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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 8, 20115 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2011, 8:12 AM EDT for 5 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 48 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: Jun 8, 2011, 8:12 AM EDT (12:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2011, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Antrim County, MI, Charlevoix County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Otsego County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:11 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 8, 8:25 AM EDT	HAIL 0.75	East Jordan, MI	4 INCH DIAMETER BRANCH ALSO DOWN FROM MAPLE TREE

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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 214 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1155 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -175 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1362 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 317 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 295 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

561 
WUUS53 KAPX 081212
SVRAPX
MIC009-029-031-047-137-081300-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0052.110608T1212Z-110608T1300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
812 AM EDT WED JUN 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ANTRIM COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
  CHARLEVOIX COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
  SOUTHWESTERN CHEBOYGAN COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
  SOUTHERN EMMET COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
  NORTHWESTERN OTSEGO COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 900 AM EDT

* AT 807 AM 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
  NORWOOD...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELLSWORTH...AND MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHARLEVOIX...ELLSWORTH...EAST JORDAN...BOYNE CITY...PETOSKEY...
  INDIAN RIVER...IRONTON...HORTON BAY...JORDAN TOWNSHIP...YOUNG STATE
  PARK...WILDWOOD...WARNER TOWNSHIP...BAY VIEW...WALLOON LAKE...BOYNE
  FALLS...CLARION...PETOSKEY STATE PARK...ELMIRA...CONWAY AND ODEN.

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 4529 8537 4533 8531 4533 8527 4537 8521
      4538 8515 4537 8504 4538 8498 4541 8492
      4541 8499 4543 8501 4546 8450 4509 8455
      4499 8539 4512 8538 4524 8540
TIME...MOT...LOC 1212Z 267DEG 30KT 4523 8528
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$


ARNOTT

3 follow-up statements

308 
WWUS34 KAPX 081229
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
829 AM EDT WED JUN 8 2011

MIC009-029-031-047-137-081300-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-110608T1300Z/
CHEBOYGAN MI-ANTRIM MI-OTSEGO MI-EMMET MI-CHARLEVOIX MI-
829 AM EDT WED JUN 8 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHARLEVOIX...
SOUTHERN EMMET...NORTHWESTERN OTSEGO...NORTHERN ANTRIM AND
SOUTHWESTERN CHEBOYGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM EDT...

AT 820 AM 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
JORDAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

IN ADDITION...AT 825 AM PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM 
IN EAST JORDAN.  

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BOYNE CITY...PETOSKEY...INDIAN RIVER...HORTON BAY...YOUNG STATE
  PARK...WARNER TOWNSHIP...ELMIRA...WILDWOOD...BOYNE FALLS...WALLOON
  LAKE...CLARION...BAY VIEW...PETOSKEY STATE PARK...CONWAY...ODEN...
  VANDERBILT...REASONERS CORNER...BURT LAKE...WOLVERINE AND BURT LAKE
  STATE PARK.

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 4514 8527 4524 8530 4533 8527 4537 8521
      4538 8515 4537 8504 4538 8498 4541 8492
      4541 8499 4543 8501 4546 8450 4509 8455
      4500 8529
TIME...MOT...LOC 1228Z 246DEG 40KT 4519 8505
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$



JK

939 
WWUS34 KAPX 081241
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
841 AM EDT WED JUN 8 2011

MIC009-029-031-047-137-081300-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-110608T1300Z/
CHEBOYGAN MI-ANTRIM MI-OTSEGO MI-EMMET MI-CHARLEVOIX MI-
841 AM EDT WED JUN 8 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHARLEVOIX...
SOUTHERN EMMET...NORTHWESTERN OTSEGO...NORTHERN ANTRIM AND
SOUTHWESTERN CHEBOYGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM EDT...

AT 833 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BOYNE CITY TO JORDAN TOWNSHIP...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. QUARTER SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY
THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

STORM SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED PENNY SIZED HAIL WITH THESE STORMS.  

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  INDIAN RIVER...BAY VIEW...ELMIRA...PETOSKEY STATE PARK...CONWAY...
  ODEN...REASONERS CORNER...BURT LAKE...VANDERBILT...WOLVERINE AND
  BURT LAKE STATE PARK.

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 4513 8527 4514 8527 4524 8530 4533 8527
      4537 8521 4538 8515 4537 8504 4538 8498
      4541 8492 4541 8499 4543 8501 4546 8450
      4509 8455 4500 8529
TIME...MOT...LOC 1241Z 246DEG 40KT 4524 8487 4509 8495
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$


ARNOTT

833 
WWUS34 KAPX 081252
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
852 AM EDT WED JUN 8 2011

MIC009-029-031-047-137-081303-
/O.EXP.KAPX.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-110608T1300Z/
CHEBOYGAN MI-ANTRIM MI-OTSEGO MI-EMMET MI-CHARLEVOIX MI-
852 AM EDT WED JUN 8 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHARLEVOIX...SOUTHERN EMMET...
NORTHWESTERN OTSEGO...NORTHERN ANTRIM AND SOUTHWESTERN CHEBOYGAN
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 AM EDT...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 4513 8527 4514 8527 4524 8530 4533 8527
      4537 8521 4538 8515 4537 8504 4538 8498
      4541 8492 4541 8499 4543 8501 4546 8450
      4509 8455 4500 8529
TIME...MOT...LOC 1253Z 246DEG 40KT 4529 8470 4514 8478
WIND...HAIL <50MPH <.50IN

$$


JK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 8:03 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		114 min
Jun 7, 8:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		49 min
Jun 8, 1:02 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	APX		22 hr
Jun 8, 5:52 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		83 min
Jun 8, 6:44 AM EDT	Gale Warning	APX		4 hr
Jun 8, 6:44 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	APX		16 hr
Jun 8, 6:48 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		87 min
Jun 8, 7:13 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		2 hr
Jun 8, 9:08 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		67 min
Jun 8, 9:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Leelanau	27 min
Jun 8, 9:34 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		86 min
Jun 8, 10:26 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		94 min
Jun 8, 11:10 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		78 min
Jun 8, 11:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet, Otsego	51 min
Jun 8, 11:41 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		16 min
Jun 8, 12:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		66 min
Jun 8, 1:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		43 min
Jun 8, 1:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		93 min
Jun 8, 1:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet, Leelanau	43 min
Jun 8, 1:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau	40 min
Jun 8, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Otsego	35 min
Jun 8, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		55 min
Jun 8, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Alpena, Cheboygan, Montmorency, Otsego, Presque Isle	65 min
Jun 8, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		2 hr
Jun 8, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		83 min
Jun 8, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Chippewa	50 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.