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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gaylord, MI
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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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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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.
&&
SJCLocal 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.
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SJCSpecial 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
MGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Alpena | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 8:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 39 min | |
| Aug 7, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alpena | 17 min |
| Aug 7, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Alpena | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 9:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | APX | Alcona | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 9:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Oscoda | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 10:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona, Oscoda | 49 min |
| Aug 8, 3:18 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 42 min | |
| Aug 8, 3:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | APX | Chippewa | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Luce | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 4:40 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | APX | Chippewa | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Mackinac | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 5:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Chippewa, Mackinac | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 5:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Mackinac | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 7:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Oscoda | 49 min |
| Aug 8, 8:03 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 42 min | |
| Aug 8, 9:29 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 61 min | |
| Aug 8, 10:24 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 66 min | |
| Aug 8, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 31 min | |
| Aug 8, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Montmorency | 39 min |
| Aug 8, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Oscoda | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Presque Isle | 43 min |
| Aug 8, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Alpena | 77 min |
| Aug 8, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 35 min | |
| Aug 8, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Alpena | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona, Alpena | 22 min |
| Aug 8, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Ogemaw | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Ogemaw, Oscoda | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Ogemaw, Oscoda | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Ogemaw | 44 min |
| Aug 8, 6:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | APX | Alcona, Iosco, Ogemaw, Oscoda | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Ogemaw | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Ogemaw | 49 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.