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 May 23, 9:33 AM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1033 AM EDT SUN MAY 23 2004 .SHORT TERM...A WET MORNING ACROSS NORTHERN LOWER MI...WITH PRECIP NOW SPREADING INTO EASTERN UPPER. THUNDERSTORMS ARE WEAKENING AS THEY MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA...AS ELEVATED INSTABILITY REALLY PETERS OUT AS ONE HEADS NORTH. STILL...OCCASIONALLY STRONG CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS ARE NOTED IN THE SOUTH...WITH MBL PICKING UP 0.58 OF RAIN BETWEEN 9 AND 10 AM. THE BACK EDGE OF THIS MCS WAS PROGRESSING ACROSS CENTRAL LAKE MI...MBL WILL SEE THE RAIN TAPER OFF WITHIN AN HOUR. THIS WAS ALL HAPPENING NORTH OF A WARM FRONT THAT WAS SLOWLY MOVING NORTH FROM THE I-94 CORRIDOR DOWNSTATE. HYDRO AND SVR WX CONCERNS ARE THE MAIN ISSUE. HYDRO...MAIN CONCERN AT THE PRESENT IS THE PINE RIVER IN WEXFORD/ MANISTEE COUNTIES...AND THE MANISTEE RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF THE PINE. THIS DRAINAGE BASIN HAS SEEN HEAVY RAIN IN PAST DAYS (ESPECIALLY THE MASON/LAKE COUNTY PART OF THE BASIN)...AND HAS PICKED UP ALMOST AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAIN SO FAR. WILL BE KEEPING AN EYE OUT DOWN THERE TO SEE IF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MATERIALIZES LATE TODAY. OTHERWISE...THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA LOOKS TO PICK UP A GENERAL HALF-INCH TO INCH RAINFALL TODAY AS RAIN BAND CONTINUES TO ROTATE NORTH. BUT WITHOUT PERSISTENT HEAVY CONVECTIVE RAINS WITHIN THIS BAND...WE PROBABLY WILL NOT SEE THE VERY HEAVY LOCAL RAINS THAT IT WOULD TAKE TO PRODUCE FLOODING...ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS AREA (WHILE WET) HAS NOT SEEN THE DOUSING THAT THE FAR SOUTH HAS HAD IN THE PAST WEEK. SVR POTENTIAL WILL WAIT TIL LATE TODAY. SUBSTANTIAL DESTABILIZATION IS EXPECTED NEAR WARM FRONT BACK ALONG WI/IL BORDER...THIS SHOULD BE THE GENESIS REGION OF A SVR MCS THAT WILL TRACK INTO THE SOUTHERN LOWER AND PERHAPS GRAZE THE SOUTHERN ZONES. WITH THE WARM FRONT EXPECTED TO REMAIN DOWNSTATE UNTIL TONIGHT...CONVECTION WILL HAVE TO BE VERY WELL ORGANIZED TO GETS WINDS DOWN TO THE SURFACE...BUT THAT IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. MARGINAL HAILERS ARE THE OTHER CONCERN. MOST OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE FORECAST ARE STRAIGHTFORWARD. WIDESPREAD PRECIP CENTRAL AND NORTH...AND EASTERLY WINDS...WILL KEEP TEMPS COOL THERE. IN THE SOUTH...WHERE A DIMINISHING TREND IN PRECIP IS EXPECTED BEFORE ANY DEVELOPING MCS ARRIVES...SOME DIURNAL HEATING WILL OCCUR. ZOLTOWSKI && .PREV DISCUSSION ISSUED 352 AM SUN MAY 23... LONG TERM...MONDAY...WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS AS THE 500 MB TROUGH AXIS MOVES THROUGH THE STATE BY 18Z AND WITH THE NW FLOW AND THE CLOUDINESS, THERE WILL BE INSTABILITY SHOWERS POST FRONTAL ALSO AS THE 300 MB 70KT LFQ MOVES IN AT THE SAME TIME. BY 21Z THE 300 MB JET HAS ITS RFQ OVER THE AREA (NET DOWNWARD MOTION) AND 500 MB RIDGE IS BUILDING RAPIDLY. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE (RH AT 850 AND BELOW IS >95%)IS STILL RATHER THICK SO WILL KEEP THE SKY MOSTLY CLOUDY. MONDAY NIGHT...500 MB RIDGE MOVES OVER THE REGION BY 06Z AND THE SFC MOISTURE DRIES TO BELOW 50% IN N LOWER AND 60 % IN E UPPER. NEXT SFC LOW IS MOVING IN AND WITH THE FRONT TO THE SOUTH SO EXPECTING A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OVER N LOWER THROUGH 09Z. TUESDAY....HAVE GONE WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRIMARILY SOUTH OF M-72 AS THE 850-500 LAPSE RATE AGAIN STEEPENS TO BETTER THAN 6C/KM BUT THE SFC INSTABILITY IS LACKING. LAPSE RATES ARE IN THE 5 C/KM REGION FARTHER NORTH AND WHILE I CANT RULE OUT THUNDER THE FLAVOR OF THE DAY WILL BE MORE ON THE ORDER OF SHOWERS. TUESDAY NIGHT LOOKS TO CLEAR OUT AS THE SFC LOW MOVES NORTH AND COLD FRONT MOVES EAST. THE REST OF THE EXTENDED LOOKS GOOD THROUGH 120 HOURS OF THE GFS. LUTZ && .APX...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WATCH...TODAY AND THIS EVENING...MIZ031>036-041-042. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1120 AM EDT SUN MAY 23 2004 MIZ008-015>036-041-042-241100- ALCONA-ALPENA-ANTRIM-ARENAC-BENZIE-CHARLEVOIX-CHEBOYGAN-CHIPPEWA- CRAWFORD-EMMET-GLADWIN-GRAND TRAVERSE-IOSCO-KALKASKA-LEELANAU- MACKINAC-MANISTEE-MISSAUKEE-MONTMORENCY-OGEMAW-OSCODA-OTSEGO- PRESQUE ISLE-ROSCOMMON-WEXFORD- 1120 AM EDT SUN MAY 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN LOWER AND EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING A THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN TO THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEE ONGOING WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN SUNDAY. WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH AND HAIL UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF IN DIAMETER ARE POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE AFTER 4 PM...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE LIKELIHOOD OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL INCREASE AS YOU HEAD SOUTH ACROSS NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/APX (ALL LOWER CASE) LUTZ/JZ
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 7 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:02 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An isolated severe thunderstorm downed a large tree along the west shore of Otsego Lake.
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