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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 29, 2021Cheboygan County, Emmet County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2021, 1:58 PM EDT for Cheboygan County, Emmet County, Michigan. It was in force for 47 min. 3 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 29, 2021, 1:58 PM EDT (17:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cheboygan County, MI, Emmet County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:58 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 29, 2:15 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 553 Wnw Conway, MIAWOS STATION KMGN HARBOR SPRINGS - MUNICIPAL ARPT.
Aug 29, 2:15 PM EDTNON-TSTM WND GST 553 Wnw Conway, MIAWOS STATION KMGN HARBOR SPRINGS - MUNICIPAL ARPT.
Aug 29, 2:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGHarbor Springs, MITREES DOWN.

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 29, 1:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 2021-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 221 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 2021-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 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
221 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1035 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

942 
WUUS53 KAPX 291758
SVRAPX
MIC031-047-291845-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0057.210829T1758Z-210829T1845Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
158 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Cheboygan County in northern Michigan...
  Eastern Emmet County in northern Michigan...

* Until 245 PM EDT.

* At 158 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Levering to near Pleasant View to near
  Bayshore, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Carp Lake and Levering around 205 PM EDT.
  Pellston and Brutus around 210 PM EDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Cheboygan, Reasoners Corner, Alanson, Burt Lake, Mullet Lake, Burt
Lake State Park, Indian River, Topinabee, Alverno, Cheboygan State
Park, Aloha, Aloha State Park, Nine Mile Point and Koehler Township.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4561 8418 4562 8420 4562 8425 4554 8425
      4527 8449 4529 8489 4542 8479 4541 8503
      4568 8486 4574 8455 4569 8443 4569 8437
      4566 8419
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 250DEG 36KT 4564 8483 4548 8494 4533 8510 

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

$$
1 follow-up statement
325 
WWUS53 KAPX 291820
SVSAPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
220 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021

MIC031-047-291845-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-210829T1845Z/
Cheboygan MI-Emmet MI-
220 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT
FOR CHEBOYGAN AND SOUTHEASTERN EMMET COUNTIES...

At 220 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Cheboygan to near Brutus to Reasoners Corner,
moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
  Cheboygan, Cheboygan State Park, Mullet Lake, Aloha, Aloha State 
  Park, Alverno, Afton, Koehler Township and Nine Mile Point.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4562 8425 4554 8425 4527 8449 4529 8484
      4538 8482 4541 8479 4542 8482 4555 8480
      4574 8458 4574 8455 4569 8443 4569 8436
      4566 8419 4562 8418
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 254DEG 30KT 4569 8450 4554 8469 4534 8476 

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 29, 4:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXEmmet46 min
Aug 29, 5:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXOgemaw22 min
Aug 29, 1:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX47 min
Aug 29, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX45 min
Aug 29, 1:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Leelanau38 min
Aug 29, 1:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa, Mackinac51 min
Aug 29, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXKalkaska, Missaukee, Wexford48 min
Aug 29, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet, Otsego43 min
Aug 29, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Charlevoix, Kalkaska, Otsego32 min
Aug 29, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX91 min
Aug 29, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan, Montmorency, Otsego, Presque Isle35 min
Aug 29, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford, Missaukee, Oscoda, Roscommon38 min
Aug 29, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlpena, Montmorency, Presque Isle53 min
Aug 29, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX89 min
Aug 29, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOgemaw, Oscoda, Roscommon24 min
Aug 29, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX68 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.