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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

July 24, 2021Jackson County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2021, 8:41 PM EDT for Jackson County, Michigan. It was in force for 34 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
Jul 24, 2021, 8:41 PM EDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2021, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Jackson County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 304 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.

998 
WUUS53 KGRR 250041
SVRGRR
MIC075-250115-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0039.210725T0041Z-210725T0115Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a

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

* Until 915 PM EDT.

* At 841 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Vandercook Lake to 5 miles northeast of
  Litchfield, moving east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Jackson...             Brooklyn...            Vandercook Lake...
  Spring Arbor...        Napoleon...            Norvell...
  Pulaski...             Concord...             Horton...
  Hanover...             Oak Point...           Sunset Beach...
  Michigan Center...     

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4207 8414 4207 8471 4216 8471 4223 8455
      4223 8413 4208 8413
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 274DEG 42KT 4221 8435 4207 8466 

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

MEADE
1 follow-up statement
351 
WWUS53 KGRR 250110
SVSGRR

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

MIC075-250119-
/O.EXP.KGRR.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-210725T0115Z/
Jackson MI-
910 PM EDT Sat Jul 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 915 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 and heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms.

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

LAT...LON 4207 8414 4207 8471 4216 8471 4223 8455
      4223 8413 4208 8413
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 274DEG 42KT 4219 8393 4205 8424 

$$

DUKE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 8:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRCalhoun38 min

Nearby

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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.