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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 11, 1986Muskegon County, Newaygo County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1986, 8:21 PM EDT for Muskegon County, Newaygo County, Michigan. It was in force for 39 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 1986, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 1986, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 8:22 PM EDTHail 1Muskegon, MI
Jun 11, 8:22 PM EDTHail 1Newaygo, MI

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 207 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 1986-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 1986-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-175 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMKG 120021
SVRMKG
MIC121-123-120100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI
821 PM EDT WED JUN 11 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN...EASTERN MUSKEGON AND NEWAYGO

AT 818PM, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 25
MILES EAST OF MUSKEGON MICHIGAN IN WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.  PEA SIZED HAIL
HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

 REMEMBER..THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO
 WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING..SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 9:18 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXNewaygo42 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.