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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this special weather statement at Aug 12, 2025, 11:10 PM EDT for Cheboygan County, Michigan. It was in force for 20 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 12, 2025, 11:10 PM EDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2025, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Cheboygan County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 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
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1178 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
470
WWUS83 KAPX 130310
SPSAPX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1110 PM EDT Tue Aug 12 2025
MIZ097-130330-
Mackinac Island/Bois Blanc Island MI-
1110 PM EDT Tue Aug 12 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN BOIS BLANC ISLAND
THROUGH 1130 PM EDT...
At 1109 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm
over Point Aux Pins on Bois Blanc Island, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Point Aux Pins on Bois Blanc Island.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Persons in campgrounds should consider seeking sturdy shelter until
this storm passes.
&&
LAT...LON 4574 8454 4578 8453 4582 8443 4577 8434
4571 8440
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 268DEG 26KT 4574 8450
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
DippmanThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 72 min | |
| Aug 12, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Chippewa, Mackinac | 57 min |
| Aug 12, 8:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 32 min | |
| Aug 12, 9:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 67 min | |
| Aug 12, 9:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Chippewa | 69 min |
| Aug 12, 9:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Charlevoix | 45 min |
| Aug 12, 9:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 116 min | |
| Aug 12, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 103 min | |
| Aug 12, 10:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 105 min | |
| Aug 12, 10:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 86 min | |
| Aug 12, 10:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Emmet | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 10:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Cheboygan | 61 min |
| Aug 12, 11:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Emmet | 59 min |
| Aug 12, 11:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 90 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.