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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Gaylord, MI

September 7, 2021Alcona County, Alpena County, Iosco County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 2021, 1:37 PM EDT for Alcona County, Alpena County, Iosco County, Michigan. It was in force for 38 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
Sep 7, 2021, 1:37 PM EDT (17:37 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2021, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Iosco County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:37 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 7, 12:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 2021-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1018 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

682 
WUUS53 KAPX 071737
SVRAPX
MIC001-007-069-071815-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0081.210907T1737Z-210907T1815Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
137 PM EDT Tue Sep 7 2021

The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Alcona County in northern Michigan...
  South central Alpena County in northern Michigan...
  Northeastern Iosco County in northern Michigan...

* Until 215 PM EDT.

* At 137 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Spruce to near Glennie, moving east at 35 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Ossineke, Lost Lake Woods and Spruce around 145 PM EDT.
  Negwegon State Park and Black River around 150 PM EDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Mikado, Harrisville and Harrisville State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4461 8326 4448 8327 4449 8379 4486 8359
      4494 8329 4490 8326 4487 8327 4485 8324
      4475 8325 4471 8322
TIME...MOT...LOC 1737Z 260DEG 30KT 4484 8347 4451 8373 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

GILLEN
2 follow-up statements
083 
WWUS53 KAPX 071751
SVSAPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
151 PM EDT Tue Sep 7 2021

MIC007-071801-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0081.000000T0000Z-210907T1815Z/
Alpena MI-
151 PM EDT Tue Sep 7 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALPENA 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 4461 8326 4448 8327 4449 8379 4469 8368
      4486 8346 4486 8327 4485 8324 4475 8325
      4471 8322
TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 260DEG 30KT 4486 8333 4453 8359 

$$

MIC001-069-071815-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0081.000000T0000Z-210907T1815Z/
Alcona MI-Iosco MI-
151 PM EDT Tue Sep 7 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN ALCONA AND NORTHEASTERN IOSCO COUNTIES...

At 151 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Negwegon State Park to 6 miles southeast of
Glennie, moving east at 35 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

These severe storms will be near...
  Negwegon State Park and Black River around 155 PM EDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Harrisville and Harrisville State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4461 8326 4448 8327 4449 8379 4469 8368
      4486 8346 4486 8327 4485 8324 4475 8325
      4471 8322
TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 260DEG 30KT 4486 8333 4453 8359 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

GILLEN
148 
WWUS53 KAPX 071805
SVSAPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
205 PM EDT Tue Sep 7 2021

MIC001-069-071815-
/O.EXP.KAPX.SV.W.0081.000000T0000Z-210907T1815Z/
Alcona MI-Iosco MI-
205 PM EDT Tue Sep 7 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ALCONA AND
NORTHEASTERN IOSCO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM EDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However heavy rain
is still possible with these thunderstorms.

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

LAT...LON 4461 8326 4448 8327 4449 8379 4469 8368
      4486 8346 4486 8327 4485 8324 4475 8325
      4471 8322
TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 270DEG 30KT 4488 8319 4455 8345 

$$

GILLEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 4:14 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementAPXAlpena, Benzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Leelanau, Mackinac and 1 more12 hr
Sep 7, 7:26 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX2 hr
Sep 7, 7:55 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX95 min
Sep 7, 8:26 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX64 min
Sep 7, 8:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau50 min
Sep 7, 8:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Grand Traverse, Manistee33 min
Sep 7, 9:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska50 min
Sep 7, 9:27 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX33 min
Sep 7, 9:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Manistee, Missaukee, Wexford46 min
Sep 7, 10:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMissaukee, Wexford34 min
Sep 7, 10:49 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX56 min
Sep 7, 11:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford, Missaukee, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Roscommon24 min
Sep 7, 11:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Manistee51 min
Sep 7, 11:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford, Kalkaska47 min
Sep 7, 11:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Crawford, Iosco, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Roscommon45 min
Sep 7, 11:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatAPXManistee, Missaukee, Wexford34 min
Sep 7, 12:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXManistee30 min
Sep 7, 12:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Iosco, Ogemaw14 min
Sep 7, 12:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMissaukee, Roscommon, Wexford47 min
Sep 7, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco16 min
Sep 7, 1:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX2 hr
Sep 7, 1:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXWexford19 min
Sep 7, 1:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX67 min
Sep 7, 1:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMissaukee, Roscommon29 min
Sep 7, 1:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco, Ogemaw58 min
Sep 7, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXArenac, Gladwin, Iosco, Ogemaw53 min
Sep 7, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX70 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.