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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 16, 2017Otsego County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this special weather statement at Jun 16, 2017, 3:27 PM EDT for Otsego County, Michigan. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 2017, 3:27 PM EDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2017, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI

County Otsego County, MI

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 16, 1:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 1:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 3:58 AM EDT, 11 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 3:27 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
327 PM EDT FRI JUN 16 2017

MIZ022-023-162000-
Otsego-Montmorency-
327 PM EDT FRI JUN 16 2017

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN OTSEGO AND
NORTHWESTERN MONTMORENCY COUNTIES...

At 326 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Sparr, just
northeast of Gaylord, moving east at 35 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Atlanta, Hetherton, Sparr, Johannesburg, Briley Township, Eastern
Corwith Township and Canada Creek Ranch.

LAT...LON 4498 8415 4497 8462 4511 8468 4520 8427
      4520 8423
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 258DEG 30KT 4504 8455

JZ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 9:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Chippewa	62 min
Jun 16, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Montmorency	42 min
Jun 16, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Oscoda	44 min
Jun 16, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		91 min
Jun 16, 4:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Alpena	56 min
Jun 16, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Alpena	47 min
Jun 16, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		90 min

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