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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

August 29, 20224 counties in Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2022, 1:47 PM EDT for 4 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 29, 2022, 1:47 PM EDT (17:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2022, 2:24 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lake County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Osceola County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:47 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 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 2022-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 99 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2022-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -56 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
99 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1026 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 29, 11:47 AM EDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 11:47 AM EDT, 2 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 29, 3:25 AM EDT, 10 hours 22 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
325 AM EDT Mon Aug 29 2022

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-300730-
Mason-Lake-Osceola-Clare-Oceana-Newaygo-Mecosta-Isabella-Muskegon-
Montcalm-Gratiot-Ottawa-Kent-Ionia-Clinton-Allegan-Barry-Eaton-
Ingham-Van Buren-Kalamazoo-Calhoun-Jackson-
325 AM EDT Mon Aug 29 2022

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southwest Lower
Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Thunderstorms, possibly severe with strong winds, are possible
today and this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

LMZ844>849-300730-
St Joseph to South Haven MI-South Haven to Holland MI-
Holland to Grand Haven MI-Grand Haven to Whitehall MI-
Whitehall to Pentwater MI-Pentwater to Manistee MI-
325 AM EDT Mon Aug 29 2022

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southwest Lower
Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Wind and waves will be hazardous to small craft through this
evening. Additionally, thunderstorms, possibly severe with strong
winds, are possible today and this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Wind and waves will be hazardous to small craft Tuesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 29, 11:42 AM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1142 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1215 AM     HEAVY RAIN       4 SE GLENN              42.48N 86.18W
08/29/2022  M1.00 INCH       ALLEGAN            MI   PUBLIC

            HEAVY RAIN FELL PRIMARILY BETWEEN 11PM AND
            MIDNIGHT.

&&

AMD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 8:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRNewaygo, Ottawa60 min
Aug 28, 9:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR34 min
Aug 28, 9:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRAllegan, Ottawa31 min
Aug 29, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR89 min
Aug 29, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRMuskegon58 min
Aug 29, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGRRAllegan, Ottawa54 min
Aug 29, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRMecosta, Newaygo59 min
Aug 29, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR41 min
Aug 29, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGRRAllegan, Barry, Kent58 min
Aug 29, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClare, Isabella, Mecosta, Osceola67 min
Aug 29, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Kalamazoo, Van Buren65 min
Aug 29, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRBarry, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham, Ionia and 1 more88 min
Aug 29, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRCalhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson90 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.