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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this special weather statement at May 18, 2017, 3:26 AM EDT for 7 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 49 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
- May 18, 2017, 3:26 AM EDT (07:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2017, 4:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 362 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
- 483 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1467 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 7.7
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 May 17, 7:45 PM EDT, 7 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 17, 7:45 PM EDT, 7 hours 41 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Gaylord MI 345 PM EDT Wed May 17 2017 LHZ345>349-LMZ323-341-342-344>346-LSZ321-322-MIZ008-015>036-041- 042-181945- 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- 345 PM EDT Wed May 17 2017 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...Tonight. Thunderstorms are possible across parts of eastern Upper and northern Lower Michigan tonight. There is marginal risk for isolated severe storms west of Interstate 75...with strong winds and hail the main threats. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Thunderstorms are possible across the outlook area on Thursday as a cold front moves through the region. There is a marginal risk for isolated severe storms mainly near Saginaw Bay...with strong winds and hail the main threats. Patchy frost is possible Thursday night into Friday morning. Thunderstorms are possible again Saturday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. && For more information visit http://weather.gov/gaylord.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 17, 8:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Chippewa | 27 min |
| May 18, 1:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Grand Traverse, Wexford | 39 min |
| May 18, 1:47 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 43 min | |
| May 18, 2:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Antrim, Kalkaska, Missaukee | 38 min |
| May 18, 2:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Crawford, Kalkaska, Otsego, Roscommon | 49 min |
| May 18, 3:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 2 hr | |
| May 18, 3:43 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | APX | Arenac, Gladwin | 16 hr |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Michigan, 2017Every special weather statement in 2017
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.