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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

August 24, 2021Newaygo County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2021, 4:43 PM EDT for Newaygo County, Michigan. It was in force for 49 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
Aug 24, 2021, 4:43 PM EDT (20:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2021, 5:32 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Newaygo County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 202 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2021-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 58 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2021-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -33 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
58 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-344 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1387 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

314 
WUUS53 KGRR 242043
SVRGRR
MIC123-242145-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0057.210824T2043Z-210824T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
443 PM EDT Tue Aug 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Newaygo County in west central Michigan...

* Until 545 PM EDT.

* At 443 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hesperia, or
  12 miles northwest of White Cloud, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  White Cloud...         Fremont...             Hesperia...
  Brohman...             Woodland Park...       Hawkins...
  Bitely...              Woodville...           Wooster...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4379 8604 4382 8562 4382 8558 4348 8556
      4347 8604
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 255DEG 24KT 4362 8600 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement
527 
WWUS53 KGRR 242132
SVSGRR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
532 PM EDT Tue Aug 24 2021

MIC123-242142-
/O.CAN.KGRR.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-210824T2145Z/
Newaygo MI-
532 PM EDT Tue Aug 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NEWAYGO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4379 8604 4382 8562 4382 8558 4348 8556
      4347 8604
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 255DEG 24KT 4370 8556 

$$

04

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 2:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR114 min
Aug 24, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRMason, Oceana42 min
Aug 24, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR98 min
Aug 24, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR66 min
Aug 24, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRLake45 min
Aug 24, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRNewaygo40 min
Aug 24, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKent, Mecosta, Montcalm, Osceola50 min
Aug 24, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClare, Isabella64 min
Aug 24, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClinton, Gratiot, Ionia, Montcalm84 min
Aug 24, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR92 min
Aug 24, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRBarry, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Ionia42 min
Aug 24, 7:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRRCalhoun, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Van Buren10 hr
Aug 24, 7:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR54 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.