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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Northern Indiana

June 19, 2021Hillsdale County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2021, 9:59 PM EDT for Hillsdale County, Michigan. It was in force for 17 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 19, 2021, 9:59 PM EDT (01:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2021, 10:16 PM EDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Hillsdale County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 10:00 PM EDTHAIL 2.75Pittsford, MI

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 8:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2021-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 36 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 2021-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 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
36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-214 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
969 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

108 
WUUS53 KIWX 200159
SVRIWX
MIC059-200230-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0014.210620T0159Z-210620T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
959 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021

The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Hillsdale County in southeastern Michigan...

* Until 1030 PM EDT.

* At 958 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hudson,
  moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Hudson, Pittsford, Waldron, Prattville and Betzer. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4173 8436 4172 8450 4186 8453 4188 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 273DEG 35KT 4179 8443 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MARSILI
1 follow-up statement
156 
WWUS53 KIWX 200216
SVSIWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1016 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021

MIC059-200226-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-210620T0230Z/
Hillsdale MI-
1016 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021

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

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM EDT for
southeastern Michigan.

LAT...LON 4173 8436 4172 8450 4186 8453 4188 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 273DEG 35KT 4178 8419 

$$

MARSILI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Saint Joseph40 min
Jun 19, 8:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXCass, Saint Joseph3 hr
Jun 19, 9:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBranch, Hillsdale39 min
Jun 20, 5:12 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementIWX49 hr
Jun 20, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass26 min
Jun 20, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBerrien, Cass28 min
Jun 20, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXSaint Joseph41 min
Jun 20, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHillsdale31 min
Jun 20, 7:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHillsdale26 min
Jun 20, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBranch, Saint Joseph32 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.