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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 8, 2011Leelanau County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2011, 9:33 AM EDT for Leelanau County, Michigan. It was in force for 27 min. 2 reports 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, 9:33 AM EDT (13:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2011, 10:00 AM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Leelanau County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:33 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 8, 9:38 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 S Northport, MIMULTIPLE TREES DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF LEE MANN ROAD AND M22
Jun 8, 9:58 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGNorthport, MIABOUT 100 CHERRY TREES DAMAGED...DESTROYED ON ONE FARM. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 207 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2011-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1408 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2011-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 328 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
1408 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-232 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1388 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
328 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
340 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.

502 
WUUS53 KAPX 081333
SVRAPX
MIC089-081400-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0053.110608T1333Z-110608T1400Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LEELANAU COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT

* AT 928 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
  LELAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PESHAWBESTOWN...NORTHPORT...OMENA AND LEELANAU 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 4505 8576 4508 8570 4517 8564 4522 8554
      4518 8552 4513 8556 4515 8559 4513 8560
      4510 8558 4511 8557 4509 8558 4506 8555
      4500 8561 4498 8559 4493 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 1333Z 258DEG 39KT 4505 8567
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$


JK
2 follow-up statements
553 
WWUS34 KAPX 081345
SVSAPX

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

MIC089-081400-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-110608T1400Z/
LEELANAU MI-
945 AM EDT WED JUN 8 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
LEELANAU COUNTY UNTIL 1000 AM EDT...

AT 937 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
NORTHPORT...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF LELAND...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

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 4505 8576 4508 8570 4517 8564 4522 8554
      4518 8552 4513 8556 4515 8559 4513 8560
      4510 8558 4511 8557 4509 8558 4506 8555
      4500 8561 4498 8559 4493 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 1345Z 248DEG 39KT 4512 8552
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$


JK
526 
WWUS34 KAPX 081357
SVSAPX

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

MIC089-081406-
/O.EXP.KAPX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-110608T1400Z/
LEELANAU MI-
957 AM EDT WED JUN 8 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LEELANAU COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 AM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING IS MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

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

LAT...LON 4505 8576 4508 8570 4517 8564 4522 8554
      4518 8552 4513 8556 4515 8559 4513 8560
      4510 8558 4511 8557 4509 8558 4506 8555
      4500 8561 4498 8559 4493 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 1356Z 248DEG 39KT 4515 8556
WIND...HAIL <50MPH <.50IN

$$


JK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 8:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX114 min
Jun 7, 8:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX49 min
Jun 8, 1:02 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX22 hr
Jun 8, 5:52 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX83 min
Jun 8, 6:44 AM EDTGale WarningAPX4 hr
Jun 8, 6:44 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX16 hr
Jun 8, 6:48 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX87 min
Jun 8, 7:13 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX2 hr
Jun 8, 8:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet, Otsego48 min
Jun 8, 9:08 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX67 min
Jun 8, 9:34 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX86 min
Jun 8, 10:26 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX94 min
Jun 8, 11:10 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX78 min
Jun 8, 11:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet, Otsego51 min
Jun 8, 11:41 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX16 min
Jun 8, 12:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX66 min
Jun 8, 1:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX43 min
Jun 8, 1:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX93 min
Jun 8, 1:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Charlevoix, Emmet, Leelanau43 min
Jun 8, 1:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau40 min
Jun 8, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Otsego35 min
Jun 8, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX55 min
Jun 8, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlpena, Cheboygan, Montmorency, Otsego, Presque Isle65 min
Jun 8, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX2 hr
Jun 8, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX83 min
Jun 8, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa50 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.