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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Gaylord, MI

July 31, 20214 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2021, 8:42 PM EDT for 4 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 24 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
Jul 31, 2021, 8:42 PM EDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2021, 9:06 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Benzie County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Wexford County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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, 0.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2021-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 53 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2021-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
53 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1830 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

009 
WUUS53 KAPX 010042
SVRAPX
MIC019-055-101-165-010145-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0020.210801T0042Z-210801T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
842 PM EDT Sat Jul 31 2021

The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Benzie County in northern Michigan...
  Northeastern Wexford County in northern Michigan...
  Southern Grand Traverse County in northern Michigan...
  Northeastern Manistee County in northern Michigan...

* Until 945 PM EDT.

* At 842 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bendon, or
  near Thompsonville, moving southeast 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Interlochen State Park and Interlochen around 850 PM EDT.
  Karlin around 855 PM EDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Buckley, Hannah, Sherman, Mesick, Meauwataka and Manton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4456 8607 4475 8593 4454 8533 4423 8551
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 301DEG 23KT 4460 8588 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$
1 follow-up statement
085 
WWUS53 KAPX 010106
SVSAPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
906 PM EDT Sat Jul 31 2021

MIC019-055-101-165-010116-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210801T0145Z/
Benzie MI-Wexford MI-Grand Traverse MI-Manistee MI-
906 PM EDT Sat Jul 31 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN BENZIE...NORTHEASTERN
WEXFORD...SOUTHERN GRAND TRAVERSE AND NORTHEASTERN MANISTEE COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...
                
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 cancelled.  However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4456 8607 4475 8593 4454 8533 4423 8551
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 301DEG 23KT 4453 8609 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 8:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2021Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2021

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.