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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 28, 20214 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2021, 12:49 AM EDT for 4 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 56 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
Aug 28, 2021, 12:49 AM EDT (04:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2021, 1:45 AM EDT
In force
56 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), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:48 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 2021-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 552 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 2021-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 179 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
552 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
916 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
278 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

728 
WUUS53 KAPX 280449
SVRAPX
MIC019-055-101-165-280545-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0045.210828T0449Z-210828T0545Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1249 AM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a

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

* Until 145 AM EDT.

* At 1248 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Bendon to near Free Soil, moving east at 30 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.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Interlochen, Interlochen State Park, Bendon and Karlin around 1255 
  AM EDT.
  Grawn around 105 AM EDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Hannah, Traverse City, Kingsley, Spider Lake, Hoxeyville and Fife
Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4471 8584 4474 8535 4417 8534 4416 8596
      4418 8621
TIME...MOT...LOC 0448Z 268DEG 25KT 4465 8583 4417 8613 

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

$$
JSL
1 follow-up statement
092 
WWUS53 KAPX 280531
SVSAPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
131 AM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021

MIC019-280540-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-210828T0545Z/
Benzie MI-
131 AM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BENZIE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4444 8562 4474 8535 4417 8534 4416 8596
      4418 8621 4441 8586
TIME...MOT...LOC 0530Z 268DEG 25KT 4466 8547 4418 8577 

$$

MIC055-101-165-280545-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-210828T0545Z/
Wexford MI-Grand Traverse MI-Manistee MI-
131 AM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EDT
FOR WEXFORD...SOUTHEASTERN GRAND TRAVERSE AND SOUTHEASTERN MANISTEE
COUNTIES...

At 130 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Spider Lake to near Hoxeyville, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
  Fife Lake, Boon, Mitchell State Park and Cadillac.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4444 8562 4474 8535 4417 8534 4416 8596
      4418 8621 4441 8586
TIME...MOT...LOC 0530Z 268DEG 25KT 4466 8547 4418 8577 

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

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 12:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningAPXBenzie3 hr
Aug 28, 1:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningAPXGrand Traverse3 hr
Aug 28, 1:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXCrawford, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Roscommon95 min
Aug 28, 3:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXArenac, Gladwin, Missaukee, Ogemaw, Roscommon63 min
Aug 28, 4:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Manistee, Missaukee, Wexford60 min
Aug 28, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXKalkaska38 min
Aug 28, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Roscommon46 min
Aug 28, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX89 min
Aug 28, 3:18 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX29 hr
Aug 28, 3:26 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementAPXBenzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Leelanau, Mackinac, Manistee29 hr
Aug 28, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXPresque Isle33 min
Aug 28, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlpena, Montmorency49 min
Aug 28, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Iosco, Ogemaw, Oscoda43 min
Aug 28, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX2 hr
Aug 28, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Iosco56 min
Aug 28, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXArenac, Gladwin, Iosco, Ogemaw55 min
Aug 28, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX117 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.