Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2020, 8:02 PM EDT for Manistee County, Wexford County, Michigan. It was in force for 58 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 26, 2020, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2020, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Manistee County, MI, Wexford County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1783 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
459
WUUS53 KAPX 270002
SVRAPX
MIC101-165-270100-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0013.200527T0002Z-200527T0100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
802 PM EDT Tue May 26 2020
The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Wexford County in northern Michigan...
Eastern Manistee County in northern Michigan...
* Until 900 PM EDT.
* At 802 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm
capable of producing quarter size hail and damaging winds in excess
of 60 mph. This storm was located near Wellston, or 19 miles west
of Cadillac, and moving north at 25 mph.
* Locations impacted include...
Cadillac, Thompsonville, Sherman, Buckley, Boon, Mesick, Copemish,
Harrietta, Meauwataka, Yuma, Hoxeyville and Dublin.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Severe thunderstorms produce damaging winds, destructive hail, deadly
lightning and very heavy rain. For your protection, move to an
interior room on the lowest floor of your home or business. Heavy
rains flood roads quickly so do not drive into areas where water
covers the road.
&&
LAT...LON 4451 8599 4452 8592 4451 8546 4416 8545
4417 8593
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 172DEG 21KT 4424 8582
$$
JPB1 follow-up statement
905
WWUS53 KAPX 270020
SVSAPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
820 PM EDT Tue May 26 2020
MIC101-165-270100-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-200527T0100Z/
Wexford MI-Manistee MI-
820 PM EDT Tue May 26 2020
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL WEXFORD AND NORTHEASTERN MANISTEE COUNTIES...
At 819 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Yuma, or 13
miles south of Thompsonville, moving north at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Cadillac, Thompsonville, Sherman, Buckley, Boon, Mesick, Copemish,
Harrietta, Meauwataka, Yuma and Mitchell State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4451 8599 4452 8592 4451 8546 4422 8545
4428 8593
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 172DEG 21KT 4434 8584
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JPBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Benzie, Grand Traverse | 39 min |
| May 26, 10:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Crawford | 63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.