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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 28, 2021Alpena County, Montmorency County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2021, 4:01 PM EDT for Alpena County, Montmorency County, Michigan. It was in force for 49 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, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2021, 4:50 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Alpena County, MI, Montmorency County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 2021-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 32 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 2021-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-229 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1106 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

057 
WUUS53 KAPX 282001
SVRAPX
MIC007-119-282100-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0051.210828T2001Z-210828T2100Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Alpena County in northern Michigan...
  Eastern Montmorency County in northern Michigan...

* Until 500 PM EDT.

* At 400 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Royston to near Fletcher Pond to near Lockwood
  Lake, moving east at 25 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Royston around 405 PM EDT.
  Long Rapids around 415 PM EDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Ossineke Township, Spratt, Lachine, Cathro, Lakewood, Alpena and
Ossineke.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4499 8328 4504 8339 4495 8340 4492 8338
      4485 8391 4486 8394 4489 8400 4506 8402
      4520 8392 4521 8328 4516 8328 4502 8324
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 254DEG 20KT 4518 8387 4500 8395 4489 8391 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Cornish
3 follow-up statements
754 
WWUS53 KAPX 282020
SVSAPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
420 PM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021

MIC119-282030-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0051.000000T0000Z-210828T2100Z/
Montmorency MI-
420 PM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MONTMORENCY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4499 8328 4504 8339 4495 8340 4492 8338
      4485 8388 4487 8389 4498 8385 4508 8386
      4520 8375 4521 8328 4516 8328 4502 8324
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 261DEG 27KT 4520 8358 4502 8369 4487 8377 

$$

MIC007-282100-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0051.000000T0000Z-210828T2100Z/
Alpena MI-
420 PM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR ALPENA COUNTY...

At 420 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Cathro to near Spratt to near Ossineke Township,
moving east at 30 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
  Cathro, Lakewood, Alpena and Ossineke.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4499 8328 4504 8339 4495 8340 4492 8338
      4485 8388 4487 8389 4498 8385 4508 8386
      4520 8375 4521 8328 4516 8328 4502 8324
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 261DEG 27KT 4520 8358 4502 8369 4487 8377 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Cornish
923 
WWUS53 KAPX 282037
SVSAPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
437 PM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021

MIC007-282100-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0051.000000T0000Z-210828T2100Z/
Alpena MI-
437 PM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL ALPENA COUNTY...

At 437 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Long Lake to 7 miles south of Cathro to near
Ossineke Township, moving east at 25 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Alpena, Ossineke, Ossineke Township, Cathro, Lakewood and Devils
Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4499 8328 4504 8339 4495 8340 4492 8339
      4488 8369 4492 8374 4502 8375 4509 8366
      4520 8362 4521 8328 4516 8328 4502 8324
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 254DEG 20KT 4522 8348 4504 8359 4489 8367 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Cornish
493 
WWUS53 KAPX 282050
SVSAPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
450 PM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021

MIC007-282059-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0051.000000T0000Z-210828T2100Z/
Alpena MI-
450 PM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL ALPENA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However small hail and
gusty winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 4499 8328 4504 8339 4495 8340 4492 8339
      4488 8369 4492 8374 4502 8375 4509 8366
      4520 8362 4521 8328 4516 8328 4502 8324
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 254DEG 20KT 4523 8339 4505 8350 4490 8358 

$$

Cornish

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 12:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Grand Traverse, Manistee, Wexford56 min
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, 4:17 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.