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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 11, 2021Chippewa County, Mackinac County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2021, 3:47 PM EDT for Chippewa County, Mackinac County, Michigan. It was in force for 43 min. 8 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 11, 2021, 3:47 PM EDT (19:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2021, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chippewa County, MI, Mackinac County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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
Aug 11, 3:48 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 441 Nnw Sault Ste. Marie, MIBUOY STATION SWPM4 S.W. PIER, MI.
Aug 11, 3:49 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 641 Sse Kinross, MIAWOS STATION KCIU KINROSS - CHIPPEWA COUNTY INTERNATIONAL ARPT.
Aug 11, 3:50 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 Ssw Donaldson, MI*** 1 INJ *** DRONE PICTURES SHOW NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ABOUT 1/4 WEST OF M-129 ON M-80.
Aug 11, 3:50 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 521 Sw Kincheloe, MIMESONET STATION RYDM4 RUDYARD.
Aug 11, 3:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPickford, MISOCIAL MEDIA REPORTS W/ PICTURES SHOWING HOUSE SIDING AND HORSE SHELTER ROOF BLOWN OFF.
Aug 11, 4:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ese Munuscong, MIDELAYED REPORT. DRONE FOOTAGE SENT IN ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
Aug 11, 4:06 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 603 Nnw Munuscong, MIBUOY STATION WNEM4 WEST NEEBISH ISLAND, MI.
Aug 11, 4:14 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 521 Sw Kincheloe, MIMESONET STATION RYDM4 RUDYARD.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 199 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, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 2021-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 2021-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-340 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1366 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

235 
WUUS53 KAPX 111947
SVRAPX
MIC033-097-112030-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0030.210811T1947Z-210811T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
347 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Chippewa County in eastern Michigan...
  Eastern Mackinac County in eastern Michigan...

* Until 430 PM EDT.

* At 346 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Dafter to 6 miles south of Rudyard to near Moran,
  moving southeast at 45 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Kinross and Dafter around 350 PM EDT.
  Donaldson and Barbeau around 355 PM EDT.
  St. Ignace, Pickford, Evergreen Shores and Kelden around 400 PM 
  EDT.
  Cedarville, Munuscong, Hessel and Straits State Park around 405 PM 
  EDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Mackinac Island and Stalwart.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4653 8412 4641 8415 4622 8409 4597 8414
      4588 8442 4594 8449 4591 8456 4593 8466
      4591 8460 4585 8452 4580 8465 4582 8467
      4579 8469 4601 8510 4618 8473 4647 8446
      4651 8435 4649 8427 4653 8421
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 300DEG 41KT 4637 8441 4614 8462 4601 8490 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$
2 follow-up statements
206 
WWUS53 KAPX 112001
SVSAPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
401 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

MIC033-097-112030-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-210811T2030Z/
Chippewa MI-Mackinac MI-
401 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL CHIPPEWA AND EASTERN MACKINAC COUNTIES...

At 400 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Barbeau to near Hessel to near Evergreen Shores, 
moving southeast at 45 mph. The Kinross Airport measured a 64 mph 
wind gust with this storm. 

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

These severe storms will be near...
  Munuscong and Hessel around 405 PM EDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Cedarville and Stalwart.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4653 8412 4641 8415 4622 8409 4597 8414
      4588 8442 4594 8449 4591 8456 4593 8466
      4591 8460 4585 8452 4580 8465 4582 8467
      4579 8469 4601 8510 4618 8473 4647 8446
      4651 8435 4649 8427 4653 8421
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 300DEG 41KT 4630 8423 4607 8444 4594 8472 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$
642 
WWUS53 KAPX 112014
SVSAPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
414 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

MIC033-097-112030-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-210811T2030Z/
Chippewa MI-Mackinac MI-
414 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHIPPEWA AND SOUTHEASTERN MACKINAC COUNTIES...

At 413 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles east of Munuscong to near Cedarville to near
Mackinac Island, moving southeast at 45 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
south central Chippewa and southeastern Mackinac Counties, including
the following locations... Marquette Island.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4632 8412 4622 8409 4597 8414 4588 8442
      4594 8449 4591 8456 4593 8466 4591 8460
      4584 8454 4580 8465 4582 8467 4579 8469
      4600 8477 4612 8425 4633 8423
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 300DEG 41KT 4623 8406 4600 8427 4587 8455 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX2 hr
Aug 10, 9:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Charlevoix46 min
Aug 10, 10:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Manistee, Wexford41 min
Aug 10, 10:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Kalkaska30 min
Aug 10, 10:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatAPXBenzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau, Missaukee, Wexford45 min
Aug 10, 10:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAPXAntrim, Grand Traverse3 hr
Aug 10, 10:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Crawford, Kalkaska, Otsego32 min
Aug 10, 11:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Crawford, Kalkaska, Otsego51 min
Aug 10, 11:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Roscommon32 min
Aug 11, 12:13 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningAPXLeelanau3 hr
Aug 11, 12:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Arenac, Iosco, Ogemaw, Oscoda47 min
Aug 11, 12:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Alpena, Montmorency, Oscoda, Presque Isle44 min
Aug 11, 12:37 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX83 min
Aug 11, 1:46 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningAPXAntrim, Grand Traverse3 hr
Aug 11, 4:12 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX16 hr
Aug 11, 2:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX53 min
Aug 11, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXMackinac31 min
Aug 11, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX64 min
Aug 11, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXChippewa42 min
Aug 11, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX52 min
Aug 11, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX92 min
Aug 11, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa, Mackinac49 min
Aug 11, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX2 hr
Aug 11, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan51 min
Aug 11, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXEmmet18 min
Aug 11, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCharlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet36 min
Aug 11, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX2 hr
Aug 11, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau45 min
Aug 11, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan, Emmet, Presque Isle47 min
Aug 11, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan, Presque Isle38 min
Aug 11, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatAPXBenzie, Leelanau30 min
Aug 11, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Crawford, Kalkaska, Otsego35 min
Aug 11, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatAPXAntrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau51 min
Aug 11, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX34 min
Aug 11, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford, Montmorency, Oscoda, Otsego44 min
Aug 11, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Alpena, Presque Isle47 min
Aug 11, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX46 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.