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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

July 24, 2021Calhoun County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2021, 8:07 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Michigan. It was in force for 38 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
Jul 24, 2021, 8:07 PM EDT (00:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2021, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Calhoun County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 24, 8:09 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 S Brownlee Park, MITREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Jul 24, 8:09 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 Nne Marshall, MITREE ACROSS ROAD AT L DRIVE AND 19 MILE ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 24, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 329 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2021-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2021-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 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
1517 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

268 
WUUS53 KGRR 250007
SVRGRR
MIC025-250045-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0038.210725T0007Z-210725T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
807 PM EDT Sat Jul 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Calhoun County in south central Michigan...

* Until 845 PM EDT.

* At 806 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of
  Burlington, or 8 miles southwest of Marshall, moving east at 30
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Albion...              Marshall...            Battle Creek...
  Homer...               Union City...          Burlington...
  Brownlee Park...       Marengo...             Athens...
  Tekonsha...            Pine Creek...          Ceresco...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4233 8529 4235 8472 4207 8471 4207 8529
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 279DEG 26KT 4221 8511 

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

MEADE
2 follow-up statements
523 
WWUS53 KGRR 250025
SVSGRR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
825 PM EDT Sat Jul 24 2021

MIC025-250045-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-210725T0045Z/
Calhoun MI-
825 PM EDT Sat Jul 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY...

At 825 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Homer, or 8
miles south of Marshall, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Albion...              Marshall...            Homer...
Union City...          Burlington...          Athens...
Tekonsha...            Pine Creek...          

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 4223 8529 4226 8472 4207 8471 4207 8529
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 291DEG 29KT 4214 8492 

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

DUKE
664 
WWUS53 KGRR 250043
SVSGRR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
843 PM EDT Sat Jul 24 2021

MIC025-250053-
/O.EXP.KGRR.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-210725T0045Z/
Calhoun MI-
843 PM EDT Sat Jul 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CALHOUN 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.  However, gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for
south central Michigan.

LAT...LON 4223 8529 4226 8472 4207 8471 4207 8529
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 279DEG 26KT 4212 8475 

$$

DUKE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRJackson34 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.