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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2026, 2:24 PM EDT for Alpena County, Michigan. It was in force for 21 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2026, 2:24 PM EDT (18:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2026, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Alpena County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Nnw Ossineke, MI | Social media photos shared of quarter size hail approximately 10 miles south of Alpena. Time estimated via radar. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 6 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 983 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
919
WUUS53 KAPX 131824
SVRAPX
MIC007-131845-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0034.260613T1824Z-260613T1845Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
224 PM EDT Sat Jun 13 2026
The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Alpena County in northern Michigan...
* Until 245 PM EDT.
* At 222 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near The Town Of
Hubbard Lake, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated. At 2:10pm eastern time hail was reported
southeast of Hillman.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Alpena, Ossineke, and The Town Of Hubbard Lake around 225 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Devils
Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4500 8320 4499 8326 4502 8338 4498 8336
4495 8338 4494 8336 4495 8332 4493 8328
4483 8324 4483 8331 4486 8333 4486 8371
4504 8373 4508 8319
TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 269DEG 38KT 4495 8360
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
NSC1 follow-up statement
687
WWUS53 KAPX 131837
SVSAPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
237 PM EDT Sat Jun 13 2026
MIC007-131846-
/O.EXP.KAPX.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-260613T1845Z/
Alpena MI-
237 PM EDT Sat Jun 13 2026
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ALPENA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 245 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However, hail and
gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
&&
LAT...LON 4500 8320 4499 8326 4502 8338 4498 8336
4495 8338 4494 8336 4495 8332 4493 8328
4483 8324 4483 8331 4486 8333 4486 8371
4504 8373 4508 8319
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 269DEG 38KT 4495 8344
$$
NSCWhat 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 Jun 13, 1:32 PM EDT, 52 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
- Scattered thunderstorms continue today into this evening, especially across northern lower. Primary threats with any strong storms will be large hail and damaging winds with non- zero tornado threat.
- Cooler weather beginning Sunday and lasting through much of the next week.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 1:32 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
132 PM EDT Sat Jun 13 2026
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Scattered thunderstorms continue today into this evening,
especially across northern lower. Primary threats with any
strong storms will be large hail and damaging winds with non-
zero tornado threat.
- Cooler weather beginning Sunday and lasting through much of
the next week.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 1237 PM EDT Sat Jun 13 2026
Pattern Synopsis:
A closed mid/upper-level low centered over Ontario looks to largely
churn in place this weekend and through much of next week. An
associated jet max overhead will work east tonight as more
pronounced troughing digs over the Great Lakes Sunday. At the
surface, a weak cold front will slide across northern Michigan this
evening into Sunday morning, becoming the focus for surface pressure
falls across southern Michigan Sunday with favorable ascent aloft.
Relatively high pressure is expected to build in to start the
upcoming work week, but an unsettled pattern looks to set in for
much of the week with multiple waves working across the region with
the aforementioned closed low positioned just to our north.
Forecast Details:
Primary focus will be on scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and
evening. Latest guidance gives increased confidence in additional
development in the vicinity of the front across the eastern U.P. as
well as continued activity across northern lower -- particularly
near M-32/M-72 east of I-75. Mainly cloud-free skies south of the
office and south-southwesterly low-level flow advecting a more
favorable airmass northward (low 60s Tds just south of the CWA)
should boost MLCAPE to around 1,000 J/kg in the next few hours.
Perhaps more importantly, strong shear will be overlapping said
buoyancy (0-6km shear ~60kts and 0-3km shear ~45kts). Despite less
impressive thermodynamics, this magnitude of shear distributed
throughout the vertical profile as evidenced by near term forecast
soundings will support a localized heightened severe threat in the
corridor mentioned above across northeast lower Michigan. While
mixed-layer LCLs/cloud base heights are expected to be relatively
high (around 1,500m), subtle-but-existant low-level veering would
result in favorable streamwise vorticity ingestion for any right-
moving supercells that develop -- leading to a tornado threat with
any dominant storms. That said, large hail and damaging wind gusts
will be the primary threats with any strong storms into this evening.
Additional showers and potential embedded storms will be possible
later this evening into Sunday morning as the front crosses the area
and eventually works to our southeast, leaving dry weather in place
for most of the Northwoods during the day on Sunday. Rain chances
look to hold off on Monday before returning heading into
Tuesday/Wednesday as additional troughing slides over the Great
Lakes. Aside from rain chances, this will also help keep
temperatures on the cool side for much of the next week. Highs in
the 60s and low/mid 70s with overnight lows in the 40s and low 50s
would be a few degrees cooler than average for the middle of June.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY/...
