Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2012, 9:01 PM EDT for Manistee County, Michigan. It was in force for 37 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
- May 28, 2012, 9:01 PM EDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2012, 9:38 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Manistee County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 9:19 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Manistee, MI | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| May 28, 9:25 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Wellston, MI | DIME SIZED HAIL FALLING WITH 40 MPH WINDS. |
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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
815
WUUS53 KAPX 290101
SVRAPX
MIC101-290145-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0010.120529T0101Z-120529T0145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
901 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MANISTEE COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
* AT 856 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
MANISTEE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ORCHARD BEACH STATE PARK...PARKDALE...ONEKAMA...PIERPORT...
NORWALK...BRETHREN...DUBLIN...WELLSTON...KALEVA...COPEMISH...STAR
CROSSING AND PERE MARQUETTE STATE FOREST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4430 8632 4435 8628 4441 8626 4447 8627
4448 8626 4450 8621 4450 8583 4418 8584
4418 8634 4421 8637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 245DEG 47KT 4429 8634
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
801
WWUS34 KAPX 290127
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
927 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2012
MIC101-290145-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120529T0145Z/
MANISTEE MI-
927 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
MANISTEE COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM EDT...
AT 926 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
COPEMISH...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF THOMPSONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OFNORTHEASTERN MANISTEE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4431 8598 4448 8608 4450 8601 4450 8583
4435 8583
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 245DEG 47KT 4443 8591
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$684
WWUS34 KAPX 290138
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
938 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2012
MIC101-290149-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120529T0145Z/
MANISTEE MI-
938 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MANISTEE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4431 8598 4448 8608 4450 8601 4450 8583
4435 8583
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 245DEG 47KT 4450 8571
WIND...HAIL <50MPH <.50IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 8:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 37 min | |
| May 28, 10:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Antrim, Crawford, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Otsego and 1 more | 40 min |
| May 28, 10:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona, Alpena, Cheboygan, Crawford, Montmorency, Oscoda and 2 more | 49 min |
| May 28, 11:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 66 min | |
| May 29, 4:00 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 18 hr |
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.