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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Gaylord, MI

September 14, 2021Cheboygan County, Otsego County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 2021, 9:34 AM EDT for Cheboygan County, Otsego County, Michigan. It was in force for 26 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 14, 2021, 9:34 AM EDT (13:34 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cheboygan County, MI, Otsego County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:35 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 nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2021-09-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 109 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 2021-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 279 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
109 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
715 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
279 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

238 
WUUS53 KAPX 141334
SVRAPX
MIC031-137-141400-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0085.210914T1334Z-210914T1400Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
934 AM EDT Tue Sep 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Cheboygan County in northern Michigan...
  Northeastern Otsego County in northern Michigan...

* Until 1000 AM EDT.

* At 933 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Pickerel
  Lake, or 15 miles northeast of Gaylord, moving northeast at 50 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southeastern Cheboygan and northeastern Otsego Counties, including
  the following locations... Pigeon River State Forest.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4520 8429 4520 8437 4517 8437 4514 8449
      4524 8462 4537 8434 4531 8425 4521 8425
TIME...MOT...LOC 1333Z 240DEG 46KT 4521 8449 

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

$$
2 follow-up statements
070 
WWUS53 KAPX 141341
SVSAPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
941 AM EDT Tue Sep 14 2021

MIC137-141351-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-210914T1400Z/
Otsego MI-
941 AM EDT Tue Sep 14 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OTSEGO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4520 8429 4520 8445 4528 8442 4537 8434
      4531 8425 4521 8425
TIME...MOT...LOC 1341Z 270DEG 46KT 4524 8435 

$$

MIC031-141400-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-210914T1400Z/
Cheboygan MI-
941 AM EDT Tue Sep 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHEBOYGAN COUNTY...

At 941 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Allis Township,
or 9 miles southwest of Onaway, moving east at 55 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.

Locations impacted include...
Pigeon River State Forest.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4520 8429 4520 8445 4528 8442 4537 8434
      4531 8425 4521 8425
TIME...MOT...LOC 1341Z 270DEG 46KT 4524 8435 

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

$$
065 
WWUS53 KAPX 141350
SVSAPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
950 AM EDT Tue Sep 14 2021

MIC031-141400-
/O.EXP.KAPX.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-210914T1400Z/
Cheboygan MI-
950 AM EDT Tue Sep 14 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHEBOYGAN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 AM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4520 8429 4520 8445 4528 8442 4537 8434
      4531 8425 4521 8425
TIME...MOT...LOC 1350Z 240DEG 46KT 4529 8422 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 3:00 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementAPXAlpena, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Emmet and 4 more21 hr
Sep 14, 5:51 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX84 min
Sep 14, 8:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX60 min
Sep 14, 8:14 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX31 min
Sep 14, 8:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXAntrim, Cheboygan, Emmet, Otsego64 min
Sep 14, 8:50 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX55 min
Sep 14, 9:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPX51 min
Sep 14, 9:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan, Presque Isle23 min
Sep 14, 9:40 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX81 min
Sep 14, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX62 min

Nearby

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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.