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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 27, 2024Benzie County, Manistee County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2024, 1:34 PM EDT for Benzie County, Manistee County, Michigan. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 27, 2024, 1:34 PM EDT (17:34 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 2024, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Benzie County, MI, Manistee County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 150 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: 245 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -334 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1094 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 27, 10:47 AM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 10:47 AM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 10:54 AM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1054 AM EDT Tue Aug 27 2024

MIZ016>018-020>036-041-042-086>088-095>099-281500-
Emmet-Cheboygan-Presque Isle-Leelanau-Antrim-Otsego-Montmorency-
Alpena-Benzie-Grand Traverse-Kalkaska-Crawford-Oscoda-Alcona-
Manistee-Wexford-Missaukee-Roscommon-Ogemaw-Iosco-Gladwin-Arenac-
Western Chippewa-Central Chippewa-Southeast Chippewa-
Western Mackinac-Eastern Mackinac-
Mackinac Island/Bois Blanc Island-
Beaver Island and surrounding islands-Charlevoix-
1054 AM EDT Tue Aug 27 2024

This hazardous weather outlook is for Eastern Upper Michigan and
Northern Lower Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Thunderstorms will continue to move across northern Michigan this
morning. These storms are not expected to be severe.

Strong to severe storms will be possible across northern Michigan
late this afternoon and evening. Primary hazard will be damaging
wind gusts. The potential for a tornado or two cannot be ruled
out.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed late this afternoon and this
evening.

For more information visit http://weather.gov/gaylord.

LHZ345>349-LMZ323-341-342-344>346-LSZ321-322-281500-
Straits of Mackinac within 5 nm of Mackinac Bridge including
Mackinac Island-St Ignace to False Detour Channel-
5NM East of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Light MI including
Bois Blanc Island-
Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Pt MI Including Thunder Bay
National Marine Sanctuary-Sturgeon Pt to Alabaster MI-
Grand Traverse Bay south of a line Grand Traverse Light to
Norwood MI-Seul Choix Point to 5NM West of Mackinac Bridge-
Norwood MI to 5NM West of Mackinac Bridge including Little
Traverse Bay-Sleeping Bear Point to Grand Traverse Light MI-
Point Betsie to Sleeping Bear Point MI-
Manistee to Point Betsie MI-
Whitefish Bay (U.S. Portion)/Whitefish Point to Point Iroquois MI-
St. Marys River Point Iroquois to E. Potagannissing Bay-
1054 AM EDT Tue Aug 27 2024

This hazardous weather outlook is for the northern Michigan
nearshore waters of Lake Huron, Lake Michigan and Lake Superior.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Thunderstorms will continue to move across the northern Great
Lakes this morning. Additional strong to severe storms will be
possible late this afternoon through this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

For more information visit http://weather.gov/gaylord.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 27, 9:55 AM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
955 AM EDT Tue Aug 27 2024

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

0700 AM     Rain             2 NNE Otsego Lake State 44.96N 84.68W
08/27/2024  M1.08 Inch       Otsego             MI   Cocorahs

            Cocorahs station MI-OT-17 Gaylord 4.1 S.

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 27, 2:38 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		2 hr
Aug 27, 3:37 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		83 min
Aug 27, 3:55 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		65 min
Aug 27, 3:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Wexford	62 min
Aug 27, 1:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		84 min
Aug 27, 2:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Grand Traverse, Wexford	57 min
Aug 27, 3:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Gladwin	56 min
Aug 27, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Iosco, Ogemaw, Roscommon	57 min
Aug 27, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Arenac	60 min
Aug 27, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Ogemaw	35 min
Aug 27, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Iosco	61 min
Aug 27, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		89 min
Aug 27, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		19 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.