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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2021, 5:32 PM EDT for Ingham County, Michigan. It was in force for 58 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
- Jun 26, 2021, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Ingham County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 6:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nw Mason, MI | ROOFING MATERIAL AND INSULATION ON US-127 AT MM 68. |
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.
| 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 74 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.
976
WFUS53 KGRR 262132
TORGRR
MIC065-262230-
/O.NEW.KGRR.TO.W.0007.210626T2132Z-210626T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
532 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northern Ingham County in south central Michigan...
* Until 630 PM EDT.
* At 531 PM EDT, a confirmed tornado was located just north of Eaton
Rapids, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.
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.
* The tornado will be near...
Mason and Edgemont Park around 550 PM EDT.
Other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include
Lansing, East Lansing and Williamston.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 4267 8415 4249 8460 4277 8460 4278 8416
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 236DEG 30KT 4257 8469
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
MEADEThe 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, 5:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Clinton | 28 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, 5:43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.