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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this special weather statement at Aug 16, 2016, 7:18 PM EDT for Chippewa County, Michigan. It was in force for 117 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
- Aug 16, 2016, 7:18 PM EDT (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2016, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
County Chippewa County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 810 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 16, 5:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 5:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 4:11 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 411 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016 LHZ345>349-LMZ323-341-342-344>346-LSZ321-322-MIZ008-015>036-041- 042-171000- STRAITS OF MACKINAC WITHIN 5 NM OF MACKINAC BRIDGE INCLUDING MACKINAC ISLAND-ST IGNACE TO FALSE DETOUR CHANNEL- 5NM EAST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT MI INCLUDING BOIS BLANC ISLAND- PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TO STURGEON PT MI INCLUDING THUNDER BAY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-STURGEON PT TO ALABASTER MI- GRAND TRAVERSE BAY SOUTH OF A LINE GRAND TRAVERSE LIGHT TO NORWOOD MI-SEUL CHOIX POINT TO 5NM WEST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE- NORWOOD MI TO 5NM WEST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE INCLUDING LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY-SLEEPING BEAR POINT TO GRAND TRAVERSE LIGHT MI- POINT BETSIE TO SLEEPING BEAR POINT MI- MANISTEE TO POINT BETSIE MI- WHITEFISH BAY (U.S. PORTION)/WHITEFISH POINT TO POINT IROQUOIS MI- ST. MARYS RIVER POINT IROQUOIS TO E. POTAGANNISSING BAY-CHIPPEWA- MACKINAC-EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM- OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD- OSCODA-ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO- GLADWIN-ARENAC- 411 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...AND ADJACENT NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN...LAKE HURON AND LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WITH THE BEST CHANCE ACROSS INTERIOR EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN THROUGH SUNSET. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && WEATHER.GOV/GAYLORD
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 3:25 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
325 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016
MIZ008-015-162030-
MACKINAC-CHIPPEWA-
325 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CHIPPEWA AND NORTHEASTERN
MACKINAC COUNTIES...
AT 324 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DAFTER TO NEAR TROUT LAKE. MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAULT STE. MARIE...POINT IROQUOIS...KINROSS...PICKFORD...BAY MILLS...
RUDYARD...DAFTER...TROUT LAKE...HULBERT...BRIMLEY STATE PARK...
STRONGS...FIBRE...BARBEAU...EAST LAKE...BAYVIEW CAMPGROUND...RACO...
DONALDSON...KELDEN...ECKERMAN AND MUNUSCONG.
PERSONS IN CAMPGROUNDS SHOULD CONSIDER SEEKING STURDY SHELTER UNTIL
THESE STORMS PASS.
LAT...LON 4646 8455 4645 8447 4649 8443 4650 8438
4642 8414 4625 8410 4597 8488 4624 8539
4625 8524 4637 8524 4653 8483 4653 8479
4656 8468
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 296DEG 15KT 4639 8442 4616 8504
MLRSpecial weather statement, Aug 16, 7:18 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 10:25 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 6 hr | |
| Aug 16, 10:31 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | APX | Alcona, Alpena, Iosco | 5 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Chippewa | 65 min |
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Special Weather Statements in Michigan, 2016Every special weather statement 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.