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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Gaylord, MI

May 22, 2011Presque Isle County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2011, 3:15 PM EDT for Presque Isle County, Michigan. It was in force for 19 min. 1 report 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
May 22, 2011, 3:15 PM EDT (19:15 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2011, 3:34 PM EDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Presque Isle County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 22, 3:30 PM EDTHAIL 0.5Huron Beach, MIMARBLE SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2011-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 380 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 2011-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 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
380 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 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.

741 
WUUS53 KAPX 221915
SVRAPX
MIC141-221945-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0029.110522T1915Z-110522T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
315 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 310 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  HURON BEACH...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ONAWAY...AND MOVING EAST AT
  30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FORTY MILE POINT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 4541 8418 4555 8423 4560 8415 4556 8412
      4554 8412 4550 8409 4550 8405 4551 8402
      4550 8393 4548 8389 4547 8390
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 256DEG 27KT 4550 8410
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$
1 follow-up statement
448 
WWUS34 KAPX 221934
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
334 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

MIC141-221943-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110522T1945Z/
PRESQUE ISLE MI-
334 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PRESQUE ISLE
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

HOWEVER ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL OCCURRING OVER THE 
SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY...NEAR PRESQUE ISLE AND POSEN.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN GAYLORD.

LAT...LON 4541 8418 4555 8423 4560 8415 4556 8412
      4554 8412 4550 8409 4550 8405 4551 8402
      4550 8393 4548 8389 4547 8390
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 256DEG 27KT 4553 8391
WIND...HAIL <50MPH <.50IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan, Presque Isle60 min
May 22, 2:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX84 min
May 22, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX64 min
May 22, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa, Mackinac53 min
May 22, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Alpena, Oscoda65 min
May 22, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXPresque Isle35 min
May 22, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX92 min
May 22, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX73 min
May 22, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Alpena47 min
May 22, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX78 min
May 22, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX116 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.