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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Gaylord, MI

July 8, 20164 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2016, 1:31 PM EDT for 4 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 59 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
Jul 8, 2016, 1:31 PM EDT (17:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2016, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Crawford County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Otsego County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 8, 1:50 PM EDTHAIL 0.256 S Gaylord, MI
Jul 8, 2:09 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 65Lewiston, MI

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 8, 10:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 2016-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 79 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 2016-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 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
79 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
925 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

175 
WUUS53 KAPX 081731
SVRAPX
MIC039-119-135-137-081830-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0029.160708T1731Z-160708T1830Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
131 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN...
  NORTHERN OSCODA COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN...
  SOUTHWESTERN MONTMORENCY COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN...
  SOUTHERN OTSEGO COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 131 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WATERS...OR
  9 MILES SOUTH OF GAYLORD...MOVING EAST AT 50 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...
  GAYLORD...GRAYLING...LEWISTON...MIO...ATLANTA...FREDERIC...
  LOVELLS...BRILEY TOWNSHIP...HETHERTON...RED OAK...GARLAND...
  WATERS...OTSEGO LAKE STATE PARK...CHESTER TOWNSHIP...
  JOHANNESBURG...HARTWICK PINES STATE PARK AND FAIRVIEW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4465 8485 4498 8485 4509 8420 4463 8399
TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 264DEG 41KT 4490 8473 

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

AJS
1 follow-up statement
835 
WWUS53 KAPX 081806
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
206 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

MIC039-119-135-137-081830-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160708T1830Z/
CRAWFORD MI-OSCODA MI-MONTMORENCY MI-OTSEGO MI-
206 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD...NORTHERN OSCODA...SOUTHWESTERN
MONTMORENCY AND SOUTHEASTERN OTSEGO COUNTIES...

AT 205 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR HETHERTON TO NEAR LOVELLS...MOVING EAST AT 40
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...
LEWISTON...MIO...ATLANTA...LOVELLS...BRILEY TOWNSHIP...HETHERTON...
RED OAK...GARLAND...CHESTER TOWNSHIP...FAIRVIEW AND JOHANNESBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4465 8461 4502 8462 4509 8420 4463 8399
TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 273DEG 34KT 4504 8430 4475 8440 

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

ADAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 8:31 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX59 min
Jul 8, 9:36 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX84 min
Jul 8, 10:16 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX89 min
Jul 8, 10:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXLeelanau72 min
Jul 8, 10:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Charlevoix, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Otsego67 min
Jul 8, 11:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Crawford, Kalkaska, Otsego66 min
Jul 8, 11:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Leelanau61 min
Jul 8, 11:30 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX30 min
Jul 8, 11:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa, Mackinac56 min
Jul 8, 11:54 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX66 min
Jul 8, 12:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Otsego59 min
Jul 8, 12:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMontmorency, Otsego56 min
Jul 8, 12:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Charlevoix56 min
Jul 8, 12:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGrand Traverse, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Wexford47 min
Jul 8, 12:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGrand Traverse, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Wexford44 min
Jul 8, 1:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan, Montmorency, Otsego, Presque Isle59 min
Jul 8, 1:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Charlevoix, Otsego55 min
Jul 8, 1:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX62 min
Jul 8, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan23 min
Jul 8, 1:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Alpena, Montmorency62 min
Jul 8, 1:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX117 min
Jul 8, 1:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMissaukee, Roscommon65 min
Jul 8, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXArenac, Gladwin61 min
Jul 8, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Alpena, Montmorency, Oscoda58 min
Jul 8, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Iosco, Ogemaw, Oscoda60 min
Jul 8, 3:03 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXArenac27 min
Jul 8, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXArenac, Gladwin54 min
Jul 8, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX62 min
Jul 8, 5:00 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX24 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.