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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

August 24, 2021Lake County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT for Lake County, Michigan. It was in force for 45 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, 4:45 PM EDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lake County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 196 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.

748 
WUUS53 KGRR 242045
SVRGRR
MIC085-242130-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0058.210824T2045Z-210824T2130Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Lake County in west central Michigan...

* Until 530 PM EDT.

* At 445 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Luther, or 10
  miles northeast of Baldwin, moving east at 25 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...
  Baldwin...             Luther...              Chase...
  Nirvana...             Bristol...             Wolf Lake...
  Idlewild...            

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4416 8557 4388 8559 4389 8592 4416 8591
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 255DEG 23KT 4402 8574 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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1 follow-up statement
765 
WWUS53 KGRR 242123
SVSGRR

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

MIC085-242132-
/O.EXP.KGRR.SV.W.0058.000000T0000Z-210824T2130Z/
Lake MI-
523 PM EDT Tue Aug 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4416 8557 4388 8559 4389 8592 4416 8591
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 270DEG 23KT 4408 8543 

$$

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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, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRNewaygo49 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.