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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

September 7, 2021Montcalm County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 2021, 3:04 PM EDT for Montcalm County, Michigan. It was in force for 56 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, 3:04 PM EDT (19:04 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Montcalm County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 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, 3:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 W Vestaburg, MIMULTIPLE TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN VESTABURG, MI.
Sep 7, 3:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 S Crystal, MIMULTIPLE TREES AND WIRES DOWN NEAR CHRYSTAL, MI.

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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.

702 
WUUS53 KGRR 071904
SVRGRR
MIC117-072000-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0086.210907T1904Z-210907T2000Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Montcalm County in central Michigan...

* Until 400 PM EDT.

* At 304 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of
  Greenville, moving east at 55 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Greenville...          Stanton...             Howard City...
  Edmore...              Carson City...         Lakeview...
  Crystal...             Sidney...              Sheridan...
  McBride...             Pierson...             Westville...
  Gowen...               Cedar Lake...          Entrican...
  Amble...               Vestaburg...           Turk Lake...
  Wyman...               Langston...            

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4312 8531 4329 8532 4330 8556 4347 8556
      4346 8485 4312 8484
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 272DEG 49KT 4328 8526 

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

$$

HOVING
2 follow-up statements
641 
WWUS53 KGRR 071935
SVSGRR

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

MIC117-072000-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-210907T2000Z/
Montcalm MI-
335 PM EDT Tue Sep 7 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONTCALM COUNTY...

At 335 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles northeast of Carson City to 8 miles east of
Belding, moving east at 15 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Carson City...         Crystal...             Sheridan...
Butternut...           Fenwick...             

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4312 8531 4322 8504 4335 8485 4312 8484
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 258DEG 14KT 4326 8479 4311 8507 

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

$$

NJJ
168 
WWUS53 KGRR 072003
SVSGRR

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

MIC117-072013-
/O.EXP.KGRR.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-210907T2000Z/
Montcalm MI-
403 PM EDT Tue Sep 7 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONTCALM 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. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch also remains in effect
until 1100 PM EDT for south central Michigan.

LAT...LON 4312 8531 4322 8504 4335 8485 4312 8484
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 272DEG 49KT 4325 8429 4310 8457 

$$

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, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIsabella, Mecosta, Newaygo55 min
Sep 7, 2:23 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRIsabella21 min
Sep 7, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKent, Ottawa39 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.