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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

July 6, 20215 counties in Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2021, 9:21 PM EDT for 5 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report 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
Jul 6, 2021, 9:21 PM EDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2021, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Counties Clare County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Osceola County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 6, 9:23 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Wnw Sand Lake, MIREPORT FROM MPING: 1-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; SHINGLES BLOWN OFF.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 2021-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 680 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 2021-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
680 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1346 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

978 
WWUS83 KGRR 070121
SPSGRR

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
921 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

MIZ039-040-045-046-051-052-070215-
Montcalm-Isabella-Osceola-Gratiot-Mecosta-Clare-
921 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN GRATIOT...
ISABELLA...CLARE...SOUTHEASTERN OSCEOLA...MECOSTA AND MONTCALM
COUNTIES...

At 921 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from 5 miles northwest of Evart to 5 miles
northwest of Mecosta to 6 miles southwest of Howard City. Movement
was east at 30 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Mount Pleasant...      Alma...                Clare...
Evart...               Stanton...             Howard City...
Shepherd...            Edmore...              Lakeview...
Farwell...             Morley...              Mecosta...
Rosebush...            Lake Isabella...       Harrison...
Canadian Lakes...      Crystal...             Sumner...
Remus...               Millbrook...           

LAT...LON 4403 8461 4358 8461 4325 8472 4326 8531
      4329 8532 4330 8556 4341 8556 4369 8538
      4404 8542
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 275DEG 26KT 4397 8532 4369 8529 4332 8553 

$$

MWS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 8:28 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGRRMecosta, Newaygo6 hr
Jul 7, 12:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 11 more4 hr
Jul 7, 12:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClinton, Gratiot66 min
Jul 7, 1:18 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRClinton, Gratiot27 min
Jul 7, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClinton13 min
Jul 7, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRCalhoun, Jackson38 min
Jul 7, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRCalhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson77 min
Jul 7, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRClare, Lake, Osceola119 min
Jul 7, 4:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRRCalhoun2 hr
Jul 7, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRCalhoun24 min
Jul 7, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRCalhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson2 hr
Jul 7, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIngham27 min
Jul 7, 5:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRRLake, Osceola4 hr
Jul 7, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRClare, Lake, Osceola117 min
Jul 7, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRClinton58 min
Jul 7, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRBarry31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.