Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Gaylord, MI

July 12, 2016Antrim County, Kalkaska County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2016, 3:47 PM EDT for Antrim County, Kalkaska County, Michigan. It was in force for 41 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
Jul 12, 2016, 3:47 PM EDT (19:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2016, 4:28 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Antrim County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 212 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 2016-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 494 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 2016-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
494 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-180 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
872 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

069 
WUUS53 KAPX 121947
SVRAPX
MIC009-079-122045-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0035.160712T1947Z-160712T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
347 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN KALKASKA COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN...
  SOUTHERN ANTRIM COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 347 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER RAPID
  CITY... OR 8 MILES EAST OF ELK RAPIDS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BELLAIRE AROUND 355 PM EDT. 
  MANCELONA AND ANTRIM AROUND 400 PM EDT. 
  JORDAN TOWNSHIP AROUND 410 PM EDT. 
  ALBA AROUND 415 PM EDT. 
  WARNER TOWNSHIP AROUND 420 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LAKE
BELLAIRE AND BLUE LAKE TOWNSHIP.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4511 8510 4511 8487 4480 8485 4474 8531
      4485 8535
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 229DEG 37KT 4485 8525 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SMD
2 follow-up statements
264 
WWUS53 KAPX 122003
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
403 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2016

MIC009-079-122045-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160712T2045Z/
KALKASKA MI-ANTRIM MI-
403 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL KALKASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN ANTRIM COUNTIES...

AT 403 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MANCELONA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANCELONA...BELLAIRE...ANTRIM...ALBA...JORDAN TOWNSHIP...
WARNER TOWNSHIP AND LAKE BELLAIRE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4511 8510 4511 8487 4484 8488 4482 8514
      4491 8528
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 229DEG 37KT 4496 8507 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

ALM
015 
WWUS53 KAPX 122028
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
428 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2016

MIC009-079-122038-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160712T2045Z/
KALKASKA MI-ANTRIM MI-
428 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL KALKASKA AND
SOUTHEASTERN ANTRIM COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4511 8510 4511 8487 4484 8488 4482 8514
      4491 8528
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 229DEG 37KT 4513 8480 

$$

ALM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 3:39 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementAPXBenzie, Leelanau, Manistee16 hr
Jul 12, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXKalkaska, Missaukee38 min
Jul 12, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX2 hr
Jul 12, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan, Montmorency, Otsego, Presque Isle28 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.