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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 11, 2021Alcona County, Alpena County, Presque Isle County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2021, 6:58 PM EDT for Alcona County, Alpena County, Presque Isle County, Michigan. It was in force for 47 min. 4 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, 6:58 PM EDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7:03 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ese Lachine, MIREPORTS OF TREES DOWN NEAR LACHINE.
Aug 11, 7:06 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 N Spratt, MIREPORTS OF TREES DOWN NEAR SPRATT.
Aug 11, 7:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 Nw Devils Lake, MISOCIAL MEDIA REPORT W/ PICTURES OF MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON INDIAN RESERVE RD SOUTH OF KAPN.
Aug 11, 7:25 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 391 W Ossineke, MI

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 11, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 78 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

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The text

As transmitted.

476 
WUUS53 KAPX 112258
SVRAPX
MIC001-007-141-112345-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0042.210811T2258Z-210811T2345Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Alcona County in northern Michigan...
  Alpena County in northern Michigan...
  Southeastern Presque Isle County in northern Michigan...

* Until 745 PM EDT.

* At 658 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Posen to near Fletcher Pond to near Comins,
  moving east at 65 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Lachine and Long Rapids around 705 PM EDT.
  Presque Isle and Fletcher Pond around 710 PM EDT.
  Alpena, Ossineke Township and Cathro around 715 PM EDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include The
Town Of Hubbard Lake, Lakewood, Hubbard Lake and Ossineke.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4500 8320 4499 8326 4502 8338 4498 8336
      4495 8338 4494 8330 4488 8327 4481 8389
      4502 8389 4519 8385 4533 8340 4528 8333
      4523 8335 4521 8328 4510 8325 4508 8319
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 249DEG 58KT 4520 8371 4500 8384 4481 8410 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MG
2 follow-up statements
519 
WWUS53 KAPX 112325
SVSAPX

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

MIC001-141-112335-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-210811T2345Z/
Alcona MI-Presque Isle MI-
725 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ALCONA AND
SOUTHEASTERN PRESQUE ISLE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for
northern Michigan.

LAT...LON 4500 8320 4499 8326 4502 8338 4498 8336
      4495 8338 4494 8330 4488 8327 4486 8352
      4507 8349 4517 8342 4523 8335 4521 8328
      4516 8328 4510 8325 4508 8319
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 249DEG 58KT 4534 8317 4514 8330 4496 8356 

$$

MIC007-112345-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-210811T2345Z/
Alpena MI-
725 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN ALPENA COUNTY...

At 725 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 14 miles east of Presque Isle to 6 miles southeast of
Lakewood to near The Town Of Hubbard Lake, moving east at 65 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
eastern Alpena County, including the following locations... Devils
Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4500 8320 4499 8326 4502 8338 4498 8336
      4495 8338 4494 8330 4488 8327 4486 8352
      4507 8349 4517 8342 4523 8335 4521 8328
      4516 8328 4510 8325 4508 8319
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 249DEG 58KT 4534 8317 4514 8330 4496 8356 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MG
968 
WWUS53 KAPX 112336
SVSAPX

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

MIC007-112346-
/O.EXP.KAPX.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-210811T2345Z/
Alpena MI-
736 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ALPENA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for
northern Michigan.

LAT...LON 4500 8320 4499 8326 4502 8338 4498 8336
      4495 8338 4494 8330 4488 8327 4486 8352
      4507 8349 4517 8342 4523 8335 4521 8328
      4516 8328 4510 8325 4508 8319
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 270DEG 58KT 4538 8300 4518 8313 4501 8340 

$$

MG

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, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa, Mackinac43 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, 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.