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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 29, 2021Ogemaw County, Oscoda County, Roscommon County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2021, 3:36 PM EDT for Ogemaw County, Oscoda County, Roscommon County, Michigan. It was in force for 24 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, 3:36 PM EDT (19:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ogemaw County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Roscommon County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 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, 3:42 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGFairview, 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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.

807 
WUUS53 KAPX 291936
SVRAPX
MIC129-135-143-292000-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0064.210829T1936Z-210829T2000Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Ogemaw County in northern Michigan...
  East central Roscommon County in northern Michigan...
  Oscoda County in northern Michigan...

* Until 400 PM EDT.

* At 336 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Garland to near Luzerne to St. Helen, moving
  east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Mio, Comins and Mack Lake around 345 PM EDT.
  Fairview around 350 PM EDT.
  McKinley and Rose City around 355 PM EDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Rose Township, Lupton and Rifle River State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4438 8388 4432 8448 4486 8417 4486 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 248DEG 44KT 4481 8420 4458 8423 4438 8445 

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, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlpena, Montmorency, Presque Isle53 min
Aug 29, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX89 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.