Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2012, 6:47 PM EDT for Antrim County, Charlevoix County, Emmet County, Michigan. It was in force for 58 min. 3 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 18, 2012, 6:47 PM EDT (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2012, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Antrim County, MI, Charlevoix County, MI, Emmet County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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 18, 7:06 PM EDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 39 | 6 Ene Charlevoix, MI | |
| Jun 18, 7:06 PM EDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 44 | Charlevoix, MI | |
| Jun 18, 7:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | Walloon Lake, MI | RELAYED VIA WFO ILN IN NWSCHAT. RCVD CALL ON THEIR PUBLIC LINE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1609 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
178
WUUS53 KAPX 182247
SVRAPX
MIC009-029-047-182345-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0014.120618T2247Z-120618T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
647 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ANTRIM COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
CHARLEVOIX COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
SOUTHERN EMMET COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 646 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORWOOD...
OR 11 MILES WEST OF CHARLEVOIX...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHARLEVOIX...ELLSWORTH...EAST JORDAN...PETOSKEY...BOYNE CITY...
NORWOOD...FISHERMANS ISLAND STATE PARK...CENTRAL LAKE...IRONTON...
BAYSHORE...HORTON BAY...YOUNG STATE PARK...JORDAN TOWNSHIP...
WILDWOOD...WALLOON LAKE...CLARION...WARNER TOWNSHIP...BOYNE
FALLS...ALBA AND REASONERS CORNER.
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 8530 4532 8527 4537 8521
4538 8513 4537 8502 4539 8494 4536 8473
4512 8473 4512 8485 4510 8486 4486 8485
4508 8538 4524 8540
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 283DEG 46KT 4528 8546
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$4 follow-up statements
338
WWUS34 KAPX 182301
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
701 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012
MIC009-029-047-182345-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120618T2345Z/
ANTRIM MI-EMMET MI-CHARLEVOIX MI-
701 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHARLEVOIX...
SOUTHERN EMMET AND ANTRIM COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...
AT 700 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHARLEVOIX...MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EAST JORDAN...PETOSKEY...BOYNE CITY...BAYSHORE...HORTON BAY...YOUNG
STATE PARK...JORDAN TOWNSHIP...WILDWOOD...WARNER TOWNSHIP...WALLOON
LAKE...CLARION...BOYNE FALLS...ALBA AND REASONERS CORNER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4529 8537 4533 8530 4532 8527 4537 8521
4538 8513 4537 8502 4539 8494 4536 8473
4512 8473 4512 8485 4510 8486 4486 8485
4508 8538 4524 8540
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 273DEG 46KT 4531 8520
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$732
WWUS34 KAPX 182319
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
719 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012
MIC009-182329-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120618T2345Z/
ANTRIM MI-
719 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ANTRIM COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4529 8537 4533 8530 4532 8527 4537 8521
4538 8513 4537 8502 4539 8494 4536 8473
4512 8473 4512 8522 4520 8523 4521 8535
4524 8540
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 273DEG 46KT 4529 8487
WIND...HAIL <50MPH <.50IN
$$
MIC029-047-182345-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120618T2345Z/
EMMET MI-CHARLEVOIX MI-
719 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHARLEVOIX AND
SOUTHERN EMMET COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...
AT 714 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLARION...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF
PETOSKEY...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
REASONERS CORNER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4529 8537 4533 8530 4532 8527 4537 8521
4538 8513 4537 8502 4539 8494 4536 8473
4512 8473 4512 8522 4520 8523 4521 8535
4524 8540
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 273DEG 46KT 4529 8487
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$629
WWUS34 KAPX 182333
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
733 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012
MIC029-047-182345-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120618T2345Z/
EMMET MI-CHARLEVOIX MI-
733 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
CHARLEVOIX AND SOUTHERN EMMET COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...
AT 728 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM BURT LAKE STATE PARK TO BOYNE FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN CHARLEVOIX COUNTY.
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 4537 8508 4537 8502 4539 8494 4536 8473
4513 8473 4512 8474 4512 8522 4521 8523
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 273DEG 46KT 4533 8457 4518 8484
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$816
WWUS34 KAPX 182341
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
741 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012
MIC029-047-182352-
/O.EXP.KAPX.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120618T2345Z/
EMMET MI-CHARLEVOIX MI-
741 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHARLEVOIX AND
SOUTHERN EMMET COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED
OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4537 8508 4537 8502 4539 8494 4536 8473
4513 8473 4512 8474 4512 8522 4521 8523
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 273DEG 46KT 4532 8439 4517 8466
WIND...HAIL <50MPH <.50IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 10:04 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 25 hr | |
| Jun 18, 5:48 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 117 min | |
| Jun 18, 9:33 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 72 min | |
| Jun 18, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 46 min | |
| Jun 18, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Chippewa | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 81 min | |
| Jun 18, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 119 min | |
| Jun 18, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 105 min | |
| Jun 18, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 18, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 91 min | |
| Jun 18, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Cheboygan, Emmet | 29 min |
| Jun 18, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Benzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 7:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | APX | Charlevoix | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Antrim, Kalkaska | 38 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.