Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2012, 10:34 PM EDT for Arenac 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
- Jul 25, 2012, 10:34 PM EDT (02:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2012, 11:03 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Arenac County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:38 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 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 373 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
998
WUUS53 KAPX 260234
SVRAPX
MIC011-260315-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0024.120726T0234Z-120726T0315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1034 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ARENAC COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
* AT 1028 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ALGER...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STERLING...STANDISH...AU GRES...MAPLE RIDGE...OMER...TWINING AND
TURNER.
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.
THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP
QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 4390 8393 4390 8404 4392 8405 4399 8406
4400 8417 4415 8417 4416 8357 4404 8357
4405 8364 4401 8368 4398 8368 4399 8373
4398 8383 4387 8391
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 279DEG 40KT 4404 8404
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
715
WWUS34 KAPX 260243
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1043 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012
MIC011-260315-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120726T0315Z/
ARENAC MI-
1043 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ARENAC COUNTY
UNTIL 1115 PM EDT...
AT 1043 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
OMER...OR 5 MILES EAST OF STANDISH...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AU GRES...TWINING AND TURNER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP
QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 4390 8393 4390 8404 4392 8405 4399 8406
4400 8417 4415 8417 4416 8357 4404 8357
4405 8364 4401 8368 4398 8368 4399 8373
4398 8383 4387 8391
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 279DEG 40KT 4400 8386
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$897
WWUS34 KAPX 260303
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1103 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012
MIC011-260313-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120726T0315Z/
ARENAC MI-
1103 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ARENAC COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT.
LAT...LON 4390 8393 4390 8404 4392 8405 4399 8406
4400 8417 4415 8417 4416 8357 4404 8357
4405 8364 4401 8368 4398 8368 4399 8373
4398 8383 4387 8391
TIME...MOT...LOC 0303Z 279DEG 40KT 4396 8356
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, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Manistee, Missaukee, Wexford | 60 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, 10:46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.