Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2008, 7:31 PM EDT for Ogemaw County, Roscommon County, Michigan. It was in force for 48 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
- Jun 5, 2008, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2008, 8:19 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ogemaw County, MI, Roscommon County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KAPX 052331
SVRAPX
MIC129-143-060030-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0013.080605T2331Z-080606T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
731 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ROSCOMMON COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
OGEMAW COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 727 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
HOUGHTON LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 31 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE ST. HELEN AROUND 750 PM EDT...
ST. HELEN AROUND 800 PM EDT...
9 MILES NORTH OF WEST BRANCH AROUND 810 PM EDT...
CLEAR LAKE AND FOSTER TOWNSHIP AROUND 815 PM EDT...
ROSE CITY AROUND 825 PM EDT...
ROSE TOWNSHIP...LUPTON...7 MILES NORTHWEST OF RIFLE RIVER STATE
PARK AND 9 MILES NORTH OF SELKIRK AROUND 830 PM EDT...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ALL
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTNING. REMAIN INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. IF CAUGHT OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY
FROM TALL OBJECTS AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 4421 8479 4439 8484 4451 8412 4451 8411
4451 8389 4430 8389 4429 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 253DEG 27KT 4432 8470
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS34 KAPX 060003
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
803 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2008
MIC143-060013-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080606T0030Z/
ROSCOMMON MI-
803 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ROSCOMMON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 4434 8411 4444 8421 4451 8412 4451 8389
4429 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 253DEG 35KT 4444 8403
$$
MIC129-060030-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080606T0030Z/
OGEMAW MI-
803 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR OGEMAW COUNTY...
AT 800 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR ROSE CITY...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEST BRANCH...MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ALL
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTNING. REMAIN INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. IF CAUGHT OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY
FROM TALL OBJECTS AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER.
LAT...LON 4434 8411 4444 8421 4451 8412 4451 8389
4429 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 253DEG 35KT 4444 8403
$$000
WWUS34 KAPX 060019
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
816 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2008
MIC129-060026-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080606T0030Z/
OGEMAW MI-
816 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OGEMAW COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
LAT...LON 4434 8411 4444 8421 4451 8412 4451 8389
4429 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 253DEG 27KT 4442 8425
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 9:06 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 44 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.