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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Gaylord, MI

September 21, 2010Alcona County, Oscoda County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 2010, 5:35 PM EDT for Alcona County, Oscoda County, Michigan. It was in force for 40 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
Sep 21, 2010, 5:35 PM EDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
Sep 21, 2010, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Alcona County, MI, Oscoda County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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
Sep 21, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 113 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, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 2010-09-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1335 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, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 2010-09-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 351 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1335 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
351 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
368 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.5

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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 Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 21, 4:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 4:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 21, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Alpena31 min
Sep 21, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX56 min
Sep 21, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford, Ogemaw, Oscoda42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.