Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2012, 8:25 PM EDT for Manistee County, Wexford County, Michigan. It was in force for 44 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 2012, 8:25 PM EDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2012, 9:09 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Manistee County, MI, Wexford County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 8:27 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | 4 E Dublin, MI | |
| May 15, 8:34 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | 5 Wnw Manton, MI |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 2586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
234 WUUS53 KAPX 160025 SVRAPX MIC101-165-160130- /O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0007.120516T0025Z-120516T0130Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 825 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MANISTEE COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... WEXFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... * UNTIL 930 PM EDT * AT 823 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF NORWALK...OR 10 MILES EAST OF MANISTEE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CADILLAC...BRETHREN...KALEVA...WELLSTON...DUBLIN...YUMA... HOXEYVILLE...MESICK...HARRIETTA...SHERMAN...BOON...MEAUWATAKA... MITCHELL STATE PARK...MANTON AND STAR CROSSING. 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 4439 8625 4451 8534 4416 8534 4417 8639 TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 267DEG 36KT 4425 8610 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$
2 follow-up statements
339 WWUS34 KAPX 160051 SVSAPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 851 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012 MIC101-160101- /O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120516T0130Z/ MANISTEE MI- 851 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MANISTEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4417 8582 4443 8582 4451 8535 4416 8534 TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 267DEG 43KT 4427 8563 WIND...HAIL <50MPH <.50IN $$ MIC165-160130- /O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120516T0130Z/ WEXFORD MI- 851 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEXFORD COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM EDT... AT 846 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HARRIETTA...OR 15 MILES WEST OF CADILLAC...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CADILLAC...BOON...MEAUWATAKA...MITCHELL STATE PARK AND MANTON. 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 4417 8582 4443 8582 4451 8535 4416 8534 TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 267DEG 43KT 4427 8563 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$
343 WWUS34 KAPX 160109 SVSAPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 909 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012 MIC165-160120- /O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120516T0130Z/ WEXFORD MI- 909 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEXFORD COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. LAT...LON 4417 8582 4443 8582 4451 8535 4416 8534 TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 267DEG 43KT 4428 8531 WIND...HAIL <50MPH <.50IN $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Missaukee, Roscommon | 53 min |
| May 16, 3:14 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 19 hr | |
| May 16, 4:11 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | APX | Alcona, Alpena, Arenac, Benzie, Emmet, Grand Traverse and 8 more | 16 hr |
| May 16, 4:11 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | APX | Antrim, Cheboygan, Crawford, Gladwin, Kalkaska, Missaukee and 5 more | 16 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.