Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Gaylord, MI

971 
WWUS34 KAPX 052254
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
654 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012

MIC011-051-069-129-143-052330-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120905T2330Z/
ARENAC MI-IOSCO MI-GLADWIN MI-OGEMAW MI-ROSCOMMON MI-
654 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ROSCOMMON...SOUTHERN OGEMAW...NORTHERN GLADWIN...SOUTHWESTERN IOSCO
AND ARENAC COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

AT 654 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
BOWMANVILLE...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST BRANCH...MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WEST BRANCH...ALGER...STERLING...STANDISH...AU GRES...SELKIRK...
  SKIDWAY LAKE...MAPLE RIDGE...TWINING...TURNER...WHITTEMORE...
  OMER...NATIONAL CITY...HALE AND PRESCOTT.

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 4398 8405 4399 8406 4399 8416 4398 8417
      4401 8459 4427 8459 4440 8371 4404 8365
      4398 8368 4399 8373 4398 8376 4398 8383
      4397 8385
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 266DEG 27KT 4415 8429
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

482 
WWUS34 KAPX 052318
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
718 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012

MIC011-051-069-129-143-052330-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120905T2330Z/
ARENAC MI-IOSCO MI-GLADWIN MI-OGEMAW MI-ROSCOMMON MI-
718 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ROSCOMMON...SOUTHERN OGEMAW...NORTHEASTERN GLADWIN...SOUTHWESTERN
IOSCO AND ARENAC COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

AT 718 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...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STERLING...STANDISH...AU GRES...SELKIRK...SKIDWAY LAKE...MAPLE
  RIDGE...TWINING...OMER...TURNER...WHITTEMORE...NATIONAL CITY AND
  PRESCOTT.

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 4398 8405 4399 8406 4399 8416 4398 8417
      4400 8445 4424 8442 4440 8371 4404 8365
      4398 8368 4399 8373 4398 8376 4398 8383
      4397 8385
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 266DEG 27KT 4413 8408
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
415 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 351 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012

A RELATIVELY ACTIVE PERIOD OF WEATHER...IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE END
OF THE WEEK...AS SEVERAL DISTURBANCES ROTATE THROUGH THE REGION. A
COOL FRONT WILL CROSS NORTHERN MICHIGAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON...
BRINGING A THREAT FOR A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. AFTER A BRIEF
BREAK IN THE ACTIVE WEATHER...TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY...RAIN CHANCES
WILL INCREASE FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL TURN COOLER THAN
NORMAL...FRIDAY INTO THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 351 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012

TONIGHT...NOT MUCH CHANGE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS WITH
STILL SCATTERED COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THE SCOPE IN ADVANCE
OF THE SURFACE COLD FRONT NOW ACROSS CENTRAL LAKE MICHIGAN. THE
TIMING AND EXTENT OF THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE REMAINS THE BIGGEST
QUESTION AS WIND FIELDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUT AHEAD OF THE
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. HOWEVER...TO THIS POINT NOT ABLE TO
GENERATE MUCH INSTABILITY...A MERE 500 J/KG OF CAPE...WITH FALLING
SURFACE DEWPOINTS (NOT AT ALL EXPECTED IN ADVANCE OF A FRONT). AM
STILL RELUCTANT TO RULE OUT ACTIVITY PICKING UP LATER THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS FAR WESTERN ZONES AND PROGRESSING ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
ALONG WITH HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER REMAIN THE BIGGEST THREATS.
CLEARING OUT OVERNIGHT WITH DRIER AIR SLOWLY ADVECTING INTO THE
REGION. PATCHY FOG WILL PROBABLY FORM ONCE AGAIN...MAYBE EVEN A
FEW DENSE SPOTS. LOWS IN THE MIDDLE 50S TO LOWER 60S.

