Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2018, 7:32 PM EDT for Antrim County, Kalkaska County, Otsego County, Michigan. It was in force for 58 min. 3 reports 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
- Aug 28, 2018, 7:32 PM EDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2018, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Antrim County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Otsego County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 7:49 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 S Alba, MI | AN EF-0 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WINDS OF 80 MPH TOUCHED DOWN 3.5 MILES SOUTH OF ALBA AND FOLLOWED A DISCONTINUOUS PATH TO THE NORTHEAST LIFTING JUST BEFORE THE OTSEGO COUNTY LINE. TORNADO PATH LENGTH WAS 6.78 MILES WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 70 YARDS. |
| Aug 28, 7:57 PM EDT | TORNADO | 4 Ene Alba, MI | TORNADO CONFIRMED BY RADAR (TDS). NO OTHER REPORTS AT THIS TIME. |
| Aug 28, 8:16 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sse Elmira, MI | SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN IN THE AREA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 733 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
995
WUUS53 KAPX 282332
SVRAPX
MIC009-079-137-290030-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0039.180828T2332Z-180829T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
732 PM EDT TUE AUG 28 2018
The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Otsego County in northern Michigan...
Antrim County in northern Michigan...
Northern Kalkaska County in northern Michigan...
* Until 830 PM EDT.
* At 732 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near East Jordan to near Rapid City, moving east at
35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Mancelona, Bellaire, Antrim, Elmira, Central Lake, Clam River,
Rapid City, Alba, Jordan Township, Warner Township, Blue Lake
Township and Lake Bellaire.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4512 8527 4512 8474 4513 8473 4486 8476
4486 8484 4482 8485 4479 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 254DEG 29KT 4513 8517 4482 8521
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MEK1 follow-up statement
860
WWUS53 KAPX 290003
SVSAPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
803 PM EDT TUE AUG 28 2018
MIC079-290012-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-180829T0030Z/
Kalkaska MI-
803 PM EDT TUE AUG 28 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN KALKASKA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened and moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM EDT for
northern Michigan.
LAT...LON 4512 8510 4512 8474 4513 8473 4486 8476
4486 8509
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 264DEG 29KT 4512 8490 4487 8479
$$
MIC009-137-290030-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-180829T0030Z/
Otsego MI-Antrim MI-
803 PM EDT TUE AUG 28 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN OTSEGO AND EASTERN ANTRIM COUNTIES...
At 802 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Warner Township to near Waters, moving east at 35
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Mancelona, Antrim, Elmira, Jordan Township, Warner Township and Alba.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are
close enough to be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms. Do not drive
your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4512 8510 4512 8474 4513 8473 4486 8476
4486 8509
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 264DEG 29KT 4512 8490 4487 8479
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MEKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 11:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 95 min | |
| Aug 28, 12:09 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 96 min | |
| Aug 28, 12:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Benzie, Leelanau, Manistee | 64 min |
| Aug 28, 12:33 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 27 min | |
| Aug 28, 12:58 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 62 min | |
| Aug 28, 1:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Antrim, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Wexford | 59 min |
| Aug 28, 1:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Charlevoix, Emmet | 51 min |
| Aug 28, 1:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Chippewa, Mackinac | 40 min |
| Aug 28, 1:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Cheboygan, Emmet, Presque Isle | 73 min |
| Aug 28, 1:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Antrim, Crawford, Kalkaska, Otsego | 47 min |
| Aug 28, 2:07 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 53 min | |
| Aug 28, 2:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alpena, Montmorency | 65 min |
| Aug 28, 2:50 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 85 min | |
| Aug 28, 12:13 PM EDT | Flood Watch | APX | Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Benzie, Crawford and 13 more | 18 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 2 hr | |
| Aug 28, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Leelanau | 43 min |
| Aug 28, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Leelanau | 70 min |
| Aug 28, 6:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 67 min | |
| Aug 28, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Benzie | 45 min |
| Aug 28, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Benzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau | 44 min |
| Aug 28, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Benzie, Grand Traverse, Manistee, Wexford | 43 min |
| Aug 28, 6:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Antrim, Charlevoix | 31 min |
| Aug 28, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Antrim, Grand Traverse | 43 min |
| Aug 28, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Grand Traverse, Kalkaska | 50 min |
| Aug 28, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Wexford | 29 min |
| Aug 28, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Wexford | 34 min |
| Aug 28, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Crawford, Gladwin, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Montmorency, Ogemaw and 3 more | 39 min |
| Aug 28, 7:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Antrim, Otsego | 19 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.