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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 3, 2021Missaukee County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2021, 4:14 PM EDT for Missaukee County, Michigan. It was in force for 31 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 3, 2021, 4:14 PM EDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Hail
0.50 in
Wind
30

County Missaukee County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 205 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2021-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 50 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2021-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1243 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

454 
WWUS83 KAPX 032014
SPSAPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
414 PM EDT Tue Aug 3 2021
 
MIZ033-034-032045-
Roscommon MI-Missaukee MI-
414 PM EDT Tue Aug 3 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Roscommon and southeastern Missaukee Counties through 445 PM EDT...

At 412 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Houghton Lake, moving southwest at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.

Locations impacted include...
  Moddersville and Vogel Center.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4416 8503 4423 8512 4440 8481 4428 8460
      4416 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 045DEG 8KT 4425 8484 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXGladwin26 min
Aug 3, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXOgemaw27 min
Aug 3, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXArenac, Iosco29 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.