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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 6, 2016Arenac County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2016, 3:24 PM EDT for Arenac County, Michigan. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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: Jun 6, 2016, 3:24 PM EDT (19:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2016, 4:05 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Arenac County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 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
Jun 6, 3:39 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Twining, MI	MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 146 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 780 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

128 
WUUS53 KAPX 061924
SVRAPX
MIC011-062015-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0010.160606T1924Z-160606T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
324 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 324 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  ALGER...MOVING EAST AT 45 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...
  ALGER...STANDISH...AU GRES...STERLING...MAPLE RIDGE...OMER...
  TWINING...TURNER AND TAWAS POINT STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4431 8325 4420 8338 4418 8355 4405 8358
      4405 8366 4402 8369 4399 8368 4400 8383
      4391 8391 4391 8404 4400 8405 4400 8417
      4416 8416 4417 8358 4427 8351 4425 8344
      4429 8341
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 263DEG 49KT 4409 8408 

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

3 follow-up statements

410 
WWUS53 KAPX 061932
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
332 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

MIC011-062015-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160606T2015Z/
ARENAC MI-
332 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR ARENAC COUNTY...

AT 331 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR MAPLE RIDGE TO NEAR STERLING...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. THIS SAME COMPLEX OF STORMS PRODUCED TREE
         AND POWERLINE DAMAGE IN GLADWIN COUNTY IN THE PAST HOUR. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALGER...STANDISH...AU GRES...STERLING...MAPLE RIDGE...OMER...
TWINING...TURNER AND TAWAS POINT STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4431 8325 4420 8338 4418 8355 4405 8358
      4405 8366 4402 8369 4399 8368 4400 8383
      4391 8391 4391 8404 4400 8405 4400 8417
      4416 8416 4417 8358 4427 8351 4425 8344
      4429 8341
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 264DEG 50KT 4415 8398 4400 8403 

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

294 
WWUS53 KAPX 061952
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
352 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

MIC011-062015-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160606T2015Z/
ARENAC MI-
352 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ARENAC COUNTY...

AT 352 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR NATIONAL CITY TO NEAR AU GRES...MOVING EAST AT
45 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...
AU GRES...TWINING...TURNER AND TAWAS POINT STATE PARK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4431 8325 4420 8338 4418 8355 4405 8358
      4405 8366 4401 8372 4398 8368 4400 8371
      4399 8375 4400 8383 4416 8384 4417 8356
      4427 8351 4425 8344 4429 8341
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 269DEG 49KT 4418 8363 4402 8362 

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

862 
WWUS53 KAPX 062005
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
405 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

MIC011-062011-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160606T2015Z/
ARENAC MI-
405 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ARENAC COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4431 8325 4420 8338 4418 8355 4405 8358
      4405 8366 4401 8372 4398 8368 4400 8371
      4399 8375 4400 8383 4416 8384 4417 8356
      4427 8351 4425 8344 4429 8341
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 263DEG 49KT 4419 8347 4403 8346 

$$
JK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 1:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Arenac, Gladwin	57 min
Jun 6, 1:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Arenac, Gladwin	65 min
Jun 6, 2:13 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	APX		4 hr
Jun 6, 3:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Gladwin	44 min
Jun 6, 6:08 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	APX		50 hr

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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.