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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Northern Indiana

July 29, 2021Berrien County, Cass County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2021, 4:09 AM EDT for Berrien County, Cass County, Michigan. It was in force for 36 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
Jul 29, 2021, 4:09 AM EDT (08:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2021, 4:45 AM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Berrien County, MI, Cass County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 29, 2:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 254 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 2021-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 219 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 2021-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
219 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1416 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

967 
WUUS53 KIWX 290809
SVRIWX
MIC021-027-290845-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0063.210729T0809Z-210729T0845Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
409 AM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Cass County in southwestern Michigan...
  Berrien County in southwestern Michigan...

* Until 445 AM EDT.

* At 409 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near St. Joseph,
  moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Niles, Benton Harbor, St. Joseph, Dowagiac, Buchanan, Fair Plain,
  Benton Heights, Bridgman, New Buffalo, Berrien Springs, Watervliet,
  Three Oaks, Coloma, Stevensville, Shorewood-Tower Hill, Paw Paw
  Lake, Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert, Lake Michigan Beach, Bertrand
  and Pokagon.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 196 between mile markers 0 and 7.
 Interstate 94 in Michigan between mile markers 3 and 42.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4207 8622 4207 8599 4176 8620 4176 8635
      4179 8685 4192 8666 4212 8654 4212 8649
      4224 8636 4224 8622
TIME...MOT...LOC 0809Z 290DEG 39KT 4210 8657 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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2 follow-up statements
502 
WWUS53 KIWX 290836
SVSIWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
436 AM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

MIC021-027-290845-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-210729T0845Z/
Cass MI-Berrien MI-
436 AM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM EDT
FOR WESTERN CASS AND BERRIEN COUNTIES...

At 435 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dowagiac,
moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Niles, Benton Harbor, St. Joseph, Dowagiac, Buchanan, Fair Plain,
Benton Heights, Bridgman, Berrien Springs, Watervliet, Coloma,
Stevensville, Paw Paw Lake, Lake Michigan Beach, Bertrand, Pokagon,
Sodus, Riverside, Baroda and Shoreham.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4207 8622 4207 8599 4176 8620 4176 8635
      4185 8653 4194 8658 4212 8654 4212 8651
      4211 8650 4212 8649 4224 8636 4224 8622
TIME...MOT...LOC 0835Z 290DEG 39KT 4200 8620 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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976 
WWUS53 KIWX 290845
SVSIWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
445 AM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

MIC021-027-290855-
/O.EXP.KIWX.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-210729T0845Z/
Cass MI-Berrien MI-
445 AM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN CASS AND BERRIEN
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
                
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 allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 AM EDT for
north central Indiana...and southwestern Michigan.

LAT...LON 4207 8622 4207 8599 4176 8620 4176 8635
      4185 8653 4194 8658 4212 8654 4212 8651
      4211 8650 4212 8649 4224 8636 4224 8622
TIME...MOT...LOC 0845Z 290DEG 39KT 4197 8611 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 4:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass, Saint Joseph36 min
Jul 29, 5:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBranch39 min
Jul 29, 5:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHillsdale36 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.