1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 3, 2:35 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 335 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2001 SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION RUNS FROM JUST EAST OF ANJ TO GRB (18Z) WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. MOISTURE BEHIND THE FRONT IS MAKING ITS WAY INTO NORTHERN LAKE SUPERIOR. TO THE WEST THE 500 MB RIDGE IS BEGINNING TO BUILD. THE MAIN CONCERN FOR THIS PACKAGE WILL BE THE ENDING OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CWFA AND WHETHER THERE ARE SHOWERS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW WITH THE AREA OF MOISTURE MOVING SOUTH OUT OF CANADA. THE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT EXCEPT IN THE HANDLING OF THE 850 MOISTURE THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THE ETA IS MORE CONSISTENT AND COMPARED TO THE SAT. PICTURES LOOKS LIKE IT HAS A BETTER HANDLE ON THE SYSTEM. THE AVN IS MUCH DRY AND TAKES MOST OF THE MOISTURE EAST. TONIGHT...THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OUT OF THE REGION BY 03Z TAKING THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH IT. THERE WILL BE SHORT TIME OF MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES IN N LOWER BEFORE THE LOW CLOUDS IN CANADA MOVES INTO THE REGION. BASED ON THE UPSTREAM OBSERVATIONS AND THE CANADIAN RADARS, WILL PUT IN A FEW SHOWERS FOR THE E UPPER AND THE STRAITS COUNTIES FOR N LOWER. THINK THAT MOST OF THIS WILL BE DIURNALLY DRIVEN SO THINK THAT THE COUNTIES SOUTH OF THERE WILL ESCAPE WITHOUT ANY SHOWERS TONIGHT. TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT...THE COUNTIES THAT ESCAPED THE SHOWERS WILL PROBABLY HAVE SPRINKLES AS THE HEATING FROM THE DAY AND THE CAA ALOFT WILL CREATE INSTABILITY (1000-850 LAPSE RATE IS 7.5C/KM) IN THE LOW LEVELS TO GET SPRINKLES GOING. IN E UPPER DRY, AIR BEGINS TO MIX DOWN AND THE CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO BREAK UP. THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT AS THE DRY AIR TO THE NORTH ERODES THE CLOUD COVER DURING THE EVENING IN N LOWER. WEDNESDAY/WEDNESDAY NIGHT...CLEAR SKIES AS THE 500 RIDGE AXIS IS JUST TO THE WEST IN WISCONSIN AS WELL AS THE SFC AND 850 HIGHS SITTING OVER THE GREAT LAKES. EXTENDED...THE ENSEMBLES AND THE OPERATIONAL MODELS SEEM TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD AND ARE CONSISTENT WITH YESTERDAYS FORECAST. THE MRF SEEMS A BIT MORE PROGRESSIVE ON DAY 6 AND 7, BUT IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE ENSEMBLE MEANS. SO THE FORECAST WILL LOOK LIKE THIS...MOST OF THURSDAY WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY WITH THE SFC HIGH MOVING OFF TO THE EAST. IN E UPPER, THE COLD FRONT MAKES A MOVE AND LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD BE THERE LATE. N LOWER LOOKS LIKE IT WILL STAY DRY UNTIL FRIDAY WHEN THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REST OF THE REGION. SATURDAY, THE 500 MB TROUGH AXIS MOVES THROUGH PROVIDING SHOWERS IN THE REGION. THE 850 THERMAL TROUGH PASSES THROUGH ON SATURDAY AS WELL SO CLOUDY SKIES AND SCATTERED SHOWERS WOULD BE EXPECTED. SUNDAY, WILL LEAVE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH 850 TEMPERATURES STILL AT 6C OR COLDER. MONDAY, 500 MB HEIGHTS BEGIN TO BUILD WITH THE SFC HIGH MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKES TO WILL GO PARTLY CLOUDY THEN. COORDINATED WITH MQT. .APX...NONE. LUTZ
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:46 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed along a cold front. A couple of storms uprooted 1 and 2 foot diameter trees in Hale. In addition, several roofs were damaged and a tin building was destroyed.
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