Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2012, 4:51 AM EDT for Crawford County, Missaukee County, Roscommon County, Michigan. It was in force for 24 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, 4:51 AM EDT (08:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2012, 5:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Crawford County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Roscommon County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 850 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
641 WUUS53 KAPX 030851 SVRAPX MIC039-113-143-030915- /O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0004.120503T0851Z-120503T0915Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 451 AM EDT THU MAY 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... EASTERN MISSAUKEE COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... NORTHWESTERN ROSCOMMON COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... * UNTIL 515 AM EDT * AT 447 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF MODDERSVILLE...OR 11 MILES WEST OF HOUGHTON LAKE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HOUGHTON LAKE...ROSCOMMON...ROSCOMMON COUNTY AIRPORT...HIGGINS LAKE...SOUTH HIGGINS LAKE STATE...NORTH HIGGINS LAKE PARK AND SOUTH BRANCH TOWNSHIP. 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 4433 8511 4481 8437 4452 8437 4420 8495 TIME...MOT...LOC 0851Z 230DEG 55KT 4433 8492 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$
2 follow-up statements
793 WWUS34 KAPX 030906 SVSAPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 506 AM EDT THU MAY 3 2012 MIC039-113-143-030915- /O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120503T0915Z/ CRAWFORD MI-MISSAUKEE MI-ROSCOMMON MI- 506 AM EDT THU MAY 3 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN ROSCOMMON...EAST CENTRAL MISSAUKEE AND SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 515 AM EDT... AT 501 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOUGHTON LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ROSCOMMON...ROSCOMMON COUNTY AIRPORT...HIGGINS LAKE...NORTH HIGGINS LAKE PARK...SOUTH HIGGINS LAKE STATE AND SOUTH BRANCH TOWNSHIP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4433 8511 4481 8437 4452 8437 4420 8495 TIME...MOT...LOC 0906Z 242DEG 39KT 4432 8475 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$
952 WWUS34 KAPX 030911 SVSAPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 511 AM EDT THU MAY 3 2012 MIC039-113-143-030921- /O.EXP.KAPX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120503T0915Z/ CRAWFORD MI-MISSAUKEE MI-ROSCOMMON MI- 511 AM EDT THU MAY 3 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ROSCOMMON...EAST CENTRAL MISSAUKEE AND SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 AM EDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4433 8511 4481 8437 4452 8437 4420 8495 TIME...MOT...LOC 0911Z 248DEG 30KT 4428 8477 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, 4:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Missaukee, Wexford | 29 min |
| May 3, 4:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | APX | Manistee, Missaukee, Wexford | 6 hr |
| 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 |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.