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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2021, 4:34 PM EDT for Gladwin 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
- Aug 3, 2021, 4:34 PM EDT (20:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 30
County Gladwin County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.
787
WWUS83 KAPX 032034
SPSAPX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
434 PM EDT Tue Aug 3 2021
MIZ041-032100-
Gladwin MI-
434 PM EDT Tue Aug 3 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Gladwin
County through 500 PM EDT...
At 434 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Gladwin, moving south at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Beaverton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4400 8460 4403 8445 4383 8431 4383 8436
4381 8437 4381 8460
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 342DEG 10KT 4394 8454
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 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, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Missaukee | 31 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.