Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2014, 3:40 PM EDT for Mackinac County, Michigan. It was in force for 50 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 8, 2014, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2014, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Mackinac County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 700 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
650
WUUS53 KAPX 081940
SVRAPX
MIC097-082030-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0002.140508T1940Z-140508T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
340 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MACKINAC COUNTY IN EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 338 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ALLENVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HESSEL AROUND 415 PM EDT.
CEDARVILLE AROUND 420 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4599 8423 4592 8444 4597 8445 4599 8450
4595 8453 4602 8455 4604 8466 4598 8467
4596 8461 4595 8473 4586 8469 4586 8468
4590 8465 4588 8461 4587 8461 4583 8473
4586 8482 4601 8493 4615 8456
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 246DEG 23KT 4596 8475
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
LAWRENCE3 follow-up statements
704
WWUS53 KAPX 081949
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
349 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2014
MIC097-082030-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140508T2030Z/
MACKINAC MI-
349 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
MACKINAC COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM EDT...
AT 345 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF
EVERGREEN SHORES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HESSEL AROUND 415 PM EDT.
CEDARVILLE AROUND 420 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4599 8424 4592 8444 4594 8442 4599 8450
4596 8452 4602 8455 4604 8466 4598 8467
4596 8461 4596 8465 4598 8467 4596 8472
4589 8474 4595 8482 4603 8480 4615 8456
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 246DEG 23KT 4598 8467
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
LAWRENCE734
WWUS53 KAPX 082001
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
401 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2014
MIC097-082030-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140508T2030Z/
MACKINAC MI-
401 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
MACKINAC COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM EDT...
AT 400 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
HESSEL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HESSEL AROUND 415 PM EDT.
CEDARVILLE AROUND 420 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4605 8467 4609 8457 4599 8424 4592 8444
4594 8442 4599 8450 4596 8452 4602 8455
4604 8466 4598 8467 4596 8461 4596 8465
4598 8467 4598 8468
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 246DEG 23KT 4601 8457
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
LAWRENCE819
WWUS53 KAPX 082019
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
419 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2014
MIC097-082028-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140508T2030Z/
MACKINAC MI-
419 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MACKINAC COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY OVER
THE PAST 15 MINUTES...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO
LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES
REMAINS POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVES INTO SOUTHERN
CHIPPEWA COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4605 8467 4609 8457 4599 8424 4592 8444
4594 8442 4599 8450 4596 8452 4602 8455
4604 8466 4598 8467 4596 8461 4596 8465
4598 8467 4598 8468
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 246DEG 23KT 4605 8443
$$
LAWRENCEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 32 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.