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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

August 24, 2021Newaygo County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2021, 4:53 PM EDT for Newaygo County, Michigan. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report 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 24, 2021, 4:53 PM EDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2021, 5:33 PM EDT
In force
40 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), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 24, 4:55 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 451 Sse Reeman, MIAWOS STATION KFFX FREMONT MUNICIPAL ARPT.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 2021-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 298 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 2021-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -57 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
298 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1140 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

724 
WUUS53 KGRR 242053
SVRGRR
MIC123-242145-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0059.210824T2053Z-210824T2145Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a

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

* Until 545 PM EDT.

* At 453 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Newaygo,
  moving southeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Newaygo...             Fremont...             Grant...
  Croton...              Bridgeton...           Reeman...
  Croton Heights...      

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4348 8557 4330 8556 4329 8591 4330 8603
      4346 8603
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 301DEG 30KT 4342 8584 

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

$$

04
1 follow-up statement
309 
WWUS53 KGRR 242133
SVSGRR

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

MIC123-242143-
/O.CAN.KGRR.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-210824T2145Z/
Newaygo MI-
533 PM EDT Tue Aug 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN 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 4348 8557 4330 8556 4329 8591 4330 8603
      4346 8603
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 301DEG 30KT 4325 8545 

$$

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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, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRLake45 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.