1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Aug 1, 10:26 AM EST, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1126 AM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 .UPDATE...MID MORNING SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A SURFACE TROUGH LYING ACROSS THE TIP OF THE MITT COUNTIES...SANDWICHED BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE CENTERS OVER NORTHEAST LAKE SUPERIOR AND WV. LOW CLOUDS AND SOME FOG CONTINUE TO PLAGUE MUCH OF CHIPPEWA COUNTY...WITH SOME OF THAT HAVING SPILLED SOUTH INTO FAR NORTHERN LAKE HURON. SOME FLAT SC DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWEST LOWER...WITH CAPPING INVERSION EVIDENT ON 12Z APX SOUNDING ALSO SHOWING UP IN SATELLITE WITH TRANSVERSE BANDING IN THIS CLOUD DECK. FARTHER EAST WHERE CAP IS WEAKER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER FAR EASTERN LAKE HURON AND GEORGIAN BAY. QUESTION FOR THIS AFTERNOON REVOLVES AROUND CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL. 12Z 850MB ANALYSIS SHOWING A NARROW AXIS OF HIGH DEW POINTS/THETA-E RUNNING ACROSS WESTERN/CENTRAL UPPER AND INTO NORTHERN LOWER...WITH DRIER AIR TO THE SOUTHWEST ADVECTING INTO SOUTHWEST LOWER. MODIFIED APX SOUNDING FOR 88/65 (WITH AT LEAST MID 60S DEW POINTS APPEARING QUITE REASONABLE FOR TODAY FOR MOST AREAS EXCEPT PERHAPS PARTS OF NORTHWEST LOWER...MORE ON THAT BELOW) YIELDS CAPES ABOVE 3000 J/KG WITH MINIMAL CINH. CAPPING MAY HOLD OVER NORTHWEST LOWER WITH MARINE FLOW OFF LAKE MICHIGAN...AND WHERE DRIER AIR ALOFT MAY MIX DEW POINTS DOWN A FEW DEGREES. BEST LARGE SCALE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE EXPECTED ACROSS UPPER MI AND NORTHEAST LOWER...WHERE LAKE BREEZE CONVERGENCE CAN ALSO FOCUS THINGS ON A SMALLER SCALE. SOME WEAK QG FORCING ALSO EXPECTED IN LOW LEVEL CONFLUENT FLOW. CURRENT FORECAST IS PRETTY REASONABLE...NOT A BIG FAN OF THE SLIGHT CHANCE USAGE SO WILL UP THE SLIGHT CHANCE AREAS TO CHANCE POPS...BUT TRIM BACK TO AREAS EAST OF US-131. DESPITE POTENTIALLY GOOD INSTABILITY...ORGANIZED SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL BE LIMITED BY WEAK WINDS ALOFT (AOB 25 KNOTS THROUGH 300MB)...SO ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE OF THE PULSE VARIETY HAIL/DOWNBURST EVENTS. JPB && .PREV DISCUSSION...ISSUED 500 AM EDT MON AUG 1. SFC MAP AT 03Z SHOWING WARM FRONT ACROSS NE LAKE HURON WITH A WEAK CIRCULATION IN EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR AND ANOTHER IN FAR WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. IN BETWEEN THESE TWO SFC LOWS...A FRONTAL ZONE (ALBEIT WEAK) IS STRETCHED ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WERE FIRING ALONG THIS FRONTAL ZONE AND WERE MOVING SE AT ROUGHLY 30 MPH. SFC HIGH PRESSURE WAS NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY ASSOCIATED WITH THE DRIEST OF AIR. 00Z APX SOUNDING SHOWED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOT VERY FAR FROM POPPING WITH MINIMAL CAP LEFT. HOWEVER FROM 18Z-00Z...TEMPS AT 750MB ROSE FROM +8C TO +12C WHICH RESULTED IN THE CAP. THERE WAS 3000J/KG OF CAPE AVAILABLE WITH WET BULBS AROUND 11.8 KFT AND BULK SHEAR VALUES OF 35-40KTS. ANALYZING AREA ACARS SOUNDINGS...WE ONLY HAD 20J/KG OF CIN ACROSS EASTERN UPPER WITH 60J/KG ACROSS OUR EASTERN CWA SUGGESTING THAT STORMS COULD HAVE FIRED FURTHER SOUTH. HOWEVER...BOUNDARY THAT INITIATED THE STORMS HAS MADE IT ONLY TO MACKINAC COUNTY AND FAR NRN LAKE MICHIGAN. THE PRECIPITATION FROM EARLIER HAS OUTRUN THE BOUNDARY AND HEADED INTO A LESS FAVORABLE AIR MASS THAT COULD NOT SUSTAIN THEM. PLUS...THERE IS BASICALLY NO HELP AT H8...THEREFORE THE PRECIP HAS DIMINISHED. SYNOPTIC SETUP AND MODEL DISCUSSION...NAM WAS 2-3 DEGREES TOO COOL WITH THE TEMPERATURES AROUND THE CAP AT 00Z. GFS WAS MORE IN LINE. BOTH MODELS SHOW THE GENERAL TREND OF BRINGING SFC TROUGH AXIS OR WEAK COOL FRONT FROM THE WESTERN U.P. THROUGH THE STRAITS TO ROUGHLY ALPENA THIS MORNING...WHILE LATEST RUC SUGGESTS THAT THIS BOUNDARY WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE...AND HANG ACROSS EASTERN UPPER. FORECAST CONCERNS DEAL WITH PRECIP CHANCES THROUGH TUESDAY AND HOW WARM WE WILL GET...SAME AS LAST FEW DAYS. TODAY AND TONIGHT...MAIN QUESTION IS...HOW FAR SOUTH WILL THE FRONTAL ZONE GO AND HOW