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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 30, 2023Alcona County, Iosco County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2023, 4:12 PM EDT for Alcona County, Iosco County, Michigan. It was in force for 48 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, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2023, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

Counties Alcona County, MI, Iosco County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 106 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 30, 3:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 3:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 3:12 PM EDT, 1 hour before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 30, 10:12 AM EDT, 6 hours before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1012 AM EDT Fri Jun 30 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1009 AM     Hail             1 NE Dafter             46.38N 84.41W
06/30/2023  E0.88 inch       Chippewa           MI   Public

            Media van called. Reported nickel sized hail
            while driving.

&&

SJC

Local storm report, Jun 30, 10:34 AM EDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1034 AM EDT Fri Jun 30 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1034 AM     Hail             1 NE Sault Ste. Marie   46.50N 84.35W
06/30/2023  E0.25 inch       Chippewa           MI   Trained Spotter

&&

SJC

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 1:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
134 PM EDT Fri Jun 30 2023

MIZ018-024-301800-
Alpena MI-Presque Isle MI-
134 PM EDT Fri Jun 30 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Alpena
and southeastern Presque Isle Counties through 200 PM EDT...

At 133 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Bisma Township, or 11 miles northwest of Lachine, moving east at 20
mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Long Rapids around 150 PM EDT.

Other locations in the path of this storm include Posen and Cathro.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4512 8388 4527 8387 4532 8351 4509 8351
TIME...MOT...LOC 1733Z 267DEG 17KT 4522 8386

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

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:43 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:12 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 8:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Roscommon	24 min
Jun 30, 9:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Chippewa	45 min
Jun 30, 9:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Chippewa	41 min
Jun 30, 9:44 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		61 min
Jun 30, 10:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Chippewa	46 min
Jun 30, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Presque Isle	26 min
Jun 30, 1:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Alpena, Presque Isle	28 min
Jun 30, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Iosco	32 min
Jun 30, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		53 min
Jun 30, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		50 min
Jun 30, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Arenac	35 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.