Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2008, 3:18 PM EDT for 4 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 57 min. 6 reports 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 8, 2008, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2008, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Arenac County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 3:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Gladwin, MI | WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE REPORTED ACROSS GLADWIN COUNTY |
| Jun 8, 3:27 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 9 E Beaverton, MI | BARN DESTROYED...ROOFS BLOWN OFF AND WIDESPREAD TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN ALBRIGHT SHORES. |
| Jun 8, 3:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sterling, MI | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTYWIDE |
| Jun 8, 3:42 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Gladwin, MI | WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE REPORTED ACROSS GLADWIN COUNTY |
| Jun 8, 3:46 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Au Gres, MI | SEVERAL REPORTS OF A FUNNEL CLOUD. |
| Jun 8, 3:48 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Au Gres, MI |
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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 538 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1230 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KAPX 081918
SVRAPX
MIC011-051-069-129-082015-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0021.080608T1918Z-080608T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
318 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
IOSCO COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
OGEMAW COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
ARENAC COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
GLADWIN COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 315 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM SELKIRK TO STANDISH...OR 6 MILES EAST OF WEST BRANCH...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAPLE RIDGE...
PRESCOTT...
OMER...
RIFLE RIVER STATE PARK...
TWINING...
TURNER...
WHITTEMORE...
LONG LAKE...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ALL
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTNING. REMAIN INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. IF CAUGHT OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER.
LAT...LON 4395 8462 4451 8389 4451 8331 4434 8333
4424 8346 4427 8347 4426 8352 4406 8357
4404 8366 4399 8369 4400 8374 4399 8375
4400 8383 4391 8391 4391 8404 4399 8405
4399 8416 4383 8417
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 237DEG 44KT 4429 8408 4394 8397
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS34 KAPX 082011
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
411 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
MIC011-051-069-129-082021-
/O.EXP.KAPX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080608T2015Z/
IOSCO MI-OGEMAW MI-ARENAC MI-GLADWIN MI-
411 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GLADWIN...ARENAC...OGEMAW AND
IOSCO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM EDT...
AT 411 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD WEAKENED AND
EXITED THE AREA. THE WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4395 8462 4451 8389 4451 8331 4434 8333
4424 8346 4427 8347 4426 8352 4406 8357
4404 8366 4399 8369 4400 8374 4399 8375
4400 8383 4391 8391 4391 8404 4399 8405
4399 8416 4383 8417
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 237DEG 44KT 4464 8332 4429 8321
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Missaukee, Roscommon | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Gladwin, Ogemaw, Roscommon | 54 min |
| Jun 8, 3:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Arenac, Iosco, Ogemaw | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 65 min | |
| Jun 8, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona, Oscoda | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 3:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Alcona | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 55 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.