Tornado Warning 10, NWS Gaylord, MI

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WWUS34 KAPX 130209
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1007 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2008

MIC165-130230-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-080613T0230Z/
WEXFORD MI-
1007 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR WEXFORD
COUNTY...

AT 1006 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF YUMA...OR 15 MILES EAST OF
MANISTEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 54 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  YUMA AROUND 1020 PM EDT...
  MESICK...SHERMAN...6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HARRIETTA AND BOON AROUND  
  1025 PM EDT...

AT 950 PM...A SPOTTER LOCATED WITHIN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 
MANISTEE REPORTED DEBRIS WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF 
THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

LAT...LON 4417 8565 4417 8583 4420 8582 4443 8582
      4448 8582 4451 8575 4451 8534 4417 8533
      4416 8564
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 246DEG 47KT 4430 8602

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
710 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2008

.AVIATION...SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BRING SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS
TO ALL TERMINALS OVERNIGHT.  MOST WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO
AFFECT KPLN/KTVC WHERE CIGS/VSBYS SHOULD OCCASIONALLY BE REDUCED
TO MVFR LEVELS...WITH POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...WHILE
KAPN LOOKS TO AVOID PROLONGED PRECIP THRU MUCH OF THE NIGHT. LOW
LEVEL WIND SHEAR A CONCERN AT ALL TAF SITES AS 900MB JET CRANKS
OVERNIGHT UNDER STRONG WARM ADVECTION REGIME WHILE SFC WINDS
DIMINISH TO 12 KNOTS OR LESS. AREAS OF MVFR CIGS EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING WITH A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS...WITH VFR CONDITIONS DEVELOPING
AT ALL TERMINALS BY THE AFTERNOON.

JK
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 344 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2008/

DISCUSSION...SEASONABLY DEEP SURFACE LOW IN SOUTHERN MANITOBA.
OCCLUDED FRONT RUNS SE TO A WEAK TRIPLE POINT NORTH OF ROCHESTER MN.
COLD FRONT EXTENDS SOUTH FROM THERE TO EASTERN IOWA...THEN SW TO OK.
WARM FRONT IN CONVOLUTED THANKS TO ONGOING CONVECTION AND MARINE
INFLUENCES...BUT EXTENDS ESE TO NORTH OF CHICAGO...THE QUICKLY ZIGS
NORTHWARD TO NEAR THE M-55 CORRIDOR ACROSS CENTRAL LOWER MI. AS
EXPECTED...WARM ADVECTION-FORCED CONVECTION HAS REALLY GOTTEN
CRANKING OVER NORTHERN LAKE MI THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIP TRENDS...
INCLUDING THREAT FOR SVR WX AND HEAVY RAIN...ARE THE MAIN ISSUES FOR
TONIGHT.

TONIGHT...LOADING UP A RICH...JUICY AIRMASS IN NORTHERN IL THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH TEMPS PUSHING 90F AND DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 60S.
MLCAPES AROUND 1500J/KG. LOW LEVEL SSW WINDS (30-40KT AT 850MB) ARE
DRAWING THIS AIRMASS NORTHWARD...WITH MUCAPES NEAR 1K J/KG ACROSS
LAKE MI AND INTO W CENTRAL LOWER MI. THIS ELEVATED INSTABILITY IS
FEEDING ONGOING VIGOROUS CONVECTION OVER NORTHERN LAKE MI.
INDIVIDUAL STORMS ARE LIFTING RAPIDLY NNE TOWARD PARTS OF EASTERN
UPPER MI...WHILE SLOWLY DEVELOPING EASTWARD WITH TIME. MEANWHILE...
STRONG CONVECTION CONTINUES TO DEVELOP SPORADICALLY ALONG WI/IL
BORDER.

ONGOING ACTIVITY OVER LAKE MICH COULD PULSE UP TO NEAR SVR FROM TIME
TO TIME...WITH A FAVORABLE OVERLAP OF MUCAPE AND SHEAR (0-6KM BULK
SHEAR 40-50KT). HOWEVER...OUR MAIN SVR THREAT WILL INVOLVE WHATEVER
GETS GOING BACK TOWARD CHICAGO. CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR
CONVECTION TO BECOME WELL-ORGANIZED...LIFTING NE IN THE FORM OF BOWS
AND/OR LEWPY LINE SEGMENTS. BUT...AS MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE
DAY...WE NEVER QUITE REACH THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE SURFACE-BASED
INSTABILITY. DEW POINTS WILL CLIMB INTO THE MID 60S BY EVENING...BUT
BY THEN TEMPS WILL BE FALLING BACK THRU THE 70S. THUS WINDS WILL
HAVE SOME WORK TO DO TO GET TO THE GROUND...BUT THAT SHOULD BE VERY
DOABLE. THUS STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREAT.

INDIVIDUAL STORMS WILL BE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NE AT 40KT. SOME
LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR...THANKS TO BACKBUILDING ON THE SW
FLANK OF INDIVIDUAL STORMS. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IS NOT
ANTICIPATED.

MIN TEMPS MID 50S NORTH TO NEAR 70 SOUTH.

JZ

REST OF THE FORECAST (FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY)...THE LONG WAVE
TROUGH EVIDENT ON WATER VAPOR LOOP CENTERED TO OUR WEST ACROSS THE
GREAT BASIN WILL MEANDER TO THE EAST AND STALL ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
CANADA LATER THIS WEEKEND THEN REVERSE COURSE AND HEAD SOUTHEAST EARLY
NEXT WEEK. RIDGING MAY THEN TRY TO BUILD INTO THE REGION TOWARD
THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. THIS IS EXPECTED TO LEAD TO
CONTINUED SHOWERY CONDITIONS AT TIMES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS
WELL AS NORMAL TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES...ESPECIALLY
FOR THE EARLY AND MIDDLE PARTS OF NEXT WEEK. THE MAIN FORECAST
CONCERNS REVOLVE AROUND POPS THROUGH A MAJORITY OF THE FORECAST.

