Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 2012, 6:29 PM EDT for Manistee County, Michigan. It was in force for 46 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
- Mar 22, 2012, 6:29 PM EDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2012, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 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), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 1078 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
890
WUUS53 KAPX 222229
SVRAPX
MIC101-222315-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0002.120322T2229Z-120322T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
629 PM EDT THU MAR 22 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MANISTEE COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 627 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
BRETHREN...OR 12 MILES EAST OF MANISTEE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRETHREN...NORWALK...ONEKAMA...KALEVA...COPEMISH AND PERE MARQUETTE
STATE FOREST.
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 4452 8616 4451 8582 4450 8582 4423 8592
4424 8624
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 193DEG 13KT 4430 8608
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$3 follow-up statements
825
WWUS34 KAPX 222244
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
644 PM EDT THU MAR 22 2012
MIC101-222315-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120322T2315Z/
MANISTEE MI-
644 PM EDT THU MAR 22 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
MANISTEE COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM EDT...
AT 640 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BRETHREN...OR 14 MILES EAST OF MANISTEE...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KALEVA...COPEMISH AND PERE MARQUETTE STATE FOREST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4451 8607 4451 8582 4450 8582 4423 8592
4424 8616
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 193DEG 13KT 4433 8605
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$157
WWUS34 KAPX 222305
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
705 PM EDT THU MAR 22 2012
MIC101-222315-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120322T2315Z/
MANISTEE MI-
705 PM EDT THU MAR 22 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
MANISTEE COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM EDT...
AT 702 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
KALEVA...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THOMPSONVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 15
MPH. AN ADDITIONAL STRONG STORM IS NEAR BRETHREN...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COPEMISH AND PERE MARQUETTE STATE FOREST.
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 4451 8607 4451 8582 4450 8582 4423 8592
4424 8616
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 199DEG 14KT 4441 8601
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$288
WWUS34 KAPX 222313
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
713 PM EDT THU MAR 22 2012
MIC101-222323-
/O.EXP.KAPX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120322T2315Z/
MANISTEE MI-
713 PM EDT THU MAR 22 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MANISTEE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 715 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 4451 8607 4451 8582 4450 8582 4423 8592
4424 8616
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 199DEG 14KT 4444 8599
WIND...HAIL <50MPH <.50IN
$$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.