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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 29, 2021Alpena County, Montmorency County, Presque Isle County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2021, 3:22 PM EDT for Alpena County, Montmorency County, Presque Isle County, Michigan. It was in force for 53 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 29, 2021, 3:22 PM EDT (19:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2021, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Alpena County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 88 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.

631 
WUUS53 KAPX 291922
SVRAPX
MIC007-119-141-292015-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0063.210829T1922Z-210829T2015Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a

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

* Until 415 PM EDT.

* At 322 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Forty Mile Point to 6 miles southwest of Bisma
  Township to Garland, moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  P H Hoeft State Park around 325 PM EDT.
  Royston around 330 PM EDT.
  Bisma Township around 335 PM EDT.
  Loud Township and Hawks around 340 PM EDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Atlanta, Metz, Lockwood Lake, Posen, Hagensville, Rogers City and
Fletcher Pond.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4499 8326 4502 8338 4499 8336 4497 8337
      4485 8405 4486 8417 4513 8411 4552 8390
      4545 8378 4545 8369 4539 8358 4539 8346
      4528 8333 4523 8335 4521 8328 4516 8328
      4510 8325 4509 8322 4500 8321
TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 235DEG 31KT 4550 8396 4518 8404 4483 8428 

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

$$
1 follow-up statement
392 
WWUS53 KAPX 291947
SVSAPX

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

MIC119-291957-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-210829T2015Z/
Montmorency MI-
347 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 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.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for
northern Michigan.

LAT...LON 4500 8330 4502 8338 4499 8336 4496 8339
      4489 8388 4545 8376 4545 8369 4539 8358
      4539 8346 4528 8333 4523 8335 4521 8328
      4515 8328 4509 8323
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 248DEG 42KT 4559 8362 4527 8370 4492 8394 

$$

MIC007-141-292015-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-210829T2015Z/
Alpena MI-Presque Isle MI-
347 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR ALPENA AND SOUTHEASTERN PRESQUE ISLE COUNTIES...

At 347 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 14 miles northeast of Rogers City to Posen to near
Lockwood Lake, moving east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
  Posen, Presque Isle Light, Presque Isle, Spratt, Thompsons Harbor 
  State Park, Lachine and Alpena.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4500 8330 4502 8338 4499 8336 4496 8339
      4489 8388 4545 8376 4545 8369 4539 8358
      4539 8346 4528 8333 4523 8335 4521 8328
      4515 8328 4509 8323
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 248DEG 42KT 4559 8362 4527 8370 4492 8394 

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, 2:12 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, 3:31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.