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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Gaylord, MI

May 26, 2016Alcona County, Iosco County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2016, 5:17 PM EDT for Alcona County, Iosco County, Michigan. It was in force for 43 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, 5:17 PM EDT (21:17 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Alcona County, MI, Iosco County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 5:46 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 501 Sse Barton City, MIMESONET STATION 1 SE BARTON CITY /BCYM4/

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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 114 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.

337 
WUUS53 KAPX 262117
SVRAPX
MIC001-069-262200-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0007.160526T2117Z-160526T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ALCONA COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN...
  NORTHERN IOSCO COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 516 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HALE...OR 7
  MILES SOUTH OF GLENNIE...MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
  OSCODA...HARRISVILLE...AU SABLE...GLENNIE...MIKADO...LINCOLN...
  CURTISVILLE...LOST LAKE WOODS...BLACK RIVER...
  PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP...HARRISVILLE STATE PARK...
  WURTSMITH AIRFIELD...HALE...BARTON CITY...NEGWEGON STATE PARK...
  MILEN TOWNSHIP AND SID TOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4433 8387 4458 8387 4489 8324 4444 8322
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 253DEG 36KT 4445 8374 

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

GILLEN
2 follow-up statements
669 
WWUS53 KAPX 262142
SVSAPX

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

MIC001-069-262200-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160526T2200Z/
ALCONA MI-IOSCO MI-
542 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN ALCONA AND NORTHEASTERN IOSCO COUNTIES...

AT 542 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MIKADO...OR 7
MILES NORTH OF OSCODA...MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
OSCODA...HARRISVILLE...AU SABLE...MIKADO...LINCOLN...
LOST LAKE WOODS...WURTSMITH AIRFIELD...BLACK RIVER...BARTON CITY...
HARRISVILLE STATE PARK...NEGWEGON STATE PARK...
PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP AND SID TOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4435 8376 4471 8361 4489 8324 4444 8322
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 253DEG 36KT 4453 8339 

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

GILLEN
845 
WWUS53 KAPX 262156
SVSAPX

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

MIC001-069-262204-
/O.EXP.KAPX.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160526T2200Z/
ALCONA MI-IOSCO MI-
556 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ALCONA AND
NORTHEASTERN IOSCO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM EDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES 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 4435 8376 4471 8361 4489 8324 4444 8322
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 253DEG 36KT 4453 8339 

$$

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, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMissaukee, Ogemaw, Roscommon80 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, 5:33 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.