A line of thunderstorms moved across northern Lower Michigan during the afternoon. Isolated pockets of wind damage occurred with this line.
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The episode as NWS APX wrote it up.
A line of thunderstorms moved across northern Lower Michigan during the afternoon. Isolated pockets of wind damage occurred with this line.
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 Jun 11, 12:45 PM EST, 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 145 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2005 .UPDATE...VERY QUICK UPDATE SENT TO INCREASE AFTERNOON POPS IN THE EASTERN ZONES TO NUMEROUS...FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. REASONABLY WELL-ORGANIZED NATURE OF ACTIVITY ARGUES FOR ISOLATED HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE THREAT. && .PREV DISCUSSION ISSUED 1052 AM SAT JUN 11... ILL-DEFINED STATIONARY BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY TO BETWEEN OSC AND APN. REMNANTS OF OVERNIGHT CONVECTION MOVING NE INTO EASTERN UPPER MI...BUT NOT MUCH LEFT EXCEPT MAYBE A SPRINKLE OR TWO. PATCHY DEBRIS-TYPE MID CLOUD AFFECTING PARTS OF EASTERN UPPER/NE LOWER MI...ALONG WITH SOME MARINE STRATUS/FOG. CU FIELD IS JUST STARTING TO DEVELOP OUT THE WINDOW...AND SURFACE OBS IN THE SOUTH ARE ALREADY NEARING 80/70. PRECIP CHANCES ARE THE MAIN CONCERN FOR THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. SYNOPTIC SETUP IS IN MANY WAYS SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY...BUT WITH ENOUGH DIFFERENCES TO THROW A MONKEY WRENCH IN THE WORKS. THE LOW LEVEL WINDS ARE A LITTLE STRONGER (950MB WIND 15KT...850MB WIND 20-25KT). THE WINDS ARE LIGHTEST ON THE HURON...SO WE MIGHT SEE SOME LAKE BREEZES POP OVER THERE...BUT IT/S MARGINAL WHETHER WE/LL HAVE THOSE BOUNDARIES AROUND. MODELS INDICATE A SUBTLE SHORTWAVE RIDGE MOVING OVERHEAD THE AFTERNOON/EVENING...WITH WEAK 700-600MB Q-VECTOR DIVERGENCE AND 300MB CONVERGENCE. THUS INDICATIONS THAT CONVECTION WILL HAVE TO FIGHT IT/S WAY THRU WEAK MID/UPPER LEVEL SUBSIDENCE/ DRYING. ON THE OTHER HAND...WITH SO MANY PLACES GETTING WET YESTERDAY...SOIL MOISTURE IS CLEARLY HIGHER THAN IT WAS. MOST LIKELY CONVECTION INITIATION POINT IS THE MEREDITH/W BRANCH/ CURTISVILLE RIDGE LINE BY MID AFTERNOON. RESULTING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL ALLOW CONVECTION TO GRADUALLY EXPAND FROM THERE. GAVE SOME THOUGHT TO BUMPING LATE AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY EVENING POPS TO LIKELY IN THE SE ZONES...BUT WITH SOME OF THE NEGATIVE FACTORS NOTED ABOVE WILL WAIT TO SEE HOW THINGS EVOLVE THIS AFTERNOON. AN 83/70 PARCEL (CONSERVATIVE) GIVES SBCAPES AROUND 2K J/KG. A BIT MORE WIND THAN YESTERDAY...STORMS SHOULD MOVE TO THE NE AT ABOUT 20KT. THIS ISN/T ENOUGH TO MAKE SVR WINDS A BIG THREAT (ESPECIALLY GIVEN LACK OF DRY AIR ALOFT)...MAIN CONCERNS WILL REMAIN MARGINAL HAIL (TEMPERED BY WET BULB ZERO HEIGHTS AROUND 13K FEET) AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. HYDRO HEADLINES REMAIN UP FOR ARENAC COUNTY...AGAIN WILL MONITOR AFTERNOON CONVECTIVE TRENDS TO DECIDE WHETHER ANY SORT OF EXTENSION WILL BE NEEDED. WILL TWEAK SKY COVER/POP/WX/TEMP GRIDS JUST A SMIDGE...BUT NO MAJOR CHANGES ARE PLANNED. JZ SMALL COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN CAD AND TVC WERE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH. OTHERWISE THE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA HAVE FINISHED FOR THE NIGHT. THE 500 MB RIDGE IS CURRENTLY TO THE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA AND HAS PLACED US IN THE RING OF FIRE FOR THE DAY AGAIN. THE SFC LOW IS TO THE WEST ALLOWING FOR RETURN FLOW TO