Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2012, 4:33 PM EDT for Chippewa County, Mackinac County, Michigan. It was in force for 57 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
- Sep 3, 2012, 4:33 PM EDT (20:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chippewa County, MI, Mackinac County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 1160 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
948
WUUS53 KAPX 032033
SVRAPX
MIC033-097-032130-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0029.120903T2033Z-120903T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
433 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...
NORTHWESTERN MACKINAC COUNTY IN EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 433 PM 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 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWBERRY TO BLANEY PARK...AND MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GOULD CITY...CORINNE...ENGADINE...HULBERT...NAUBINWAY...
GILCHRIST...GARNET...REXTON...STRONGS...THREE LAKES...TROUT LAKE...
EPOUFETTE...FIBRE...EAST LAKE...BREVORT...RUDYARD...LOON LAKE...
GARFIELD TOWNSHIP AND BATTY DOE 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 4625 8565 4625 8525 4637 8524 4631 8446
4600 8501 4604 8514 4604 8520 4609 8534
4607 8539 4609 8542 4607 8545 4609 8551
4597 8564 4595 8569 4597 8587 4613 8587
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 277DEG 21KT 4629 8541 4605 8588
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
200
WWUS34 KAPX 032100
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
500 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012
MIC033-097-032130-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120903T2130Z/
MACKINAC MI-CHIPPEWA MI-
500 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
CHIPPEWA AND NORTHWESTERN MACKINAC COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...
AT 500 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SOO JUNCTION TO CORINNE...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HULBERT...NAUBINWAY...GILCHRIST...GARNET...REXTON...STRONGS...THREE
LAKES...TROUT LAKE...EPOUFETTE...FIBRE...EAST LAKE...BREVORT AND
RUDYARD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4625 8565 4625 8525 4637 8524 4631 8446
4600 8501 4604 8514 4604 8520 4609 8534
4607 8539 4609 8542 4607 8545 4609 8551
4597 8564 4595 8569 4597 8587 4613 8587
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 277DEG 21KT 4627 8518 4603 8566
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN
$$062
WWUS34 KAPX 032126
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
526 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012
MIC033-097-032135-
/O.EXP.KAPX.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120903T2130Z/
MACKINAC MI-CHIPPEWA MI-
526 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL CHIPPEWA AND
NORTHWESTERN MACKINAC COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.
IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT.
LAT...LON 4625 8565 4625 8525 4637 8524 4631 8446
4600 8501 4604 8514 4604 8520 4609 8534
4607 8539 4609 8542 4607 8545 4609 8551
4597 8564 4595 8569 4597 8587 4613 8587
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 277DEG 21KT 4625 8497 4601 8545
WIND...HAIL <50MPH <.50IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 86 min | |
| Sep 3, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 89 min | |
| Sep 3, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 86 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.