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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Northern Indiana

June 19, 2021Cass County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2021, 7:48 PM EDT for Cass County, Michigan. It was in force for 42 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, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2021, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Cass County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 8:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGEagle Lake, MINUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWNED ALL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 227 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2433 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

528 
WUUS53 KIWX 192348
SVRIWX
MIC027-200030-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0008.210619T2348Z-210620T0030Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a

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

* Until 830 PM EDT.

* At 748 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dowagiac,
  moving east at 25 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...
  Niles, Dowagiac, Cassopolis, Edwardsburg, Union, Pokagon, Penn,
  Vandalia, Dailey, La Grange, Paradise Lake, Barron Lake, Calvin
  Center, Adamsville, Sumnerville, Juno Lake, Donnell Lake, Jones,
  Diamond Lake and Shavehead Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4198 8578 4176 8580 4176 8593 4183 8622
      4200 8621
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 279DEG 20KT 4193 8616 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MARSILI
1 follow-up statement
658 
WWUS53 KIWX 200001
SVSIWX

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

MIC027-200030-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210620T0030Z/
Cass MI-
801 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN CASS COUNTY...

At 801 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Cassopolis, or
near Dowagiac, moving east at 25 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, Cassopolis, Union, Penn, Vandalia, Dailey, La Grange,
Paradise Lake, Calvin Center, Adamsville, Juno Lake, Donnell Lake,
Jones, Diamond Lake, Shavehead Lake, Eagle Lake and Barron Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4176 8580 4176 8593 4185 8620 4198 8609
      4194 8578
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 279DEG 20KT 4192 8606 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MARSILI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSaint Joseph29 min
Jun 19, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBerrien34 min
Jun 19, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBerrien40 min
Jun 19, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXCass51 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.