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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

August 29, 2021Ingham County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2021, 5:21 PM EDT for Ingham County, Michigan. It was in force for 24 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, 5:21 PM EDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2021, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Ingham County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 72 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.

946 
WUUS53 KGRR 292121
SVRGRR
MIC065-292145-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0076.210829T2121Z-210829T2145Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Ingham County in south central Michigan...

* Until 545 PM EDT.

* At 521 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 5 miles northwest of Williamston to 6 miles east of
  Leslie, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Williamston...         Stockbridge...         Bunker Hill...
  Webberville...         Dansville...           Fitchburg...
  Bell Oak...            Haslett...             Okemos...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4242 8438 4277 8442 4277 8437 4278 8436
      4278 8416 4257 8414 4242 8414
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 266DEG 30KT 4276 8434 4248 8431 

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

$$

NJJ
1 follow-up statement
293 
WWUS53 KGRR 292141
SVSGRR

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

MIC065-292150-
/O.EXP.KGRR.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-210829T2145Z/
Ingham MI-
541 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN INGHAM COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 545 PM 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.  However, gusty winds are still possible with
these thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 4242 8438 4277 8442 4277 8437 4278 8436
      4278 8416 4257 8414 4242 8414
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 266DEG 30KT 4277 8413 4249 8410 

$$

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, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClinton, Ionia56 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.