Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2021, 5:05 PM EDT for Clinton County, Michigan. It was in force for 28 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 26, 2021, 5:05 PM EDT (21:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2021, 5:33 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Clinton County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 1:05 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 492 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
142
WFUS53 KGRR 262105
TORGRR
MIC037-262200-
/O.NEW.KGRR.TO.W.0005.210626T2105Z-210626T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
505 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Clinton County in south central Michigan...
* Until 600 PM EDT.
* At 505 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Portland, moving east northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* Locations impacted include...
St. Johns and Elsie.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4277 8483 4312 8484 4312 8437 4277 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 243DEG 29KT 4290 8492
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
LAURENS2 follow-up statements
173
WWUS53 KGRR 262118
SVSGRR
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
518 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021
MIC037-262200-
/O.CON.KGRR.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210626T2200Z/
Clinton MI-
518 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
CLINTON COUNTY...
At 518 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles northeast of Portland, moving northeast at 35
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
St. Johns... Elsie... DeWitt...
Ovid... Fowler... Westphalia...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4297 8484 4312 8437 4281 8437 4289 8483
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 244DEG 28KT 4294 8479
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
TJT660
WWUS53 KGRR 262133
SVSGRR
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
533 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021
MIC037-262141-
/O.CAN.KGRR.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210626T2200Z/
Clinton MI-
533 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CLINTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits and has been replaced with a severe thunderstorm warning for
most of Clinton County until 615 PM EDT. A Tornado Watch remains in
effect until 800 PM EDT for south central and central Michigan.
LAT...LON 4297 8484 4312 8437 4281 8437 4289 8483
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 243DEG 29KT 4299 8466
$$
TJTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:57 PM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | GRR | 14 hr | |
| Jun 26, 3:32 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 36 hr | |
| Jun 26, 11:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Allegan, Ionia, Kent, Montcalm, Ottawa | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 3 hr | |
| Jun 26, 2:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Muskegon | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Ionia, Kalamazoo, Kent, Montcalm and 2 more | 43 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Mecosta | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 3:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Clare, Isabella, Mecosta | 15 min |
| Jun 26, 3:49 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | GRR | Allegan, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa, Van Buren | 24 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Ionia | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Kalamazoo | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 4:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Calhoun, Eaton | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ingham | 55 min |
| Jun 26, 5:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Calhoun, Kalamazoo | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Clinton | 17 min |
| Jun 26, 5:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Ingham | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 5:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Eaton | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 5:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Ingham | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Calhoun, Ingham, Jackson | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Van Buren | 51 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.