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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 8, 2015Arenac County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2015, 1:36 PM EDT for Arenac 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
Jun 8, 2015, 1:36 PM EDT (17:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2015, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Arenac County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:35 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 147 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 2015-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 2015-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -85 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1127 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

805 
WUUS53 KAPX 081736
SVRAPX
MIC011-081800-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0002.150608T1736Z-150608T1800Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
136 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ARENAC COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT

* AT 135 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AU GRES...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AU GRES AND TWINING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4404 8350 4405 8352 4406 8363 4402 8369
      4399 8368 4399 8374 4410 8384 4416 8369
      4416 8357 4411 8357 4409 8359 4406 8355
      4403 8343
TIME...MOT...LOC 1735Z 323DEG 15KT 4409 8370 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$
JK
1 follow-up statement
972 
WWUS53 KAPX 081757
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
157 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

MIC011-081807-
/O.EXP.KAPX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150608T1800Z/
ARENAC MI-
157 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ARENAC COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM EDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4404 8350 4405 8352 4406 8363 4402 8369
      4399 8368 4399 8374 4410 8384 4416 8369
      4416 8357 4411 8357 4409 8359 4406 8355
      4403 8343
TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 323DEG 15KT 4409 8370 

$$
JK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 9:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXOscoda23 min
Jun 8, 12:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXOgemaw60 min
Jun 8, 1:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Roscommon59 min
Jun 8, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXOscoda52 min
Jun 8, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford, Oscoda46 min
Jun 8, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco, Ogemaw24 min
Jun 8, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco, Ogemaw56 min
Jun 8, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX90 min
Jun 8, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXArenac16 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.