Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2017, 4:06 PM EST for Crawford County, Missaukee County, Roscommon County, Michigan. It was in force for 24 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
- Feb 24, 2017, 4:06 PM EST (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2017, 4:30 PM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Crawford County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Roscommon County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 4:14 PM EST | HAIL 0.75 | 2 Ne North Higgins Lake, MI | HAIL COVERING THE GROUND. |
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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 462 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 650 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
464
WUUS53 KAPX 242106
SVRAPX
MIC039-113-143-242130-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0002.170224T2106Z-170224T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
406 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2017
The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Crawford County in northern Michigan...
Northwestern Roscommon County in northern Michigan...
Northeastern Missaukee County in northern Michigan...
* Until 430 PM EST
* At 405 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Moorestown,
or 10 miles northwest of Houghton Lake, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated. At 400 pm, three quarter inch hail was
reported in Lucas.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
* Locations impacted include...
Grayling, Roscommon, Higgins Lake, Moorestown, North Higgins Lake,
South Higgins Lake and South Branch Township.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4446 8502 4451 8494 4451 8486 4456 8485
4457 8485 4472 8462 4455 8444 4432 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 232DEG 47KT 4444 8486
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
adam1 follow-up statement
023
WWUS53 KAPX 242122
SVSAPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
422 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2017
MIC039-113-143-242130-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170224T2130Z/
Crawford MI-Roscommon MI-Missaukee MI-
422 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EST
FOR SOUTHERN CRAWFORD...NORTHWESTERN ROSCOMMON AND NORTHEASTERN
MISSAUKEE COUNTIES...
At 421 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Roscommon,
moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated. at 347 pm, quarter size hail covering the
road was reported between Mcbain and Lake City from this
storm.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
Locations impacted include...
Grayling, Roscommon, Higgins Lake, Moorestown, North Higgins Lake,
South Higgins Lake and South Branch Township.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4446 8502 4451 8494 4451 8486 4456 8485
4457 8485 4472 8462 4455 8444 4432 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 232DEG 47KT 4457 8463
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
adamThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | APX | Oscoda | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 3:25 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | APX | Alpena | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 3:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Missaukee, Wexford | 35 min |
| Feb 24, 4:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | APX | Gladwin | 29 min |
| Feb 24, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Crawford, Montmorency, Oscoda | 45 min |
| Feb 24, 4:34 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | APX | Crawford, Missaukee | 41 min |
| Feb 24, 5:34 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | APX | Ogemaw | 26 min |
| Feb 24, 5:36 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | APX | Antrim | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 6:05 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | APX | Oscoda | 25 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.