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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 7, 2011Chippewa County, Mackinac County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2011, 5:22 PM EDT for Chippewa County, Mackinac County, Michigan. It was in force for 41 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 7, 2011, 5:22 PM EDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2011, 6:03 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chippewa County, MI, Mackinac County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 2011-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 636 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 2011-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -51 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
636 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-275 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1492 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

400 
WUUS53 KAPX 072122
SVRAPX
MIC033-097-072230-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0045.110607T2122Z-110607T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
522 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...
  CENTRAL MACKINAC COUNTY IN EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 518 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
  EAST LAKE...OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. IGNACE...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FIBRE...RUDYARD...KINROSS...PICKFORD...DONALDSON...KELDEN...
  STALWART...BARBEAU...MUNUSCONG...KINCHELOE AND MCCARRON.

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 4635 8411 4625 8409 4620 8415 4623 8419
      4620 8424 4617 8422 4619 8418 4618 8411
      4612 8402 4611 8403 4601 8501 4619 8506
      4636 8421 4633 8421 4633 8419 4636 8419
      4637 8413
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 258DEG 28KT 4612 8490
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$
2 follow-up statements
934 
WWUS34 KAPX 072144
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
544 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011

MIC033-097-072230-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110607T2230Z/
MACKINAC MI-CHIPPEWA MI-
544 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
CHIPPEWA AND CENTRAL MACKINAC COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

AT 541 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
PICKFORD...OR 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF MACKINAC ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT
50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PICKFORD...DONALDSON...KELDEN...BARBEAU...STALWART...MUNUSCONG AND
  MCCARRON.

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 4635 8411 4625 8409 4620 8415 4623 8419
      4620 8424 4617 8422 4619 8418 4618 8411
      4612 8402 4611 8403 4601 8501 4619 8506
      4636 8421 4633 8421 4633 8419 4636 8419
      4637 8413
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 263DEG 43KT 4614 8438
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$
743 
WWUS34 KAPX 072203
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
603 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011

MIC033-097-072213-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110607T2230Z/
MACKINAC MI-CHIPPEWA MI-
603 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CHIPPEWA AND CENTRAL
MACKINAC COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4635 8411 4625 8409 4620 8415 4623 8419
      4620 8424 4617 8422 4619 8418 4618 8411
      4612 8402 4611 8403 4601 8501 4619 8506
      4636 8421 4633 8421 4633 8419 4636 8419
      4637 8413
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 263DEG 43KT 4616 8407
WIND...HAIL <50MPH <.50IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 10:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX93 min
Jun 6, 10:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Crawford, Oscoda39 min
Jun 6, 11:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX84 min
Jun 7, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX72 min
Jun 7, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan, Presque Isle46 min
Jun 7, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa42 min
Jun 7, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX66 min
Jun 7, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlpena, Montmorency, Presque Isle56 min
Jun 7, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan, Montmorency, Otsego55 min
Jun 7, 7:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX116 min
Jun 7, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Alpena, Montmorency, Presque Isle63 min
Jun 7, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMontmorency18 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.