Issued at 128 PM EDT Sat Jun 13 2026
Scattered showers/storms will continue over the next few hours,
primarily near CIU and PLN. Shower/storm chances near TAF sites are
expected to end later this evening through the remainder of the
period. Otherwise, current gusty SW winds will flip to NW/NNW winds
behind a cold front that will swing through the area later this
evening and tonight. Winds settle closer to WNW around 10 kts with
gusts to 20-25 kts possible by the afternoon Sunday. MVFR CIGs are
possible across portions of eastern upper and northern lower
Michigan later tonight into Sunday morning behind the front.
&&
.APX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MI...Beach Hazards Statement until 8 PM EDT this evening for MIZ016-
095-096-098.
MARINE...Small Craft Advisory until 6 PM EDT this evening for
LHZ345>347.
Small Craft Advisory until 8 PM EDT this evening for LHZ348-
349.
Small Craft Advisory until 6 PM EDT this evening for LMZ345-
346.
Small Craft Advisory until 8 PM EDT this evening for LMZ323-
342-344.
Small Craft Advisory until 4 PM EDT this afternoon for LMZ341.
Small Craft Advisory until 4 PM EDT this afternoon for LSZ322.
&&
DISCUSSION...DJC
AVIATION...DJCIn the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 13, 1:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
109 PM EDT Sat Jun 13 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1238 PM Hail 3 N Gaylord 45.08N 84.68W
06/13/2026 M0.50 Inch Otsego MI NWS Employee
Retired NWS employee reported half inch hail
3 miles north of Gaylord.
&&Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:45 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
145 PM EDT Sat Jun 13 2026
MIZ023-024-131815-
Montmorency MI-Alpena MI-
145 PM EDT Sat Jun 13 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN ALPENA AND
SOUTHEASTERN MONTMORENCY COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EDT...
At 145 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Atlanta, moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Hillman and Fletcher Pond around 150 PM EDT.
Spratt around 155 PM EDT.
Lachine around 200 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4491 8350 4493 8422 4503 8423 4512 8359
TIME...MOT...LOC 1745Z 265DEG 53KT 4499 8415
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
NSCSpecial weather statement, Jun 13, 2:00 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
200 PM EDT Sat Jun 13 2026
MIZ030-131830-
Alcona MI-
200 PM EDT Sat Jun 13 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN ALCONA COUNTY
THROUGH 230 PM EDT...
At 200 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Mikado, or 9 miles east of Glennie, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Harrisville, Mikado, Lincoln, and Harrisville State Park around
205 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4461 8326 4451 8327 4451 8358 4465 8369
4481 8324 4475 8325 4470 8322
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 249DEG 36KT 4461 8352
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
NSCLocal storm report, Jun 13, 2:10 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
210 PM EDT Sat Jun 13 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0205 PM Hail Alpena 45.07N 83.44W
06/13/2026 M0.70 Inch Alpena MI Trained Spotter
Dime size hail reported on the north side
Alpena. Lasted around 2 minutes per report.
&&Local storm report, Jun 13, 2:15 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
215 PM EDT Sat Jun 13 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM Hail Mikado 44.57N 83.42W
06/13/2026 M0.70 Inch Alcona MI Public
&&
MSBLocal storm report, Jun 13, 2:24 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
224 PM EDT Sat Jun 13 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0210 PM Hail 2 NE Fletcher Pond 45.00N 83.86W
06/13/2026 M0.88 Inch Alpena MI Trained Spotter
&&
MSBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 3:10 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | APX | Charlevoix, Emmet, Mackinac | 17 hr |
| Jun 13, 3:11 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 17 hr | |
| Jun 13, 10:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Cheboygan | 27 min |
| Jun 13, 11:20 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 40 min | |
| Jun 13, 11:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Presque Isle | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Montmorency | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 1:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 85 min | |
| Jun 13, 1:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alpena, Presque Isle | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Montmorency | 30 min |
| Jun 13, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alpena, Presque Isle | 27 min |
| Jun 13, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Alcona | 30 min |
| Jun 13, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 55 min | |
| Jun 13, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Chippewa | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 58 min | |
| Jun 13, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 45 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.