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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 9, 2021Ogemaw County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2021, 2:24 PM EDT for Ogemaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 51 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 9, 2021, 2:24 PM EDT (18:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Ogemaw County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 2021-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 86 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 2021-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
86 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

815 
WWUS83 KAPX 091824
SPSAPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
224 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021
 
MIZ029-035-091915-
Ogemaw MI-Oscoda MI-
224 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Ogemaw and
southern Oscoda Counties through 315 PM EDT...

At 223 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Rose City, or near West Branch, moving north at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Rose City around 230 PM EDT.
  Lupton and Rifle River State Park around 235 PM EDT.
  Rose Township around 240 PM EDT.

Other locations in the path of this storm include Mack Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4431 8433 4459 8430 4459 8398 4453 8388
      4428 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 200DEG 33KT 4436 8417 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXOscoda34 min
Aug 9, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXEmmet50 min
Aug 9, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXAntrim41 min
Aug 9, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXMackinac51 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.