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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

June 12, 2021Clinton County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2021, 8:16 PM EDT for Clinton County, Michigan. It was in force for 32 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
Jun 12, 2021, 8:16 PM EDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2021, 8:48 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Clinton County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 2021-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1692 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 2021-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1692 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1112 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

120 
WUUS53 KGRR 130016
SVRGRR
MIC037-130115-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0008.210613T0016Z-210613T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
816 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a

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

* Until 915 PM EDT.

* At 816 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Carson City,
  or 14 miles northeast of Ionia, moving southeast at 25 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  St. Johns...           Elsie...               DeWitt...
  Eureka...              Ovid...                Fowler...
  Westphalia...          Maple Rapids...        Hubbardston...
  Bath...                

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4277 8458 4296 8484 4312 8484 4312 8437
      4277 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 303DEG 22KT 4313 8486 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TJT
2 follow-up statements
936 
WWUS53 KGRR 130037
SVSGRR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
837 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

MIC037-130115-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210613T0115Z/
Clinton MI-
837 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR CLINTON COUNTY...

At 836 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northeast 
of Portland, moving southeast at 20 mph. Another storm northwest of 
Fowler in far northwest Clinton County was also moving southeast.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
St. Johns...           Elsie...               DeWitt...
Eureka...              Ovid...                Fowler...
Westphalia...          Maple Rapids...        Hubbardston...
Bath...                

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4277 8458 4296 8484 4312 8484 4312 8437
      4277 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 306DEG 18KT 4298 8480 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TJT
813 
WWUS53 KGRR 130048
SVSGRR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
848 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

MIC037-130056-
/O.CAN.KGRR.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210613T0115Z/
Clinton MI-
848 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLINTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
                
The storms which prompted the warning had weakened below severe 
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However, small hail, 
lightning and heavy rain remain possible across much of Clinton 
County through at least 900 PM.

LAT...LON 4277 8458 4296 8484 4312 8484 4312 8437
      4277 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 303DEG 22KT 4294 8472 

$$

TJT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 10:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRClinton, Gratiot, Ingham, Jackson59 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.