THURSDAY...WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE REGION WITH ZONAL
FLOW ALOFT. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY
SKIES...ALONG WITH NOT AS WARM AND LESS HUMID CONDITIONS. HIGHS
RANGING FROM THE LOWER 70S NORTH TO NEAR 80 SOUTHEAST.

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 351 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012

LARGE SCALE ANALYSIS/FORECAST: UPPER LOW OVER NORTHERN MANITOBA WITH
BROAD TROUGHING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL/WESTERN CANADA AND EXTENDING
INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST/PLAINS.  A STRONGER UPPER LOW/TROUGH WAS
LOCATED OVER WESTERN ALASKA/BERING SEA.  THE TROUGH OVER CENTRAL
CANADA WILL BE THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THE WEATHER OF THE GREAT LAKES
THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS ENERGY GETTING
KICKED OUT OF THE ALASKA TROUGH HELPS AMPLIFY THE CANADIAN TROUGH
AND ALLOW IT TO SHIFT EASTWARD WITH TIME (AND RUNNING RIGHT ACROSS
MICHIGAN ON SATURDAY).  THERE HAS BEEN A DEFINITE MORE PROGRESSIVE
TREND IN THE GUIDANCE WITH THIS TROUGH OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF
DAYS...WITH MORE OF AN OPEN WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES THIS
WEEKEND AS OPPOSED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CLOSED CIRCULATION
DEPICTED IN PRIOR RUNS.  PATTERN TAKES ON MORE OF A ZONAL LOOK BY
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

SHORT WAVE ENERGY OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA/ALBERTA THIS AFTERNOON
DIGGING SOUTHEAST WILL BE INITIAL FOCUS IN THE LONG TERM FORECAST...
AS IT RESULTS IN A POSITIVE TILT TROUGH SLICING ACROSS THE MIDWEST
FRIDAY AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES SATURDAY...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A
FRONTAL WAVE CYCLONE DEVELOPING EAST OF MICHIGAN SATURDAY.  SO THE
IMPACTS OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BE THE MAIN NEAR TERM FORECAST PROBLEM.

THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY:  HEIGHT FALLS WILL BE SPREADING
INTO WISCONSIN/MICHIGAN THURSDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF SHORT WAVE TROUGH
COMING INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST.  BAND OF DEEPER MOISTURE ASSOCIATED
WITH AXIS OF LOW/MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS
NORTHERN WISCONSIN AND UPPER MICHIGAN...WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN RAIN
SPREADING INTO EASTERN UPPER AND THE STRAITS REGION (MOST LIKELY
AFTER MIDNIGHT).  EXPECT RAIN TO DEVELOP SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN
LOWER MICHIGAN FRIDAY MORNING...AIDED BY LEFT FRONT QUAD JET
DYNAMICS.  SO PLAN TO BUMP POPS UP INTO THE LIKELY CATEGORY WITH
MORE CONFIDENCE IN THIS SCENARIO UNFOLDING...EXPECT RAINFALL AMOUNTS
IN THE 0.50+ INCH RANGE FROM THE TIP OF THE MITT COUNTIES NORTHWARD
INTO THE EASTERN U.P. THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  CLOUDS AND
PRECIPITATION SHOULD KEEP TEMPERATURES DOWN FRIDAY ACROSS THE NORTH
(60-65 ACROSS EASTERN UPPER).

