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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

August 28, 2021Clare County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2021, 3:35 AM EDT for Clare 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, 3:35 AM EDT (07:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2021, 4:30 AM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Clare County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:36 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2021-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1175 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
1175 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
903 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

341 
WUUS53 KGRR 280735
SVRGRR
MIC035-280830-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0069.210828T0735Z-210828T0830Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Clare County in central Michigan...

* Until 430 AM EDT.

* At 334 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Vogel Center to 8 miles southeast of Marion to
  5 miles south of Evart, moving east at 25 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Clare...               Farwell...             Harrison...
  Lake...                Lake George...         Temple...
  Long Lake...           Leota...               

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Grand Rapids.

Damaging winds and continuous 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 8461 4382 8461 4381 8508 4416 8508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0734Z 269DEG 21KT 4416 8509 4400 8508 4382 8524 

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

$$

DUKE
1 follow-up statement
961 
WWUS53 KGRR 280823
SVSGRR

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

MIC035-280832-
/O.EXP.KGRR.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-210828T0830Z/
Clare MI-
423 AM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLARE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
430 AM EDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and have exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4416 8461 4382 8461 4381 8508 4416 8508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0822Z 269DEG 21KT 4416 8471 4400 8470 4382 8486 

$$

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, 2:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRLake, Osceola55 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.