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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

August 29, 2021Barry County, Ionia County, Kent County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2021, 3:26 PM EDT for Barry County, Ionia County, Kent County, Michigan. It was in force for 28 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 29, 2021, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2021, 3:54 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Barry County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Kent County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 2021-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1500 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 2021-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -80 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
1500 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

050 
WUUS53 KGRR 291926
SVRGRR
MIC015-067-081-292030-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0074.210829T1926Z-210829T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
326 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Kent County in southwestern Michigan...
  Southwestern Ionia County in south central Michigan...
  Northeastern Barry County in southwestern Michigan...

* Until 430 PM EDT.

* At 326 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles south of
  Lowell, 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...
  Lowell...              Lake Odessa...         Saranac...
  Freeport...            Woodland...            Clarksville...
  Woodbury...            Alto...                

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4276 8548 4294 8544 4293 8507 4272 8507
      4270 8508
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 279DEG 24KT 4285 8536 

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

$$

NJJ
1 follow-up statement
750 
WWUS53 KGRR 291954
SVSGRR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
354 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021

MIC015-067-081-292003-
/O.CAN.KGRR.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-210829T2030Z/
Kent MI-Ionia MI-Barry MI-
354 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KENT...
SOUTHWESTERN IONIA AND NORTHEASTERN BARRY 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.  However, gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4276 8548 4294 8544 4293 8507 4272 8507
      4270 8508
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 279DEG 24KT 4282 8511 

$$

JC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 9:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRClinton58 min
Aug 28, 11:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRClinton61 min
Aug 29, 2:21 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRRMason5 hr
Aug 29, 1:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR2 hr
Aug 29, 2:33 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatGRRLake8 hr
Aug 29, 2:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR113 min
Aug 29, 3:11 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGRRMason17 hr
Aug 29, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRMuskegon28 min
Aug 29, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClinton, Ionia56 min
Aug 29, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIngham24 min

Nearby

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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.