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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 19, 2012Antrim County, Charlevoix County, Leelanau County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2012, 10:34 AM EDT for Antrim County, Charlevoix County, Leelanau County, Michigan. It was in force for 56 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 19, 2012, 10:34 AM EDT (14:34 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2012, 11:30 AM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Antrim County, MI, Charlevoix County, MI, Leelanau County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:35 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 19, 10:50 AM EDT	HAIL 0.25	Suttons Bay, MI	BB TO PEA SIZED HAIL
Jun 19, 10:50 AM EDT	MARINE TSTM WIND 47	Suttons Bay, MI
Jun 19, 11:00 AM EDT	MARINE TSTM WIND 39	2 Nne Leelanau State Pa, MI	MEASURED AT GRAND TRAVERSE LIGHTHOUSE. ANEMOMETER HGT 53 AGL.

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 19, 10:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 1244 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -167 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1246 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

890 
WUUS53 KAPX 191434
SVRAPX
MIC009-029-089-191530-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0019.120619T1434Z-120619T1530Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1034 AM EDT TUE JUN 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ANTRIM COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
  SOUTHEASTERN CHARLEVOIX COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
  NORTHERN LEELANAU COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT

* AT 1031 AM 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 27 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEELANAU STATE PARK TO 11 MILES NORTH OF
  GLEN HAVEN TO GLEN HAVEN TO 8 MILES WEST OF EMPIRE...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 55 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING
  WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LELAND...CHARLEVOIX...ELLSWORTH...BELLAIRE...EAST JORDAN...BOYNE
  CITY...LAKE LEELANAU...NORTHPORT...SUTTONS BAY...LEELANAU STATE
  PARK...NORWOOD...TORCH LAKE...KEWADIN...CENTRAL LAKE...CLAM
  RIVER...IRONTON...HORTON BAY...JORDAN TOWNSHIP...YOUNG STATE PARK
  AND WARNER TOWNSHIP.

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 4517 8606 4506 8594 4522 8555 4522 8554
      4512 8560 4515 8539 4544 8590 4524 8540
      4537 8517 4495 8490 4497 8561 4497 8539
      4515 8540 4512 8560 4490 8563 4487 8606
      4509 8569 4505 8597 4516 8607
TIME...MOT...LOC 1435Z 269DEG 46KT 4541 8594 4506 8595
          4489 8599 4478 8615
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.88IN

$$


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4 follow-up statements

481 
WWUS34 KAPX 191448
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1048 AM EDT TUE JUN 19 2012

MIC009-029-089-191530-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120619T1530Z/
ANTRIM MI-LEELANAU MI-CHARLEVOIX MI-
1048 AM EDT TUE JUN 19 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
CHARLEVOIX...NORTHERN LEELANAU AND NORTHERN ANTRIM COUNTIES UNTIL
1130 AM EDT...

AT 1045 AM 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 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEELANAU STATE PARK TO NORTHPORT TO CEDAR
TO PLATTE TOWNSHIP...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO
ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELLSWORTH...EAST JORDAN...BELLAIRE...SUTTONS BAY...LEELANAU STATE
  PARK...NORWOOD...TORCH LAKE...CENTRAL LAKE...IRONTON AND JORDAN
  TOWNSHIP.

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 4517 8606 4506 8594 4522 8555 4522 8554
      4512 8560 4515 8539 4544 8590 4524 8540
      4537 8517 4495 8490 4497 8561 4497 8539
      4515 8540 4512 8560 4490 8563 4487 8606
      4509 8569 4505 8597 4516 8607
TIME...MOT...LOC 1449Z 269DEG 46KT 4539 8567 4513 8559
          4487 8574 4477 8590
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.88IN

$$


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991 
WWUS34 KAPX 191509
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1109 AM EDT TUE JUN 19 2012

MIC089-191519-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120619T1530Z/
LEELANAU MI-
1109 AM EDT TUE JUN 19 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN LEELANAU COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 4537 8517 4495 8490 4496 8539 4502 8540
      4506 8538 4524 8540
TIME...MOT...LOC 1509Z 269DEG 46KT 4538 8530 4511 8522
          4486 8538 4476 8554
WIND...HAIL <50MPH <.50IN

$$

MIC009-029-191530-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120619T1530Z/
ANTRIM MI-CHARLEVOIX MI-
1109 AM EDT TUE JUN 19 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
CHARLEVOIX AND NORTHERN ANTRIM COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM EDT...

AT 1103 AM 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 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FISHERMANS ISLAND STATE PARK TO TORCH LAKE
TO MAPLETON TO TRAVERSE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. NICKEL SIZE
HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BELLAIRE...EAST JORDAN...IRONTON AND JORDAN TOWNSHIP.

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 8517 4495 8490 4496 8539 4502 8540
      4506 8538 4524 8540
TIME...MOT...LOC 1509Z 269DEG 46KT 4538 8530 4511 8522
          4486 8538 4476 8554
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.88IN

$$


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927 
WWUS34 KAPX 191520
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1120 AM EDT TUE JUN 19 2012

MIC009-029-191530-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120619T1530Z/
ANTRIM MI-CHARLEVOIX MI-
1120 AM EDT TUE JUN 19 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
CHARLEVOIX AND CENTRAL ANTRIM COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM EDT...

AT 1117 AM 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 CLAM RIVER...OR NEAR BELLAIRE...
MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE
DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EAST JORDAN AND JORDAN TOWNSHIP.

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 4499 8537 4525 8509 4507 8498 4495 8490
      4496 8538
TIME...MOT...LOC 1521Z 265DEG 49KT 4497 8520
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.88IN

$$


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910 
WWUS34 KAPX 191528
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1128 AM EDT TUE JUN 19 2012

MIC009-029-191538-
/O.EXP.KAPX.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120619T1530Z/
ANTRIM MI-CHARLEVOIX MI-
1128 AM EDT TUE JUN 19 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHARLEVOIX AND
CENTRAL ANTRIM COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 AM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 4499 8537 4525 8509 4507 8498 4495 8490
      4496 8538
TIME...MOT...LOC 1528Z 265DEG 49KT 4495 8506
WIND...HAIL <50MPH <.50IN

$$



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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 8:32 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		27 min
Jun 18, 9:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		66 min
Jun 18, 9:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Alcona, Iosco, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Roscommon	44 min
Jun 18, 10:51 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	APX		7 hr
Jun 19, 12:02 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		43 min
Jun 19, 9:50 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		85 min
Jun 19, 10:24 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		79 min
Jun 19, 11:36 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		84 min
Jun 19, 12:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		72 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.