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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 30, 2023Chippewa County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2023, 10:14 AM EDT for Chippewa County, Michigan. It was in force for 46 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
Jun 30, 2023, 10:14 AM EDT (14:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2023, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Chippewa County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 2023-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 537 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 2023-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
537 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
847 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

083 
WUUS53 KAPX 301414
SVRAPX
MIC033-301500-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0021.230630T1414Z-230630T1500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1014 AM EDT Fri Jun 30 2023

The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Chippewa County in eastern Michigan...

* Until 1100 AM EDT.

* At 1014 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Donaldson,
  or 9 miles southeast of Sault Ste. Marie, moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Sugar Island and McCarron. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4641 8415 4637 8414 4634 8413 4632 8411
      4631 8412 4627 8411 4631 8433 4640 8432
      4644 8414
TIME...MOT...LOC 1414Z 268DEG 18KT 4637 8428 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$
2 follow-up statements
684 
WWUS53 KAPX 301428
SVSAPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1028 AM EDT Fri Jun 30 2023

MIC033-301500-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-230630T1500Z/
Chippewa MI-
1028 AM EDT Fri Jun 30 2023

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
FOR CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTY...

At 1028 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Barbeau, or 11
miles southeast of Sault Ste. Marie, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Chippewa County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4634 8413 4632 8411 4631 8412 4627 8412
      4630 8428 4640 8422 4641 8415
TIME...MOT...LOC 1428Z 278DEG 15KT 4634 8423 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$
371 
WWUS53 KAPX 301452
SVSAPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1052 AM EDT Fri Jun 30 2023

MIC033-301502-
/O.EXP.KAPX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-230630T1500Z/
Chippewa MI-
1052 AM EDT Fri Jun 30 2023

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1100 AM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4634 8413 4632 8411 4631 8412 4627 8412
      4630 8428 4640 8422 4641 8415
TIME...MOT...LOC 1452Z 268DEG 18KT 4634 8407 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXRoscommon24 min
Jun 30, 9:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXChippewa45 min
Jun 30, 9:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa41 min
Jun 30, 9:44 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX61 min
Jun 30, 1:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXPresque Isle26 min
Jun 30, 1:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlpena, Presque Isle28 min
Jun 30, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXIosco32 min
Jun 30, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX53 min
Jun 30, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXAlcona, Iosco48 min
Jun 30, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX50 min
Jun 30, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXArenac35 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.