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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

August 11, 2021Jackson County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2021, 2:08 PM EDT for Jackson County, Michigan. It was in force for 58 min. 5 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
Aug 11, 2021, 2:08 PM EDT (18:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2021, 3:06 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Jackson County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 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
Aug 11, 2:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Sw Parma, MISEVERAL LARGE OAK TREES DOWN ON CONCORD ROAD BETWEEN ERIE ROAD AND KING ROAD.
Aug 11, 2:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 E Parma, MILARGE HEALTHY TREE SNAPPED HALFWAY UP TRUNK. DAMAGE TO TWO CARS.
Aug 11, 2:26 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 W Sandstone, MIMANY LARGE LIMBS DOWN IN CEMETERY NEAR MICHIGAN AVE AND CHAPEL RD.
Aug 11, 2:31 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Se Sandstone, MIPHOTO OF LARGE TREE FALLEN ACROSS POWER LINES AT ARBOR HILLS GOLF COURSE, RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Aug 11, 2:43 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 463 Ene Sandstone, MIASOS STATION KJXN JACKSON COUNTY-REYNOLDS FIELD AIRPORT.

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
Aug 11, 11:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 2021-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 106 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 2021-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 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
106 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-290 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1220 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

792 
WUUS53 KGRR 111808
SVRGRR
MIC075-111945-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0048.210811T1808Z-210811T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
208 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a

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

* Until 345 PM EDT.

* At 208 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Homer, or 8
  miles south of Albion, moving east at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Jackson and Vandercook Lake around 225 PM EDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Brooklyn and Grass Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4242 8472 4242 8413 4207 8414 4207 8471
TIME...MOT...LOC 1808Z 253DEG 49KT 4213 8470 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

LAURENS
2 follow-up statements
758 
WWUS53 KGRR 111843
SVSGRR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
243 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

MIC075-111945-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-210811T1945Z/
Jackson MI-
243 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY...

At 243 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Stockbridge to near Brooklyn, moving east at 40
mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
eastern Jackson County, including the following locations... Oak
Point, Sunset Beach, Michigan Center, Norvell, Munith, Leoni and
Napoleon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4242 8413 4207 8414 4207 8447 4242 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 251DEG 35KT 4240 8416 4208 8426 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MEADE
915 
WWUS53 KGRR 111906
SVSGRR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
306 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

MIC075-111916-
/O.CAN.KGRR.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-210811T1945Z/
Jackson MI-
306 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 500 PM EDT for
south central Michigan.

LAT...LON 4242 8413 4207 8414 4207 8447 4242 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 253DEG 49KT 4248 8379 4216 8389 

$$

MEADE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 8:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR59 min
Aug 10, 9:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 16 more3 hr
Aug 10, 9:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRAllegan, Mason, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa, Van Buren73 min
Aug 10, 10:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRBarry, Kalamazoo, Kent, Lake, Newaygo58 min
Aug 10, 10:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRCalhoun, Eaton, Ionia, Mecosta, Montcalm, Osceola64 min
Aug 10, 11:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClare, Clinton, Gratiot, Ingham, Isabella, Jackson66 min
Aug 11, 11:45 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR90 min
Aug 11, 12:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRKent65 min
Aug 11, 12:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRAllegan, Ottawa28 min
Aug 11, 1:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRKent83 min
Aug 11, 1:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRCalhoun, Kalamazoo62 min
Aug 11, 1:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRClinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham, Ionia, Jackson and 1 more2 hr
Aug 11, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRCalhoun38 min
Aug 11, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClinton, Gratiot, Ionia, Montcalm49 min
Aug 11, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIngham34 min
Aug 11, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR2 hr
Aug 11, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRMuskegon43 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.