClare, Isabella, Mecosta66 min
Jun 12, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClinton, Gratiot, Montcalm46 min
Jun 12, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClinton, Ingham38 min
Jun 12, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClare, Osceola30 min
Jun 12, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRGratiot, Isabella, Mecosta, Montcalm47 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.