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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gaylord, MI
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Gladwin | 26 min |
| Aug 3, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Ogemaw | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Arenac, Iosco | 29 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.