Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 17, 2016, 8:27 AM EDT for 4 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 63 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
- Oct 17, 2016, 8:27 AM EDT (12:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2016, 9:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Antrim County, MI, Charlevoix County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Otsego County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 8:30 AM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Boyne City, MI | TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Oct 17, 9:00 AM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Gaylord, MI | . |
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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.
727 WUUS53 KAPX 171227 SVRAPX MIC009-029-031-137-171330- /O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0053.161017T1227Z-161017T1330Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 827 AM EDT MON OCT 17 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CHARLEVOIX COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN... SOUTHWESTERN CHEBOYGAN COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN... OTSEGO COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN... SOUTHEASTERN ANTRIM COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN... * UNTIL 930 AM EDT * AT 827 AM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO PING PONG BALL SIZE. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR YOUNG STATE PARK TO NEAR CLAM RIVER... AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GAYLORD...ELMIRA...VANDERBILT...BOYNE FALLS...WOLVERINE...ALBA... WATERS...OTSEGO LAKE STATE PARK...PICKEREL LAKE...CHESTER TOWNSHIP...JOHANNESBURG...EASTERN CORWITH TOWNSHIP...WALLOON LAKE...SPARR AND WARNER TOWNSHIP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4529 8437 4487 8438 4486 8504 4527 8495 TIME...MOT...LOC 1227Z 285DEG 34KT 4520 8502 4497 8531 $$ FARINA
3 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KAPX 171251
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
851 AM EDT MON OCT 17 2016
MIC009-029-031-137-171330-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-161017T1330Z/
CHARLEVOIX MI-CHEBOYGAN MI-OTSEGO MI-ANTRIM MI-
851 AM EDT MON OCT 17 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHARLEVOIX...SOUTHWESTERN CHEBOYGAN...OTSEGO AND
SOUTHEASTERN ANTRIM COUNTIES...
AT 850 AM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR VANDERBILT TO ELMIRA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GAYLORD...ELMIRA...VANDERBILT...BOYNE FALLS...WOLVERINE...ALBA...
WATERS...OTSEGO LAKE STATE PARK...PICKEREL LAKE...CHESTER TOWNSHIP...
JOHANNESBURG...EASTERN CORWITH TOWNSHIP...WALLOON LAKE...SPARR AND
WARNER TOWNSHIP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4489 8438 4488 8503 4527 8494 4529 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 1250Z 274DEG 39KT 4515 8474 4504 8486
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
FARINA392 WWUS53 KAPX 171312 SVSAPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 912 AM EDT MON OCT 17 2016 MIC009-029-031-137-171330- /O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-161017T1330Z/ CHARLEVOIX MI-CHEBOYGAN MI-OTSEGO MI-ANTRIM MI- 912 AM EDT MON OCT 17 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHARLEVOIX...SOUTHWESTERN CHEBOYGAN...OTSEGO AND SOUTHEASTERN ANTRIM COUNTIES... AT 912 AM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AFTON TO NEAR EASTERN CORWITH TOWNSHIP...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GAYLORD...ELMIRA...VANDERBILT...BOYNE FALLS...WOLVERINE...ALBA... WATERS...OTSEGO LAKE STATE PARK...PICKEREL LAKE...CHESTER TOWNSHIP... JOHANNESBURG...EASTERN CORWITH TOWNSHIP...WALLOON LAKE...SPARR AND WARNER TOWNSHIP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4489 8438 4488 8503 4527 8494 4529 8437 TIME...MOT...LOC 1312Z 259DEG 46KT 4524 8439 4513 8451 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ FARINA
147
WWUS53 KAPX 171324
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
924 AM EDT MON OCT 17 2016
MIC009-029-031-137-171333-
/O.EXP.KAPX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-161017T1330Z/
CHARLEVOIX MI-CHEBOYGAN MI-OTSEGO MI-ANTRIM MI-
924 AM EDT MON OCT 17 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHARLEVOIX...
SOUTHWESTERN CHEBOYGAN...OTSEGO AND SOUTHEASTERN ANTRIM COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 930 AM EDT...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4489 8438 4488 8503 4527 8494 4529 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 1323Z 273DEG 26KT 4523 8434 4516 8435
$$
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, 8:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Chippewa, Emmet, Mackinac | 52 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.