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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 29, 2021Kalkaska County, Missaukee County, Wexford County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2021, 2:12 PM EDT for Kalkaska County, Missaukee County, Wexford County, Michigan. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report 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, 2:12 PM EDT (18:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kalkaska County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Wexford County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 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 29, 2:37 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Se Kalkaska, MIREPORT FROM MPING: 1-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; SHINGLES BLOWN OFF.

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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 228 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1272 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 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
1272 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
6.5

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The text

As transmitted.

159 
WUUS53 KAPX 291812
SVRAPX
MIC079-113-165-291900-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0058.210829T1812Z-210829T1900Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Wexford County in northern Michigan...
  Kalkaska County in northern Michigan...
  Northern Missaukee County in northern Michigan...

* Until 300 PM EDT.

* At 212 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near South Boardman to near Fife Lake to near
  Meauwataka, moving northeast at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Kalkaska and South Boardman around 220 PM EDT.
  Darragh around 225 PM EDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Sigma, Sharon and Moorestown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4432 8548 4451 8539 4451 8533 4463 8534
      4474 8528 4486 8503 4486 8485 4449 8485
TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 237DEG 45KT 4468 8528 4453 8536 4437 8547 

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

$$
1 follow-up statement
491 
WWUS53 KAPX 291832
SVSAPX

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

MIC165-291841-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0058.000000T0000Z-210829T1900Z/
Wexford MI-
232 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WEXFORD COUNTY 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 700 PM EDT for
northern Michigan.

LAT...LON 4437 8529 4462 8516 4483 8504 4486 8498
      4486 8485 4449 8485
TIME...MOT...LOC 1831Z 236DEG 45KT 4481 8500 4466 8509 4437 8522 

$$

MIC079-113-291900-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0058.000000T0000Z-210829T1900Z/
Kalkaska MI-Missaukee MI-
232 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN KALKASKA AND NORTHERN MISSAUKEE COUNTIES...

At 231 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Darragh to Sigma to near Lake City, moving
northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
  Sigma, Darragh and Moorestown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4437 8529 4462 8516 4483 8504 4486 8498
      4486 8485 4449 8485
TIME...MOT...LOC 1831Z 236DEG 45KT 4481 8500 4466 8509 4437 8522 

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, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan, Emmet47 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.