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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

August 24, 2021Calhoun County, Kalamazoo County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2021, 8:37 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It was in force for 42 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, 8:37 PM EDT (00:37 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2021, 9:19 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Calhoun County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3040 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-25The 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
3040 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1099 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

217 
WUUS53 KGRR 250037
SVRGRR
MIC025-077-250145-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0064.210825T0037Z-210825T0145Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Calhoun County in south central Michigan...
  Kalamazoo County in southwestern Michigan...

* Until 945 PM EDT.

* At 837 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Climax, or 8
  miles east of Portage, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Kalamazoo...           Portage...             Albion...
  Marshall...            Battle Creek...        Vicksburg...
  Galesburg...           Homer...               Union City...
  Schoolcraft...         Climax...              Richland...
  Burlington...          Westwood...            Brownlee Park...
  Comstock Northwest...  Level Park-Oak Park... Gull Lake...
  Alamo...               Fulton...              

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4207 8575 4242 8575 4242 8472 4208 8471
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 268DEG 31KT 4221 8543 

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
331 
WWUS53 KGRR 250119
SVSGRR

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

MIC025-077-250129-
/O.CAN.KGRR.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-210825T0145Z/
Calhoun MI-Kalamazoo MI-
919 PM EDT Tue Aug 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CALHOUN AND KALAMAZOO COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4207 8575 4242 8575 4242 8472 4208 8471
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 268DEG 31KT 4222 8494 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 3:38 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and 6 more16 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2021Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2021

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.