Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2021, 3:16 PM EDT for Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 32 min. 4 reports 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, 3:16 PM EDT (19:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2021, 3:48 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Berrien County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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, 3:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 46 | 1 N Benton Heights, MI | ASOS STATION KBEH BENTON HARBOR. |
| Jun 26, 3:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 49 | Saint Joseph, MI | SJOM4. |
| Jun 26, 3:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Benton Heights, MI | A COUPLE REPORTS OF TREES DOWN ACROSS ROADS JUST SOUTH OF BENTON HEIGHTS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING TREE HEALTH OR EXACT INTERSECTIONS UNAVAILABLE. |
| Jun 26, 3:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Benton Heights, 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.
| 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 251 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.
410
WUUS53 KIWX 261916
SVRIWX
MIC021-262000-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0041.210626T1916Z-210626T2000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
316 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Berrien County in southwestern Michigan...
* Until 400 PM EDT.
* At 316 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near St. Joseph,
moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Benton Harbor, St. Joseph, Fair Plain, Benton Heights, Watervliet,
Coloma, Lake Michigan Beach, Paw Paw Lake, Riverside, Shoreham,
Spinks Corners and Millburg.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 196 between mile markers 0 and 7.
Interstate 94 in Michigan between mile markers 23 and 42.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for southwestern
Michigan.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4208 8622 4201 8660 4212 8654 4212 8649
4219 8641 4224 8636 4224 8622
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 245DEG 36KT 4215 8654
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MCS3 follow-up statements
790
WWUS53 KIWX 261936
SVSIWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
336 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021
MIC021-262000-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-210626T2000Z/
Berrien MI-
336 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BERRIEN COUNTY...
At 336 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Coloma, or near
Benton Heights, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Benton Heights, Watervliet, Coloma, Paw Paw Lake, Spinks Corners and
Millburg.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for southwestern
Michigan.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4204 8643 4212 8641 4218 8638 4224 8633
4224 8622 4208 8622
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 255DEG 33KT 4217 8630
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MCS092
WWUS53 KIWX 261936 RRA
SVSIWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
336 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021
MIC021-262000-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-210626T2000Z/
Berrien MI-
336 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BERRIEN COUNTY...
At 336 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Coloma, or near
Benton Heights, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Benton Heights, Watervliet, Coloma, Paw Paw Lake, Spinks Corners and
Millburg.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for southwestern
Michigan.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4204 8643 4212 8641 4218 8638 4224 8633
4224 8622 4208 8622
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 255DEG 33KT 4217 8630
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MCS511
WWUS53 KIWX 261948
SVSIWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
348 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021
MIC021-261958-
/O.CAN.KIWX.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-210626T2000Z/
Berrien MI-
348 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BERRIEN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for southwestern
Michigan.
LAT...LON 4204 8643 4212 8641 4218 8638 4224 8633
4224 8622 4208 8622
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 245DEG 36KT 4222 8615
$$
MCSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 2:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 3:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 10:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Berrien | 70 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Berrien | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass | 29 min |
| Jun 26, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Berrien | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 4:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass, Saint Joseph | 17 min |
| Jun 26, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass | 23 min |
| Jun 26, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Berrien | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Saint Joseph | 52 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.