QUESTIONS BEYOND FRIDAY WILL DEPEND ON EVOLUTION OF LOW LEVEL
RESPONSE TO UPPER LEVEL WAVE AS IT PASSES THROUGH...SPECIFICALLY
WITH REGARDS TO FRONTAL WAVE DEVELOPMENT TO THE EAST.  NAM-WRF HAS
BEEN MOST AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS...WITH A DEEPER (AND SLIGHTLY SLOWER)
UPPER LEVEL WAVE ALLOWING FOR A STRONGER SURFACE LOW SPINNING UP
OVER FAR SOUTHWEST ONTARIO BY SATURDAY MORNING (POSSIBLY DUE TO THE
LOW LEVEL DEVELOPMENT FEEDING BACK ON THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM...AND
POSSIBLY DUE TO SOME JET COUPLING THAT THE MODEL DEVELOPS).  NOT
GOING TO GO TOO FAR IN THAT DIRECTION...BUT WILL TRY TO ACKNOWLEDGE
AT LEAST THE POSSIBILITY OF A SLOWER END TO THE PRECIPITATION (I.E.,
SLOWER THAN DEPICTED BY THE GFS).  FROM A PROBABILISTIC
STANDPOINT...THIS WILL ENTAIL KEEPING RAIN IN THE FORECAST AT LEAST
ACROSS NORTHEAST LOWER INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.  TEMPTING TO JUST KEEP
THIS CHANCE CONFINED TO THE EVENING HOURS...BUT MAKES NO SENSE TO
GET TOO CUTE WITH THIS GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY.  WILL STAY AWAY FROM
THE NAM-WRF IDEA OF WRAPPING MOISTURE BACK INTO THE FORECAST AREA ON
SATURDAY FOR THE TIME BEING.  MEANWHILE...LOW LEVEL COLD AIR
CONTINUES TO FILTER SOUTH FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH 850MB TEMPERATURES
DROPPING INTO THE MID SINGLE DIGITS.  NORTH-NORTHWEST TRAJECTORIES
ACROSS THE LAKES EXPECTED TO BRING LAKE INDUCED CU/SC INTO EASTERN
UPPER/NORTHWEST LOWER FRIDAY NIGHT...CBL NOT EXPECTED TO BE
PARTICULARLY DEEP BUT LONG TRAJECTORY INTO AREAS AROUND AND SOUTH OF
THE LEELANAU PENINSULA/GRAND TRAVERSE BAY REGION MAY SQUEEZE OUT
SOME LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WITH THE INVERSION FORECAST TO POKE ABOVE
800MB.  AS FAR AS SATURDAY GOES...WILL GO WITH A GENERAL DRYING
TREND FOR THE MOST PART.  LAKE INDUCED CLOUD COVER WILL GIVE WAY TO
INLAND DIURNALLY DRIVEN CU/SC DEVELOPMENT...MAY STILL BE A FEW LIGHT
SHOWERS ALONG/WEST OF THE M-37 CORRIDOR EARLY ON BUT WILL KEEP THOSE
OUT OF THE FORECAST FOR NOW.  HIGHS SATURDAY A BIT BELOW AVERAGE...
MOSTLY 60S AND SOME LOWER 70S NEAR SAGINAW BAY.

EXTENDED FORECAST (SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY):  DESPITE CONCERNS
ABOUT FORECAST DIFFERENCES REGARDING POTENTIAL WAVE CYCLOGENESIS
OVER THE LOWER LAKES SATURDAY...THERE IS AGREEMENT ON ANOTHER DECENT
SHORT WAVE DIGGING INTO THE UPPER LAKES SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY WITH A
CORE OF COLDER LOW/MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES (AROUND 6C 850MB/AROUND
-20C 500MB).  SO WILL NEED TO RE-THINK THE FORECAST FOR THE LATTER
HALF OF THE WEEKEND...AND CONSIDER SOME SYNOPTIC/POSSIBLY LAKE
ENHANCED SHOWERS FOR AT LEAST SATURDAY NIGHT...AND MAY LINGER INTO
SUNDAY MORNING AS WELL BUT THAT MAY BE MORE OF A MESOSCALE ISSUE
THIS FAR OUT AND MAY END UP KEEPING THE MAJORITY OF THE AREA DRY.
DEEP LAYER RIDGING THEN ARRIVES FOR MONDAY...WITH WARM ADVECTION ON
THE BACKSIDE (COULD BE A COOL START TO THE DAY MONDAY).  AS SURFACE
RIDGE EXTENDS DOWN INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO...MOIST RETURN FLOW WON'T
BE ESTABLISHED PRIOR TO THE WARM AIR PUSHING BACK INTO THE GREAT
LAKES.  SO THINK A DRY TUESDAY FORECAST STILL LOOKS FINE...WITH THE
APPROACH OF A COLD FRONT IN THE WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME LIKELY
PROVIDING THE NEXT THREAT FOR PRECIPITATION.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 131 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012

