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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

September 13, 2021Ingham County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 13, 2021, 1:18 PM EDT for Ingham County, Michigan. It was in force for 16 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
Sep 13, 2021, 1:18 PM EDT (17:18 UTC)
Expired
Sep 13, 2021, 1:34 PM EDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Ingham County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 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, 5.3 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 2021-09-13Temperature 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 2021-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

946 
WUUS53 KGRR 131718
SVRGRR
MIC065-131745-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0097.210913T1718Z-210913T1745Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
118 PM EDT Mon Sep 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a

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

* Until 145 PM EDT.

* At 117 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Williamston,
  or 7 miles west of Fowlerville, moving east at 35 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...
  Williamston...         Webberville...         Dansville...
  Bell Oak...            Okemos...              Haslett...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4257 8442 4277 8437 4278 8436 4278 8416
      4252 8414
TIME...MOT...LOC 1717Z 284DEG 32KT 4268 8422 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

DUKE
1 follow-up statement
631 
WWUS53 KGRR 131734
SVSGRR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
134 PM EDT Mon Sep 13 2021

MIC065-131743-
/O.CAN.KGRR.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-210913T1745Z/
Ingham MI-
134 PM EDT Mon Sep 13 2021

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

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Grand Rapids.

LAT...LON 4257 8442 4277 8437 4278 8436 4278 8416
      4252 8414
TIME...MOT...LOC 1733Z 284DEG 32KT 4264 8402 

$$

DUKE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 3:05 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRR56 hr
Sep 13, 3:08 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementGRRAllegan, Mason, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa, Van Buren50 hr
Sep 13, 4:52 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR113 min
Sep 13, 10:33 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR87 min
Sep 13, 10:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRKent, Muskegon, Newaygo, Ottawa64 min
Sep 13, 11:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKent, Ottawa53 min
Sep 13, 12:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRClinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham, Ionia84 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.