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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

August 27, 2024Ingham County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2024, 4:24 PM EDT for Ingham County, Michigan. It was in force for 66 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 27, 2024, 4:24 PM EDT (20:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2024, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Ingham County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Aug 27, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

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 26, 7:47 PM EDT, 20 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 7:47 PM EDT, 20 hours 37 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 2:43 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR92 min
Aug 27, 3:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRMason, Oceana83 min
Aug 27, 3:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRLake, Muskegon, Newaygo91 min
Aug 27, 4:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRKent, Mecosta, Montcalm, Osceola, Ottawa86 min
Aug 27, 5:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRClare57 min
Aug 27, 12:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR91 min
Aug 27, 1:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRMason64 min
Aug 27, 1:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRLake, Mason54 min
Aug 27, 1:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR63 min
Aug 27, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRMecosta40 min
Aug 27, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRMuskegon, Newaygo, Oceana49 min
Aug 27, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR33 min
Aug 27, 2:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRMecosta, Newaygo59 min
Aug 27, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRROsceola41 min
Aug 27, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR62 min
Aug 27, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClare, Isabella64 min
Aug 27, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRROttawa49 min
Aug 27, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRKent46 min
Aug 27, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKent42 min
Aug 27, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKent30 min
Aug 27, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIonia, Montcalm54 min
Aug 27, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClinton, Gratiot65 min
Aug 27, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRBarry, Eaton67 min
Aug 27, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRCalhoun42 min
Aug 27, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRJackson63 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.