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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Gaylord, MI

May 26, 2016Missaukee County, Ogemaw County, Roscommon County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2016, 3:40 PM EDT for Missaukee County, Ogemaw County, Roscommon County, Michigan. It was in force for 80 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
May 26, 2016, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
80 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Missaukee County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Roscommon County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 4:12 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Sse Prudenville, MIPOWER LINES DOWN SOUTH OF PRUDENVILLE.

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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 2016-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 240 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 2016-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 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
240 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

669 
WUUS53 KAPX 261940
SVRAPX
MIC113-129-143-262100-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0003.160526T1940Z-160526T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
340 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ROSCOMMON COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN...
  NORTHWESTERN OGEMAW COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN...
  SOUTHEASTERN MISSAUKEE COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 340 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  MODDERSVILLE... OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOUGHTON LAKE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
  HOUGHTON LAKE...ROSCOMMON...PRUDENVILLE...ST. HELEN...FALMOUTH...
  ROSCOMMON TOWNSHIP...LAKE ST. HELEN...MODDERSVILLE...SOUTH HIGGINS
  LAKE...ROSCOMMON COUNTY AIRPORT AND MERRITT.

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 4425 8509 4451 8463 4450 8437 4430 8437
      4416 8464 4416 8496
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 230DEG 30KT 4424 8488 

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

GILLEN/SMD
2 follow-up statements
324 
WWUS53 KAPX 262003
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
403 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2016

MIC113-262012-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160526T2100Z/
MISSAUKEE MI-
403 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MISSAUKEE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4425 8482 4451 8455 4450 8437 4430 8437
      4417 8469 4419 8479
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 239DEG 26KT 4426 8469 

$$

MIC129-143-262100-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160526T2100Z/
ROSCOMMON MI-OGEMAW MI-
403 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL ROSCOMMON AND NORTHWESTERN OGEMAW COUNTIES...

AT 402 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PRUDENVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
HOUGHTON LAKE...PRUDENVILLE...ST. HELEN...ROSCOMMON COUNTY AIRPORT...
ROSCOMMON TOWNSHIP AND LAKE ST. HELEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4425 8482 4451 8455 4450 8437 4430 8437
      4417 8469 4419 8479
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 239DEG 26KT 4426 8469 

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

GILLEN
934 
WWUS53 KAPX 262017
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
417 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2016

MIC129-143-262100-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160526T2100Z/
ROSCOMMON MI-OGEMAW MI-
417 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN ROSCOMMON AND NORTHWESTERN OGEMAW COUNTIES...

AT 417 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LAKE ST.
HELEN... OR NEAR ST. HELEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN IN ROSCOMMON
         COUNTY. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRUDENVILLE...ST. HELEN AND LAKE ST. HELEN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4430 8467 4448 8453 4450 8437 4430 8437
      4421 8460 4424 8466
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 232DEG 30KT 4433 8453 

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

GILLEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXAlcona, Alpena, Arenac, Cheboygan, Crawford, Gladwin and 9 more62 min
May 26, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX53 min
May 26, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOgemaw, Roscommon49 min
May 26, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXCheboygan54 min
May 26, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan, Emmet33 min
May 26, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXAlcona, Iosco57 min
May 26, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCharlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet57 min
May 26, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Iosco43 min
May 26, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXChippewa27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.