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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

August 28, 2021Lake County, Osceola County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2021, 2:50 AM EDT for Lake County, Osceola County, Michigan. It was in force for 55 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 28, 2021, 2:50 AM EDT (06:50 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2021, 3:45 AM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lake County, MI, Osceola County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:50 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 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 552 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 179 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
552 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
916 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
278 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

489 
WUUS53 KGRR 280650
SVRGRR
MIC085-133-280745-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0068.210828T0650Z-210828T0745Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
250 AM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a

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

* Until 345 AM EDT.

* At 249 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Hoxeyville to near Baldwin, moving east at 40
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Evart...               Baldwin...             Reed City...
  Marion...              Luther...              Highland...
  Chase...               Hersey...              Le Roy...
  Tustin...              Nirvana...             Wolf Lake...
  Idlewild...            Ashton...              Sears...
  Bristol...             Avondale...            Dighton...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Damaging winds and frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring 
with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of 
nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are 
close enough to be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4416 8509 4386 8509 4381 8582 4381 8586
      4416 8590
TIME...MOT...LOC 0649Z 262DEG 34KT 4414 8579 4390 8577 

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

$$

DUKE
2 follow-up statements
598 
WWUS53 KGRR 280716
SVSGRR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
316 AM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021

MIC085-133-280745-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-210828T0745Z/
Osceola MI-Lake MI-
316 AM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM EDT
FOR OSCEOLA AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTIES...

At 314 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles south of Mitchell State Park to 9 miles north
of Reed City to 5 miles southeast of Baldwin, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Evart...               Baldwin...             Reed City...
Marion...              Luther...              Highland...
Chase...               Hersey...              Le Roy...
Tustin...              Nirvana...             Idlewild...
Ashton...              Sears...               Bristol...
Avondale...            Dighton...             

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4416 8509 4386 8509 4381 8582 4381 8586
      4390 8587 4397 8583 4410 8571 4416 8565
TIME...MOT...LOC 0714Z 270DEG 35KT 4414 8541 4400 8544 4384 8577 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

DUKE
085 
WWUS53 KGRR 280746
SVSGRR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
346 AM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021

MIC085-133-280755-
/O.EXP.KGRR.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-210828T0745Z/
Osceola MI-Lake MI-
346 AM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OSCEOLA AND EASTERN LAKE
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.  However, 
lightning and heavy rain are still possible with the thunderstorms 
that remain over Osceola and Lake Counties.

LAT...LON 4416 8509 4386 8509 4381 8582 4381 8586
      4390 8587 4397 8583 4410 8571 4416 8565
TIME...MOT...LOC 0745Z 262DEG 34KT 4418 8501 4404 8504 4388 8537 

$$

DUKE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRMecosta, Newaygo48 min
Aug 28, 1:06 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR84 min
Aug 28, 2:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRLake, Mason66 min
Aug 28, 2:42 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRRMason6 hr
Aug 28, 3:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClare55 min
Aug 28, 10:32 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRR35 hr
Aug 28, 10:40 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementGRRAllegan, Mason, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa, Van Buren35 hr
Aug 28, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRClare66 min
Aug 28, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRMontcalm68 min
Aug 28, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRGratiot62 min
Aug 28, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRGratiot48 min
Aug 28, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRGratiot47 min
Aug 28, 7:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRGratiot42 min
Aug 28, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRClinton, Ionia57 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.