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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 14, 2015Alcona County, Iosco County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2015, 3:12 PM EDT for Alcona County, Iosco County, Michigan. It was in force for 48 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
Aug 14, 2015, 3:12 PM EDT (19:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2015, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Alcona County, MI, Iosco County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2015-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 972 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2015-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
972 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

659 
WUUS53 KAPX 141912
SVRAPX
MIC001-069-142000-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0039.150814T1912Z-150814T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
312 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL ALCONA COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN...
  NORTHEASTERN IOSCO COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 312 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BARTON
  CITY...OR 10 MILES WEST OF HARRISVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
  MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OSCODA...HARRISVILLE...AU SABLE...MIKADO...LINCOLN...HUBBARD
  LAKE...WURTSMITH AIRFIELD...BARTON CITY AND LOST LAKE WOODS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4462 8331 4439 8333 4435 8338 4472 8379
      4474 8378 4485 8353 4484 8350 4467 8328
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 316DEG 13KT 4464 8351 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JPB
1 follow-up statement
938 
WWUS53 KAPX 141931
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
331 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2015

MIC001-069-142000-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150814T2000Z/
ALCONA MI-IOSCO MI-
331 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALCONA AND NORTHEASTERN IOSCO COUNTIES...

AT 330 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM WURTSMITH AIRFIELD TO BARTON CITY...MOVING SOUTH AT 15
MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OSCODA...AU SABLE...MIKADO...LINCOLN...BARTON CITY AND WURTSMITH
AIRFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4439 8333 4435 8338 4466 8372 4477 8350
      4462 8331
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 345DEG 14KT 4445 8341 4469 8361 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JPB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 12:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX39 min
Aug 14, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPX29 min
Aug 14, 1:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX66 min
Aug 14, 1:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXMackinac50 min
Aug 14, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXChippewa30 min
Aug 14, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa, Mackinac46 min
Aug 14, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGrand Traverse, Kalkaska36 min
Aug 14, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Roscommon26 min
Aug 14, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX53 min
Aug 14, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXPresque Isle36 min
Aug 14, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXRoscommon29 min
Aug 14, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Alpena, Oscoda30 min
Aug 14, 4:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAPXAlcona3 hr
Aug 14, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXArenac, Iosco, Ogemaw37 min
Aug 14, 4:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchAPXAlcona, Arenac, Iosco5 hr
Aug 14, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Iosco32 min
Aug 14, 5:08 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAPXArenac, Iosco3 hr
Aug 14, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Iosco, Ogemaw, Oscoda28 min
Aug 14, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX50 min
Aug 14, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Oscoda37 min
Aug 14, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXRoscommon37 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.