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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI

May 26, 2018Missaukee County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2018, 4:08 PM EDT for Missaukee County, Michigan. It was in force for 52 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, 2018, 4:08 PM EDT (20:08 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2018, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Missaukee County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 4:11 PM EDTHAIL 14 Nnw Falmouth, MIDELAYED HAIL REPORT FROM YESTERDAY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 215 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2018-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 47 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2018-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
47 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-117 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

290 
WUUS53 KAPX 262008
SVRAPX
MIC113-262100-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0002.180526T2008Z-180526T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
408 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2018

The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Missaukee County in northern Michigan...

* Until 500 PM EDT.

* At 408 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located between Falmouth 
  and Lake City, moving east at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Mcbain, Falmouth, Moddersville, Vogel Center and Merritt. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4420 8523 4450 8513 4436 8486 4435 8485
      4416 8486 4416 8491
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 290DEG 10KT 4428 8510 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JZ
3 follow-up statements
947 
WWUS53 KAPX 262025
SVSAPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
425 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2018

MIC113-262100-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180526T2100Z/
Missaukee MI-
425 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSAUKEE COUNTY...

At 425 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Falmouth, or 8
miles southeast of Lake City, moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Falmouth, Moddersville and Merritt. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4422 8520 4450 8513 4436 8486 4435 8485
      4416 8486 4416 8491
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 292DEG 11KT 4428 8505 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

JZ
073 
WWUS53 KAPX 262042
SVSAPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
442 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2018

MIC113-262100-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180526T2100Z/
Missaukee MI-
442 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN MISSAUKEE COUNTY...

At 442 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Moddersville,
or 11 miles southeast of Lake City, moving southeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Falmouth, Moddersville, Merritt and Stittsville. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4424 8515 4448 8509 4436 8486 4435 8485
      4416 8486 4416 8491
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 299DEG 9KT 4426 8500 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

JZ
847 
WWUS53 KAPX 262102
SVSAPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
502 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2018

MIC113-262111-
/O.EXP.KAPX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180526T2100Z/
Missaukee MI-
502 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MISSAUKEE COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
                
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 has been allowed to expire.  However small 
hail and heavy rain is still possible with this thunderstorm, over 
southeast Missaukee County.

LAT...LON 4424 8515 4448 8509 4436 8486 4435 8485
      4416 8486 4416 8491
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 290DEG 10KT 4424 8493 

$$

JZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Roscommon64 min
May 26, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlpena25 min
May 26, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford, Otsego28 min
May 26, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGladwin, Ogemaw, Roscommon64 min
May 26, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMontmorency, Otsego17 min

Nearby

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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.