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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

August 29, 2021Clinton County, Ionia County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2021, 4:04 PM EDT for Clinton County, Ionia County, Michigan. It was in force for 56 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, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clinton County, MI, Ionia County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.

182 
WUUS53 KGRR 292004
SVRGRR
MIC037-067-292100-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0075.210829T2004Z-210829T2100Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Ionia County in south central Michigan...
  Clinton County in south central Michigan...

* Until 500 PM EDT.

* At 404 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Portland,
  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...
  St. Johns...           Portland...            Elsie...
  Eureka...              Ovid...                Fowler...
  Westphalia...          Lyons...               Muir...
  Pewamo...              

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4286 8496 4305 8496 4312 8451 4312 8437
      4285 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 265DEG 35KT 4294 8486 

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

$$

NJJ
2 follow-up statements
543 
WWUS53 KGRR 292025
SVSGRR

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

MIC067-292035-
/O.CAN.KGRR.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-210829T2100Z/
Ionia MI-
425 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN IONIA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for
central Michigan.

LAT...LON 4285 8436 4286 8484 4307 8484 4312 8452
      4312 8437 4286 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 265DEG 35KT 4296 8458 

$$

MIC037-292100-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-210829T2100Z/
Clinton MI-
425 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR CLINTON COUNTY...

At 425 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near St. Johns,
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...
St. Johns...           Elsie...               Eureka...
Ovid...                Fowler...              Westphalia...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4285 8436 4286 8484 4307 8484 4312 8452
      4312 8437 4286 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 265DEG 35KT 4296 8458 

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

$$

JC
997 
WWUS53 KGRR 292049
SVSGRR

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

MIC037-292100-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-210829T2100Z/
Clinton MI-
449 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY...

At 449 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Laingsburg,
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...
St. Johns...           Elsie...               Eureka...
Ovid...                

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4286 8473 4302 8460 4312 8452 4312 8437
      4286 8437 4285 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 271DEG 22KT 4294 8444 

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

$$

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, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRBarry, Ionia, Kent28 min
Aug 29, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIngham24 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.