AN UPSTREAM IMPULSE AND SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL ADVANCE THROUGH
THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING AND IS EXPECTED TO BRING A
ROUND OF SHOWERS/STORMS THROUGH NRN MICHIGAN...ALONG WITH A PERIOD
OF MFR CONDITIONS. THE FRONT CLEARS THE REGION TONIGHT AND THIS
WILL SET THE STAGE FOR PATCHY FOG DEVELOPMENT AT THE TERMINAL
SITES ONCE AGAIN. HIGH PRESSURE IS THEN EXPECTED TO LEAD TO VFR
CONDITIONS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF PERIOD STARTING LATER
THURSDAY MORNING.

&&

.MARINE...
ISSUED AT 351 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012

WINDS/WAVES WILL REMAIN BELOW SMALL CRAFT CRITERIA THROUGH
THURSDAY. COLD FRONT WILL SLIP THROUGH THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT
BRINGING A FEW ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS TO THE LAKES. EXPECT
WINDS AND WAVES HIGHER IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS...WITH SPECIAL
MARINE WARNINGS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE FRONT CLEARS
THE REGION TONIGHT WITH QUIETER WEATHER ANTICIPATED THURSDAY INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT.

&&

.APX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MI...NONE.
LH...NONE.
LM...NONE.
LS...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...TL
SHORT TERM...AS
LONG TERM...JB
AVIATION...AS
MARINE...AS

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
430 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012

LHZ345>349-LMZ323-341-342-344>346-LSZ321-322-MIZ008-015>036-041-042-
061000-
STRAITS OF MACKINAC-ST IGNACE TO FALSE DETOUR CHANNEL-
MACKINAC BRDG TO PRESQUE ISLE LT-PRESQUE ISLE LT TO STURGEON PT-
STURGEON PT TO ALABASTER-GRAND TRAVERSE BAY-
SEUL CHOIX PT TO MACKINAC BRDG-NORWOOD TO MACKINAC BRDG-
SLEEPING BEAR PT TO GRAND TRAVERSE LT-PT BETSIE TO SLEEPING BEAR PT-
MANISTEE TO PT BETSIE-WHITEFISH BAY-ST. MARYS RIVER-CHIPPEWA-
MACKINAC-EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-
OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-
OSCODA-ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-
GLADWIN-ARENAC-
430 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...AND ADJACENT NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN...LAKE HURON AND LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE ACROSS NORTHERN LOWER AND EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...PRODUCING
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.

PATCHY DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN
MICHIGAN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS PLEASE RELAY ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/APX (ALL
LOWERCASE)

AJS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
317 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012

MIZ008-015-051930-
CHIPPEWA MI-MACKINAC MI-
317 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...

AT 317 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
LOWER TAHQUAMENON FALLS STATE PARK TO 5 MILES NORTH OF NAUBINWAY...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  PARADISE...
  GILCHRIST...
  HULBERT...
  GARNET...
  ECKERMAN...
  REXTON...
  STRONGS...
  THREE LAKES...
  TROUT LAKE...
  MACKINAW LAKE...
  PLATT LAKE...

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
359 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012

MIZ008-015-052130-
CHIPPEWA MI-MACKINAC MI-
359 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...

AT 359 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF WHITEFISH POINT TO SOO JUNCTION...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  HULBERT...
  THREE LAKES...
  ECKERMAN...
  STRONGS...
  BAYVIEW CAMPGROUND...
  PLATT LAKE...

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.