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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

September 7, 2021Isabella County, Mecosta County, Newaygo County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 2021, 2:20 PM EDT for Isabella County, Mecosta County, Newaygo County, Michigan. It was in force for 55 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 7, 2021, 2:20 PM EDT (18:20 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Isabella County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Newaygo County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 7, 2:38 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 S Mount Pleasant, MIPHOTO OF LIMBS DOWN ON CMU CAMPUS...RELATED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Sep 7, 3:15 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 433 Ene Mount Pleasant, MIAWOS STATION KMOP MT PLEASANT MUNI ARPT.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 7, 12:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 2021-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

935 
WUUS53 KGRR 071820
SVRGRR
MIC073-107-123-071915-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0084.210907T1820Z-210907T1915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
220 PM EDT Tue Sep 7 2021

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Newaygo County in west central Michigan...
  Isabella County in central Michigan...
  Mecosta County in central Michigan...

* Until 315 PM EDT.

* At 219 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over White Cloud,
  moving east at 65 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Mount Pleasant...      Big Rapids...          Clare...
  Newaygo...             White Cloud...         Fremont...
  Shepherd...            Hesperia...            Grant...
  Morley...              Mecosta...             Rosebush...
  Canadian Lakes...      Lake Isabella...       Croton...
  Bridgeton...           Remus...               Millbrook...
  Paris...               Barryton...            

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4373 8603 4382 8558 4381 8461 4347 8461
      4347 8556 4330 8556 4330 8604
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 267DEG 55KT 4354 8575 

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

$$

HOVING
3 follow-up statements
836 
WWUS53 KGRR 071841
SVSGRR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
241 PM EDT Tue Sep 7 2021

MIC073-107-123-071915-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-210907T1915Z/
Newaygo MI-Isabella MI-Mecosta MI-
241 PM EDT Tue Sep 7 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN NEWAYGO...ISABELLA AND MECOSTA COUNTIES...

At 241 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Clare to near Canadian Lakes to near Grant,
moving east at 50 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Mount Pleasant...      Big Rapids...          Clare...
Newaygo...             White Cloud...         Fremont...
Shepherd...            Grant...               Morley...
Mecosta...             Rosebush...            Canadian Lakes...
Lake Isabella...       Croton...              Bridgeton...
Remus...               Millbrook...           Barryton...
Stanwood...            Brinton...             

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4343 8604 4382 8524 4381 8461 4347 8461
      4347 8556 4330 8556 4330 8604
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 277DEG 43KT 4380 8470 4355 8537 4331 8586 

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

$$

NJJ
198 
WWUS53 KGRR 071908
SVSGRR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
308 PM EDT Tue Sep 7 2021

MIC107-123-071918-
/O.CAN.KGRR.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-210907T1915Z/
Newaygo MI-Mecosta MI-
308 PM EDT Tue Sep 7 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN NEWAYGO AND MECOSTA
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The storms 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 4347 8461 4347 8508 4349 8508 4351 8506
      4381 8461
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 273DEG 43KT 4369 8471 4351 8504 4326 8539 

$$

MIC073-071915-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-210907T1915Z/
Isabella MI-
308 PM EDT Tue Sep 7 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ISABELLA COUNTY...

At 308 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Rosebush to 7 miles north of Edmore to 8 miles
northwest of Greenville, moving east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Mount Pleasant...      Shepherd...            Rosebush...
Delwin...              Winn...                

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4347 8461 4347 8508 4349 8508 4351 8506
      4381 8461
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 273DEG 43KT 4369 8471 4351 8504 4326 8539 

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

$$

NJJ
397 
WWUS53 KGRR 071917
SVSGRR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
317 PM EDT Tue Sep 7 2021

MIC073-071926-
/O.EXP.KGRR.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-210907T1915Z/
Isabella MI-
317 PM EDT Tue Sep 7 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ISABELLA COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and have exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been allowed to expire.

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

LAT...LON 4347 8461 4347 8508 4349 8508 4351 8506
      4381 8461
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 270DEG 55KT 4370 8456 4352 8489 4327 8524 

$$

NJJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 11:50 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR91 min
Sep 7, 12:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRMason65 min
Sep 7, 12:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRLake, Osceola58 min
Sep 7, 12:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR87 min
Sep 7, 12:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRROceana66 min
Sep 7, 1:08 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRClare, Osceola40 min
Sep 7, 1:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRLake, Newaygo37 min
Sep 7, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR60 min
Sep 7, 1:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatGRROsceola38 min
Sep 7, 1:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRMuskegon, Oceana54 min
Sep 7, 2:01 PM EDTLakeshore Flood AdvisoryGRRMuskegon4 hr
Sep 7, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClare46 min
Sep 7, 2:13 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRClare30 min
Sep 7, 2:23 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRIsabella21 min
Sep 7, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKent, Ottawa39 min
Sep 7, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRMontcalm56 min
Sep 7, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClinton, Gratiot, Ionia64 min
Sep 7, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR83 min
Sep 7, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRVan Buren55 min
Sep 7, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRAllegan, Barry, Kalamazoo42 min
Sep 7, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRBarry, Calhoun, Eaton47 min
Sep 7, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIngham, Jackson50 min
Sep 7, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClinton29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.