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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 8, 2025Luce County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2025, 3:10 AM EDT for Luce County, Michigan. It was in force for 35 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 8, 2025, 3:10 AM EDT (07:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2025, 3:45 AM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
40

County Luce County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 270 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 00:00Z on 2025-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1263 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2025-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
1263 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 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 Aug 8, 1:28 AM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 1:28 AM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 7, 9:33 PM EDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
933 PM EDT Thu Aug 7 2025

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

0831 PM     Hail             6 E Alpena              45.08N 83.32W
08/07/2025  M2.00 Inch       Alpena             MI   Public

            Face port report with a 2 inch hail stone
            near Misery Bay east of Alpena.

&&

SJC
Local storm report, Aug 7, 9:35 PM EDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
935 PM EDT Thu Aug 7 2025

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

0831 PM     Hail             6 E Alpena              45.08N 83.32W
08/07/2025  M2.00 Inch       Alpena             MI   Public

            Corrects previous hail report from 6 E
            Alpena. Facebook report with a 2 inch hail
            stone near Misery Bay, east of Alpena.

&&

SJC
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 9:49 PM EDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
949 PM EDT Thu Aug 7 2025

MIZ023-024-029-030-080215-
Montmorency MI-Alcona MI-Alpena MI-Oscoda MI-
949 PM EDT Thu Aug 7 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN ALCONA...
SOUTHWESTERN ALPENA...SOUTHEASTERN MONTMORENCY AND NORTHEASTERN
OSCODA COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 PM EDT...

At 948 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Lockwood Lake, or 13 miles southeast of Atlanta, moving east at 20
mph.

HAZARD...Half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Comins, Curran, Ossineke Township, Lockwood Lake, and Mitchell
Township.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4479 8408 4496 8402 4494 8364 4470 8378
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 283DEG 15KT 4486 8396

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

JZ
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:10 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
310 AM EDT Fri Aug 8 2025

MIZ086-080745-
Western Chippewa MI-
310 AM EDT Fri Aug 8 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY
THROUGH 345 AM EDT...

At 310 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Whitefish Point, moving southeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Paradise and Whitefish Point.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4676 8490 4670 8497 4667 8498 4657 8498
      4656 8493 4653 8495 4665 8524 4676 8523
      4676 8504 4677 8500 4677 8490
TIME...MOT...LOC 0710Z 296DEG 19KT 4671 8511

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 8:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXAlpena30 min
Aug 7, 8:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX39 min
Aug 7, 8:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlpena17 min
Aug 7, 8:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXAlpena34 min
Aug 7, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona43 min
Aug 7, 9:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAPXAlcona4 hr
Aug 7, 9:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXOscoda26 min
Aug 7, 10:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatAPXAlcona, Oscoda49 min
Aug 8, 3:18 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX42 min
Aug 8, 3:48 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningAPXChippewa3 hr
Aug 8, 4:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXLuce29 min
Aug 8, 4:40 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAPXChippewa2 hr
Aug 8, 4:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXMackinac27 min
Aug 8, 5:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa, Mackinac42 min
Aug 8, 5:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXMackinac35 min
Aug 8, 7:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXOscoda49 min
Aug 8, 8:03 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX42 min
Aug 8, 9:29 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX61 min
Aug 8, 10:24 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX66 min
Aug 8, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX31 min
Aug 8, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXMontmorency39 min
Aug 8, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXOscoda42 min
Aug 8, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXPresque Isle43 min
Aug 8, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXAlpena77 min
Aug 8, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX35 min
Aug 8, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXAlpena45 min
Aug 8, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Alpena22 min
Aug 8, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXOgemaw29 min
Aug 8, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOgemaw, Oscoda33 min
Aug 8, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOgemaw, Oscoda30 min
Aug 8, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOgemaw44 min
Aug 8, 6:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAPXAlcona, Iosco, Ogemaw, Oscoda2 hr
Aug 8, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOgemaw34 min
Aug 8, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOgemaw49 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.