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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Northern Indiana

August 24, 2021Cass County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2021, 8:30 PM EDT for Cass County, Michigan. It was in force for 30 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
Aug 24, 2021, 8:30 PM EDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2021, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Cass County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 221 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 2021-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3040 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3040 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1099 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

563 
WUUS53 KIWX 250030
SVRIWX
MIC027-250100-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0103.210825T0030Z-210825T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
830 PM EDT Tue Aug 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Cass County in southwestern Michigan...

* Until 900 PM EDT.

* At 830 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Decatur, or
  near Dowagiac, moving north at 10 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...
  Dowagiac, Marcellus, Penn, Vandalia, Wakelee and La Grange. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4207 8578 4191 8591 4198 8614 4207 8611
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 201DEG 9KT 4202 8599 

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

$$

RTC
1 follow-up statement
480 
WWUS53 KIWX 250047
SVSIWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
847 PM EDT Tue Aug 24 2021

MIC027-250100-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-210825T0100Z/
Cass MI-
847 PM EDT Tue Aug 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN CASS COUNTY...

At 847 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Decatur, or 7
miles northeast of Dowagiac, moving northeast at 10 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...
Dowagiac, Marcellus and La Grange. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4194 8599 4194 8602 4198 8614 4207 8611
      4207 8578 4202 8582
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 213DEG 7KT 4204 8598 

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

$$

RTC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 8:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXBerrien, Cass3 hr
Aug 24, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBerrien, Cass46 min
Aug 24, 9:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBerrien, Cass, Saint Joseph43 min
Aug 24, 9:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBranch35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.