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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Gaylord, MI

May 3, 2012Missaukee County, Wexford County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2012, 4:04 AM EDT for Missaukee County, Wexford 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: May 3, 2012, 4:04 AM EDT (08:04 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2012, 4:33 AM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Missaukee County, MI, Wexford County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 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 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 219 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: 86 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1790 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

794 
WUUS53 KAPX 030804
SVRAPX
MIC113-165-030900-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0003.120503T0804Z-120503T0900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
404 AM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MISSAUKEE COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
  SOUTHEASTERN WEXFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 500 AM EDT

* AT 400 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MITCHELL STATE PARK...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF CADILLAC...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CADILLAC...LAKE CITY...MITCHELL STATE PARK...LUCAS...JENNINGS...
  MOREY...FALMOUTH...STITTSVILLE AND MERRITT.

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 4416 8557 4426 8561 4451 8506 4425 8486
      4416 8553
TIME...MOT...LOC 0804Z 245DEG 23KT 4422 8548
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

1 follow-up statement

842 
WWUS34 KAPX 030833
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
433 AM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

MIC113-165-030842-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120503T0900Z/
WEXFORD MI-MISSAUKEE MI-
433 AM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MISSAUKEE AND SOUTHEASTERN
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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN GAYLORD.

LAT...LON 4416 8557 4426 8561 4451 8506 4425 8486
      4416 8553
TIME...MOT...LOC 0832Z 265DEG 27KT 4423 8514
WIND...HAIL <50MPH <.50IN

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 4:39 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	APX	Manistee, Missaukee, Wexford	6 hr
May 3, 4:51 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Crawford, Missaukee, Roscommon	24 min
May 3, 6:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Arenac, Gladwin, Iosco, Ogemaw, Roscommon	68 min
May 3, 7:18 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		117 min
May 3, 11:37 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		98 min
May 3, 11:47 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	APX	Arenac	11 hr
May 3, 12:30 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		71 min
May 3, 12:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Benzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Manistee, Wexford	55 min
May 3, 1:21 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		39 min
May 3, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		102 min
May 3, 3:56 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	APX	Arenac, Gladwin	49 min
May 3, 4:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	APX	Gladwin	32 min
May 3, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		55 min
May 3, 5:09 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	APX	Arenac	40 hr

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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.