FRIDAY...SURFACE LOW MOVES NORTH NORTHEAST INTO NORTHEAST ONTARIO.
THE COLD FRONT OCCLUDES AND DOES NOT APPEAR THAT IT IS EVER QUITE
ABLE TO MOVE THROUGH AS THE EASTERN RIDGE HOLDS UP ITS PROGRESS AND
A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES UP ALONG THE FRONT (ALONG WITH
ASSOCIATED DIV-Q). MODELS ALSO LINGER THETA-E RIDGE ACROSS THE
REGION SO WILL CONTINUE WITH CATEGORICAL POPS ACROSS THE
EAST...LIKELY POPS CENTRAL AND CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE WEST.
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE APPEARS TO BE LIMITED...DUE TO THE LACK OF
SURFACE HEATING. BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS TO OUR SOUTHEAST BUT
ANY AFTERNOON CLEARING WOULD ALLOW FOR STORMS TO TAP INTO 30-35 KT
850 MB WIND AND AROUND 50 KNOT 500 MB WINDS. HIGHS WILL BE TRICKY
WITH THE MILD START OFFSET BY EXPECTED ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER. WILL
KEEP HIGHS IN THE 70S BUT SOME LOWER 80S POSSIBLE IF CLOUDS DO END
UP SCATTERING OUT.

FRIDAY NIGHT...MID LEVEL DRY SLOT MOVES INTO THE REGION AS STORM
SYSTEM PINWHEELS TO THE NORTH ACROSS WESTERN ONTARIO.
THEREFORE...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF POSSIBLE LINGERING SHOWERS/STORMS
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST IN THE EVENING PRECIPITATION FREE CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED. LOWS RANGING FROM THE LOWER 50S NORTHWEST TO THE UPPER 50S
SOUTHEAST.

SATURDAY...A BIT OF WRAP AROUND MOISTURE ROTATES SOUTHEAST AS UPPER
TROUGH TAKES UP RESIDENCE ACROSS NORTHERN ONTARIO. THIS IN
COMBINATION WITH DAYTIME HEATING MAY SPARK A MAINLY AFTERNOON SHOWER
OR STORM. HIGHS IN THE 70S.

SATURDAY NIGHT...NEARLY ZONAL FLOW ALOFT OPENS THE POSSIBILITY OF
MCS DEVELOPMENT UPSTREAM SO WILL EXPAND CHANCE POPS EASTWARD.

SUNDAY...LINGERING MOISTURE ALONG WITH AN APPROACHING SURFACE COLD
FRONT WILL LEAD TO MORE CHANCE POPS. HIGHS AGAIN EXPECTED TO BE IN
THE 70S.

MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...UPPER LEVEL TROUGH REVERSES COURSE AND
HEADS SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION LIKELY LEADING
TO COOLER TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH THE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS FOR AT
LEAST MONDAY. NATIONAL GUIDANCE HAS TUESDAY DRY...BUT 12Z ECMWF AND
OTHER EXTENDED MODELS WOULD LINGER CHANCES RIGHT INTO TUESDAY AS
WELL (BUT WILL NOT ADD IN POPS AT THIS TIME). INCREASING
RIDGING/RISING HEIGHTS EXPECTED TO LEAD TO WARMER CONDITIONS BY THE
END OF THE WEEK. HIGHS ONLY IN THE MIDDLE 60S TO LOWER 70S MONDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY THEN BACK INTO THE 70S THURSDAY.

SULLIVAN

&&

.APX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MI...NONE.
LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LMZ341.

LH...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LHZ346>349.

LS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LSZ321-322.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
800 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2008

LHZ345>349-LMZ323-341-342-344>346-LSZ321-322-MIZ008-015>036-041-042-
131115-
STRAITS OF MACKINAC-ST IGNACE TO FALSE DETOUR CHANNEL-
MACKINAC BRDG TO PRESQUE ISLE LT-PRESQUE ISLE LT TO STURGEON PT-
STURGEON PT TO ALABASTER-GRAND TRAVERSE BAY-
SEUL CHOIX PT TO MACKINAC BRDG-NORWOOD TO MACKINAC BRDG-
SLEEPING BEAR PT TO GRAND TRAVERSE LT-PT BETSIE TO SLEEPING BEAR PT-
MANISTEE TO PT BETSIE-WHITEFISH BAY-ST. MARYS RIVER-CHIPPEWA-
MACKINAC-EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-
OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-
OSCODA-ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-
GLADWIN-ARENAC-
800 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE HURON...LAKE
MICHIGAN...LAKE SUPERIOR...EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN LOWER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN MICHIGAN TONIGHT. SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH
THE MAIN THREAT...ALONG WITH HAIL IN EXCESS OF ONE HALF INCH
DIAMETER.

HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF
I-75. LOCALIZED RAINFALL TOTALS GREATER THAN 2 INCHES MAY OCCUR BY
DAYBREAK FRIDAY. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING OR
FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

THERE IS A RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON LAKE HURON BEACHES OF NORTHERN
LOWER MICHIGAN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED
AT THIS TIME.

THERE IS ANOTHER THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED ON SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY TONIGHT.

JK