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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Gaylord, MI

September 6, 2016Cheboygan County, Otsego County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 2016, 3:26 PM EDT for Cheboygan County, Otsego County, Michigan. It was in force for 56 min. 4 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: Sep 6, 2016, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)
Expired: Sep 6, 2016, 4:22 PM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cheboygan County, MI, Otsego County, MI

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 6, 3:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Vanderbilt, MI	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AT GRANT AND ELM.
Sep 6, 3:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Vanderbilt, MI	UTILITY POLE AND POWER LINES DOWN BEHIND THE VANDERBILT AREA SCHOOL.
Sep 6, 3:41 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ne Otsego Lake State, MI	POWER LINES DOWN.
Sep 6, 3:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nw Vanderbilt, MI	POWER LINES DOWN.

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 170 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: 354 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1026 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

466 
WUUS53 KAPX 061926
SVRAPX
MIC031-137-062045-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0045.160906T1926Z-160906T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
326 PM EDT TUE SEP 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CHEBOYGAN COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN...
  OTSEGO COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 326 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM REASONERS CORNER TO NEAR JORDAN TOWNSHIP...MOVING
  EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WOLVERINE AROUND 340 PM EDT. 
  GAYLORD AND AFTON AROUND 350 PM EDT. 
  VANDERBILT AROUND 355 PM EDT. 
  SPARR AROUND 400 PM EDT. 
  JOHANNESBURG AND PICKEREL LAKE AROUND 405 PM EDT. 
  EASTERN CORWITH TOWNSHIP AROUND 410 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE SILVER
LAKE AND PIGEON RIVER STATE FOREST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

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

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4520 8429 4520 8437 4486 8438 4486 8485
      4496 8485 4512 8479 4512 8474 4525 8474
      4532 8471 4533 8426
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 265DEG 36KT 4535 8481 4504 8505 

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

SMD

3 follow-up statements

159 
WWUS53 KAPX 061954
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
354 PM EDT TUE SEP 6 2016

MIC031-137-062045-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160906T2045Z/
CHEBOYGAN MI-OTSEGO MI-
354 PM EDT TUE SEP 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN CHEBOYGAN AND OTSEGO COUNTIES...

AT 353 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR KOEHLER TOWNSHIP TO NEAR GAYLORD...MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN IN VANDERBILT. 

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

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  AFTON AROUND 400 PM EDT. 
  EASTERN CORWITH TOWNSHIP...JOHANNESBURG AND PICKEREL LAKE AROUND 
  410 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE SILVER
LAKE AND PIGEON RIVER STATE FOREST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

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

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4520 8429 4520 8437 4486 8438 4486 8485
      4496 8485 4512 8479 4512 8474 4525 8474
      4532 8471 4533 8426
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 265DEG 36KT 4537 8447 4506 8471 

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

GILLEN

179 
WWUS53 KAPX 062015
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
415 PM EDT TUE SEP 6 2016

MIC031-062020-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160906T2045Z/
CHEBOYGAN MI-
415 PM EDT TUE SEP 6 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CHEBOYGAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4486 8438 4486 8485 4496 8485 4501 8483
      4512 8447 4515 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 265DEG 36KT 4538 8427 4507 8451 

$$

MIC137-062045-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160906T2045Z/
OTSEGO MI-
415 PM EDT TUE SEP 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR OTSEGO COUNTY...

AT 410 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS
WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ONAWAY TO
WATERS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WERE PUSHING
THROUGH WATERS.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
OTSEGO COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

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

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4486 8438 4486 8485 4496 8485 4501 8483
      4512 8447 4515 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 265DEG 36KT 4538 8427 4507 8451 

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

SMD

046 
WWUS53 KAPX 062022
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
422 PM EDT TUE SEP 6 2016

MIC137-062031-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160906T2045Z/
OTSEGO MI-
422 PM EDT TUE SEP 6 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OTSEGO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
            
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
GAYLORD.

LAT...LON 4486 8438 4486 8485 4496 8485 4501 8483
      4512 8447 4515 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 265DEG 36KT 4539 8412 4508 8436 

$$

SMD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 6, 2:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Antrim, Benzie, Cheboygan, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska and 1 more	68 min
Sep 6, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		42 min
Sep 6, 2:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Antrim, Charlevoix, Otsego	47 min
Sep 6, 3:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Cheboygan, Emmet	55 min
Sep 6, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Montmorency	48 min
Sep 6, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Crawford, Oscoda	67 min
Sep 6, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Alcona, Alpena, Arenac, Gladwin, Iosco, Ogemaw and 1 more	88 min
Sep 6, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Ogemaw, Roscommon	46 min
Sep 6, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Gladwin, Ogemaw, Roscommon	63 min
Sep 6, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Gladwin	60 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.