MUCH CONVERGENCE WILL IT HAVE? WITH BOUNDARY HANGING FURTHER TO THE NORTH...WILL BLEND WITH THE RUC AND GFS IDEA OF KEEPING IT ACROSS THE STRAITS REGION TODAY...BUT CONVERGENCE BECOMES RATHER MEAGER WITH IT WASHING OUT WHILE SFC HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. STILL HAVE AN AXIS OF HIGHER THETA-E AIR ALONG THIS BOUNDARY WITH A DEGREE OR TWO OF COOLING NOTED IN THE 700-750MB LAYER (WHERE CAP WAS AT 00Z YESTERDAY). H8 WINDS WILL BE LESS TODAY (10-15KTS)...SUPPORTING LAKE BREEZES MOST ALL NEARSHORE AREAS. OVERALL SW GRADIENT FLOW SUPPORTS BEST CONVERGENCE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SE CWA. MODIFYING SOUNDINGS REVEAL 1000J/KG ACROSS EASTERN UPPER TODAY WITH AS MUCH AS 2200J/KG IN THE SE CWA WITH CONVECTIVE TEMPS IN THE 85-89F RANGE. DO BELIEVE WELL SEE SCATTERED CONVECTION DEVELOP MAINLY EAST OF I-75 IN NRN LOWER...AND MACKINAC COUNTY IN EASTERN UPPER. SLIGHT CHANCE EXISTS FOR INLAND CHIPPEWA COUNTY WHERE LAKE BREEZE BOUNDARY MAY BE VIGOROUS ENOUGH TO FIRE OFF ACTIVITY. BULK SHEAR RATHER MINIMAL AT 20-25KTS SO STORM ORGANIZATION NOT AS LIKELY AS LAST NIGHT. COULD NOT RULE OUT ONE OR TWO STORMS GETTING A STRONG ENOUGH UPDRAFT FOR LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS...BUT OVERALL SEVERE THREAT IS MINIMAL. ANY AFTERNOON CONVECTION WILL DISSIPATE RATHER QUICKLY EARLY THIS EVENING...AND WITH ANTICYCLONIC H8 FLOW AND NO OTHER DYNAMICAL HELP ALOFT FORESEEN...WILL CONTINUE WITH A PRECIP FREE FORECAST. AXIS OF THETA-E AIR REMAINS/LIFTS SLOWLY BACK TO THE NORTH AND WILL BE THE AREA TO WATCH IF ANYTHING DOES DECIDE TO DEVELOP. HIGHS TODAY WITH SIMILAR H8 TEMPS AND GOOD SOLAR HEATING WILL MAKE IT INTO THE MID AND UPPER 80S...AND WITH TDS IN THE MIDDLE 60S...LOWS OVERNIGHT WILL RANGE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S. TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...WILL STAY RATHER WARM...H8 TEMPS RISE TO 19C OR SO...AND SFC TEMPS WILL MAKE IT INTO THE UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S. DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH STOCK CAN BE PLACED INTO GFS COOLING SEEN AROUND H7 IN A PATTERN WHERE H5 HEIGHTS ARE RISING. NEVERTHELESS... STEEPER LAPSE RATES BETWEEN H8-H7 SEEN...AND MODIFIED SOUNDINGS SHOWING THAT CONVECTIVE TEMPS WILL BE REACHED/CAP ERODED. THIS USING A PARCEL OF 88/65 AND GETTING CAPES TO 1800 TO 2000J/KG...MAINLY FOR AREAS SOUTH OF A HTL-APN LINE. HAVE INTRODUCED A 20% POP FOR THIS AREA BUT WILL ALSO HAVE TO MONITOR AREAS AWAY FROM MARINE INFLUENCE DOWNWIND OF LAKES (IN SW FLOW)...SUCH AS CHIPPEWA COUNTY WHERE CIN IS ONLY 20-30J/KG. LAKE BREEZES THIS DAY AS WELL AND COULD BE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. HAVE HELD OFF ON INTRODUCING POPS THERE ATTM. AGAIN...ANY ACTIVITY WILL QUICKLY DISSIPATE IN THE EARLY EVENING...RESULTING IN PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. MIN TEMPS LOOK TO FALL INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 60S. NO OTHER CHANGES...WARM TEMPS UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING WHEN COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH NRN MICHIGAN. SMD && .APX...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 515 AM EDT MON AUG 01 2005 MIZ008-015>036-041-042-LSZ321-322-LMZ323-341-342-344-345- LHZ345>349-021000- 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...INCLUDING THE ADJACENT WATERS WITHIN FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON LAKE MICHIGAN...LAKE HURON...AND LAKE SUPERIOR 515 AM EDT MON AUG 01 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN LOWER AND EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...AND IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...MAINLY EAST OF U.S. 131. THE OVERALL SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS MINIMAL. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO MAY BE ABLE TO PRODUCE HAIL TO THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GAYLORD (ALL LOWER CASE) SMD
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:11 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A small cluster of thunderstorms developed in northeast Lower Michigan on the afternoon of the 1st. One became severe.
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