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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Gaylord, MI

July 20, 2019Leelanau County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2019, 2:16 PM EDT for Leelanau County, Michigan. It was in force for 29 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: Jul 20, 2019, 2:16 PM EDT (18:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2019, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Leelanau County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 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
Jul 20, 2:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nw Cedar, MI	TREES ACROSS ROAD.
Jul 20, 2:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Se Burdickville, MI	TREES DOWN ON ROAD.
Jul 20, 2:52 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ne Suttons Bay, MI	TREE DOWN BLOCKING M-22 NORTH OF SUTTONS BAY.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 190 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2357 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 240 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

303 
WUUS53 KAPX 201816
SVRAPX
MIC089-201845-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0013.190720T1816Z-190720T1845Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
216 PM EDT Sat Jul 20 2019

The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Leelanau County in northern Michigan...

* Until 245 PM EDT.

* At 215 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 13 miles northwest of Leland to near Empire, moving
  east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Traverse City, Leland, Empire, Grand Traverse Light, Bingham, Glen
  Arbor, Suttons Bay, Northport, Cedar, Greilickville, Lake Leelanau,
  Burdickville, Maple City, Glen Haven, Omena, Peshawbestown,
  Leelanau State Park, Fouch and Good Harbor.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4478 8613 4481 8612 4500 8595 4498 8584
      4508 8578 4511 8573 4514 8571 4522 8561
      4525 8555 4501 8555 4477 8564
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 282DEG 32KT 4517 8593 4484 8610 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JPB

1 follow-up statement

861 
WWUS53 KAPX 201844
SVSAPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
244 PM EDT Sat Jul 20 2019

MIC089-201853-
/O.EXP.KAPX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190720T1845Z/
Leelanau MI-
244 PM EDT Sat Jul 20 2019

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LEELANAU COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
245 PM EDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for
northern Michigan.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
southern Leelanau County until 315 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 4478 8613 4481 8612 4500 8595 4498 8584
      4508 8578 4511 8573 4514 8571 4522 8561
      4525 8555 4501 8555 4477 8564
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 270DEG 32KT 4512 8562 4479 8579 

$$

JPB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 19, 9:03 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	APX	Arenac, Gladwin, Iosco, Ogemaw	16 hr
Jul 19, 11:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		90 min
Jul 19, 11:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Benzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Manistee, Wexford	80 min
Jul 20, 12:12 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	APX	Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Leelanau and 1 more	5 hr
Jul 20, 12:49 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		86 min
Jul 20, 1:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Kalkaska, Missaukee	39 min
Jul 20, 11:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Manistee, Wexford	24 min
Jul 20, 12:03 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	APX	Manistee	3 hr
Jul 20, 1:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		85 min
Jul 20, 1:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Manistee	53 min
Jul 20, 1:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		46 min
Jul 20, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		32 min
Jul 20, 2:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Benzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau	40 min
Jul 20, 2:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	APX	Manistee	3 hr
Jul 20, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Alcona, Iosco, Ogemaw	44 min
Jul 20, 4:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		97 min
Jul 20, 5:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	APX	Manistee	18 hr

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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.