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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2023, 1:46 PM EDT for Chippewa County, Michigan. It was in force for 44 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, 2023, 1:46 PM EDT (17:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2023, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 30
County Chippewa County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
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NWS Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 3, 11:05 AM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 11:05 AM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 10:17 AM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
146 PM EDT Thu Aug 3 2023
MIZ087-088-096-031830-
Southeast Chippewa MI-Eastern Mackinac MI-Central Chippewa MI-
146 PM EDT Thu Aug 3 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of south central
Chippewa and northeastern Mackinac Counties through 230 PM EDT...
At 145 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Pickford, or 21 miles south of Sault Ste. Marie, moving southeast at
25 mph.
HAZARD...Half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Pickford and Kelden around 150 PM EDT.
Stalwart around 155 PM EDT.
Other locations in the path of this storm include Goetzville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 4627 8437 4620 8408 4615 8401 4612 8401
4610 8397 4606 8396 4606 8391 4595 8388
4591 8401 4594 8409 4595 8418 4616 8458
4629 8458
TIME...MOT...LOC 1745Z 304DEG 21KT 4619 8445
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
CornishThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 10:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Chippewa | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Chippewa | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 29 min | |
| Aug 3, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 21 min | |
| Aug 3, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Benzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 27 min | |
| Aug 3, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Grand Traverse, Kalkaska | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Crawford, Kalkaska, Roscommon | 27 min |
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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.