Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2012, 8:57 PM EDT for Manistee County, Missaukee County, Wexford County, Michigan. It was in force for 60 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
- Jul 25, 2012, 8:57 PM EDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2012, 9:57 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Manistee County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Wexford County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 9:14 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nw Cadillac, MI | TREES DOWN IN SELMA TOWNSHIP. |
| Jul 25, 9:14 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sw Cadillac, MI | TREES DOWN IN CHERRY GROVE TOWNSHIP. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 2643 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1451 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 16.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KAPX 260057
SVRAPX
MIC101-113-165-260200-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0022.120726T0057Z-120726T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
857 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN MANISTEE COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
SOUTHERN MISSAUKEE COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
SOUTHERN WEXFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
* AT 855 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 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THOMPSONVILLE...AND MOVING EAST
AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CADILLAC...BRETHREN...YUMA...HARRIETTA...BOON...MITCHELL STATE
PARK...LUCAS...MCBAIN...FALMOUTH...VOGEL CENTER AND MODDERSVILLE.
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 4444 8605 4421 8485 4416 8485 4416 8557
4428 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 286DEG 48KT 4439 8601
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$3 follow-up statements
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WWUS34 KAPX 260119
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
919 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012
MIC101-113-165-260200-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120726T0200Z/
WEXFORD MI-MANISTEE MI-MISSAUKEE MI-
919 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
MISSAUKEE...EASTERN MANISTEE AND SOUTHERN WEXFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 1000
PM EDT...
AT 914 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF KALEVA...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF THOMPSONVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CADILLAC...YUMA...HARRIETTA...BOON...MITCHELL STATE PARK...LUCAS...
MCBAIN...VOGEL CENTER...FALMOUTH AND MODDERSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4444 8605 4421 8485 4416 8485 4416 8557
4428 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 292DEG 39KT 4432 8584
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$131
WWUS34 KAPX 260146
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
946 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012
MIC101-113-165-260200-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120726T0200Z/
WEXFORD MI-MANISTEE MI-MISSAUKEE MI-
946 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
MISSAUKEE...EASTERN MANISTEE AND SOUTHERN WEXFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 1000
PM EDT...
AT 942 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 16 MILES SOUTH OF THOMPSONVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CADILLAC...YUMA...HARRIETTA...BOON...MITCHELL STATE PARK...LUCAS...
MCBAIN...FALMOUTH...VOGEL CENTER AND MODDERSVILLE.
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 4443 8601 4436 8565 4421 8487 4416 8488
4416 8557 4427 8610
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 295DEG 38KT 4428 8594
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$988
WWUS34 KAPX 260157
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
957 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012
MIC101-113-165-260207-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120726T0200Z/
WEXFORD MI-MANISTEE MI-MISSAUKEE MI-
957 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MISSAUKEE...EASTERN
MANISTEE AND SOUTHERN WEXFORD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 4443 8601 4436 8565 4421 8487 4416 8488
4416 8557 4427 8610
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 295DEG 38KT 4423 8579
WIND...HAIL <50MPH <.50IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 83 min | |
| Jul 25, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Missaukee, Wexford | 65 min |
| Jul 25, 8:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Missaukee, Wexford | 34 min |
| Jul 25, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Gladwin | 44 min |
| Jul 25, 10:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | APX | Missaukee, Wexford | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 10:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Arenac | 29 min |
| Jul 25, 10:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | APX | Manistee | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 11:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | APX | Gladwin | 3 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.