Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 17, 2016, 8:08 AM EDT for Chippewa County, Emmet County, Mackinac County, Michigan. It was in force for 52 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
- Oct 17, 2016, 8:08 AM EDT (12:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2016, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chippewa County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Mackinac County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 8:12 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Se Wilderness State P, MI | MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BY 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 186 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -363 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 543 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 446 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 491 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted.
756
WUUS53 KAPX 171208
SVRAPX
MIC033-047-097-171300-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0052.161017T1208Z-161017T1300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
808 AM EDT MON OCT 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN EASTERN MICHIGAN...
NORTHEASTERN EMMET COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN...
SOUTHEASTERN MACKINAC COUNTY IN EASTERN MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 900 AM EDT
* AT 808 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WILDERNESS
STATE PARK...OR 11 MILES WEST OF MACKINAW CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST
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...
ST. IGNACE...MACKINAW CITY...MACKINAC ISLAND...PICKFORD...
CEDARVILLE...POINT AUX PINS ON...EVERGREEN SHORES...STRAITS STATE
PARK...GOETZVILLE...WILDERNESS STATE PARK...MUNUSCONG...HESSEL...
STALWART...RABER AND MARQUETTE ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4619 8408 4616 8402 4589 8404 4590 8413
4586 8435 4580 8426 4574 8427 4572 8459
4576 8472 4579 8473 4571 8473 4569 8499
4583 8511 4583 8498 4590 8499 4628 8411
TIME...MOT...LOC 1208Z 239DEG 39KT 4581 8496
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
FARINA1 follow-up statement
312
WWUS53 KAPX 171255
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
855 AM EDT MON OCT 17 2016
MIC033-047-097-171304-
/O.EXP.KAPX.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-161017T1300Z/
CHIPPEWA MI-EMMET MI-MACKINAC MI-
855 AM EDT MON OCT 17 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHIPPEWA...
NORTHEASTERN EMMET AND SOUTHEASTERN MACKINAC COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
900 AM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4619 8408 4616 8402 4589 8404 4590 8413
4586 8435 4580 8426 4574 8427 4572 8459
4576 8472 4579 8473 4571 8473 4569 8499
4583 8511 4583 8498 4590 8499 4628 8411
TIME...MOT...LOC 1254Z 239DEG 39KT 4606 8436
$$
FARINAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 6:12 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 63 min | |
| Oct 17, 6:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Charlevoix | 52 min |
| Oct 17, 6:33 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 57 min | |
| Oct 17, 7:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Antrim, Charlevoix, Leelanau | 36 min |
| Oct 17, 7:14 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 46 min | |
| Oct 17, 7:24 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 51 min | |
| Oct 17, 7:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Antrim, Charlevoix, Leelanau | 62 min |
| Oct 17, 8:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Emmet | 29 min |
| Oct 17, 8:05 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 40 min | |
| Oct 17, 8:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Otsego | 63 min |
| Oct 17, 8:46 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 59 min | |
| Oct 17, 9:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Alpena, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Oscoda | 55 min |
| Oct 17, 9:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Presque Isle | 22 min |
| Oct 17, 9:59 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 61 min | |
| Oct 17, 10:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona, Iosco, Ogemaw, Oscoda | 50 min |
| Oct 17, 10:33 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 57 min | |
| Oct 17, 12:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 39 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.