Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2012, 7:13 PM EDT for Cheboygan County, Emmet County, Michigan. It was in force for 29 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 18, 2012, 7:13 PM EDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2012, 7:42 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cheboygan County, MI, Emmet County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 192 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.
206
WUUS53 KAPX 182313
SVRAPX
MIC031-047-190000-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0015.120618T2313Z-120619T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
713 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CHEBOYGAN COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
CENTRAL EMMET COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 709 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 PETOSKEY...AND MOVING EAST
AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INDIAN RIVER...CONWAY...ODEN...BRUTUS...BURT LAKE...BURT LAKE STATE
PARK...WOLVERINE...TOPINABEE...AFTON...ALOHA...ALOHA STATE PARK...
KOEHLER TOWNSHIP...ALVERNO...TOWER...BLACK LAKE...PIGEON RIVER
STATE FOREST AND SILVER LAKE.
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 4521 8473 4535 8474 4538 8495 4540 8492
4542 8495 4541 8498 4543 8504 4548 8510
4554 8510 4557 8425 4520 8425
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 264DEG 50KT 4538 8493
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$2 follow-up statements
004
WWUS34 KAPX 182326
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
726 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012
MIC031-047-190000-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120619T0000Z/
CHEBOYGAN MI-EMMET MI-
726 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
EMMET AND CHEBOYGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...
AT 723 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BURT LAKE...OR NEAR INDIAN
RIVER...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INDIAN RIVER...BURT LAKE STATE PARK...WOLVERINE...TOPINABEE...
AFTON...ALOHA...ALOHA STATE PARK...KOEHLER TOWNSHIP...TOWER...BLACK
LAKE...PIGEON RIVER STATE FOREST AND SILVER LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4521 8473 4535 8474 4538 8495 4540 8492
4555 8487 4557 8425 4520 8425
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 264DEG 50KT 4540 8465
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$817
WWUS34 KAPX 182342
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
742 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012
MIC031-047-182352-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120619T0000Z/
CHEBOYGAN MI-EMMET MI-
742 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN EMMET AND
CHEBOYGAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT.
LAT...LON 4521 8473 4535 8474 4538 8495 4540 8492
4555 8487 4557 8425 4520 8425
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 264DEG 50KT 4542 8433
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, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet | 58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.