CONTINUE TO PUMP WARM MOIST AIR INTO THE FORECAST AREA TODAY, SO THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. TODAY...OVERNIGHT CONVECTION WILL NO DOUBT LEAVE BOUNDARIES AROUND THE FORECAST AREA. THIS COUPLED WITH WEAK 500 MB VORT LOBES TRAVERSING THE REGION WILL GIVE THE IMPETUS FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AS THE TEMPERATURES REACH INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S WITH A FEW SPOTS NOT SURPRISINGLY REACHING 90F. THE MODELS ARE GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH EACH OTHER AS FAR AS THE MAJOR SYSTEMS ARE CONCERNED. MLCAPE ON THE GFS THIS AFTERNOON (1600 J/KG) WOULD SUGGEST THAT THIS CAN GET GOING AGAIN AND THAT THE HEAVY RAIN THAT WAS EXPERIENCED IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WOULD COME AGAIN, ESPECIALLY WITH PWATS AROUND 1.75 INCHES AND WET BULB ZEROS AROUND 13000 FEET. SO WITH THE FLOODING THAT WAS REPORTED IN ARENAC COUNTY WITH THE 5+ OF RAIN WILL PUT THEM IN A FLOOD WATCH AS A PREVENTATIVE MEASURE FOR ANY HEAVY RAINING TSRA THAT MOVES INTO THE REGION FOR THE DAY. TONIGHT...BOTH MODELS CLAIM THAT THERE WILL BE LITTLE IN THE EVENING, BUT THINK THE OPPOSITE AS AFTERNOON CONVECTION WILL LAST INTO THE EVENING AND DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT. THE ONLY EXCEPTION WILL BE FROM THE WEAK SFC TROUGH THAT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO E UPPER OVERNIGHT THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SFC LOW/TROUGH (DEPENDING ON WHICH MODEL IS RIGHT) THAT MOVES INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA. SO WILL KEEP THE ELEVATED POPS IN E UPPER OVERNIGHT. SUNDAY...LOOKS TO BE MUCH OF THE SAME AS THE SFC LOW THAT THE MODELS HAVE PROGGED TO GO BY TODAY MOVES INTO HUDSON BAY AND THE LEAVES THE RETURN FLOW IN TACT. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE REMNANTS OF ARLENE WOULD BE MOVING INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND CUTTING OFF THE FLOW OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. MODELS SEEM TO WANT TO MIX DOWN THE DRIER AIR IN THE 700-500MB LAYER (ABOUT 50% OR LESS). THIS SEEMS REASONABLE. THE GFS SOLUTION SEEMS A LIKE IT IS PRINTOUT HAPPY WITH SOMETHING THAT IS WEST OF THE REGION, WHICH DOESNT SEEM RIGHT WITH THE DYING TROPICAL SYSTEM IN THE OHIO VALLEY. SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY...IF YOU USE THE ARGUMENT OF COMPENSATING SUBSIDENCE THEN THERE WILL BE NOTHING IN THE FORECAST AREA FOR THE EVENING, THEN AS THE TROPICAL REMNANTS MOVE EAST THE NAM SPINS UP SOMETHING THE OVERNIGHT IN THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND TRIES BY THE OVERNIGHT TO BRING IN SOMETHING. BY 18Z THE GFS FOLLOWS SUIT, SO THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WHAT LOOKS TO BE A WARM FRONT WILL BE IN THE REGION. LONGER RANGE...TAKING A QUICK LOOK AT THE GFS THINGS LOOK GOOD FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF MONDAY NIGHT TO FRIDAY. WILL LEAVE THAT PRETTY MUCH AS IS. LUTZ && .APX...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WATCH...ARENAC COUNTY...TODAY. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1135 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2005 MIZ008-015>036-041-042-LSZ321-322-LMZ323-341-342-344-345- LHZ345>349-121000- 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 1135 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN LOWER AND EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE IN PLACES THAT ALSO SAW HEAVY RAIN YESTERDAY. ISOLATED STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE HAIL UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER...MAINLY BETWEEN 2 PM AND 10 PM. SEE ONGOING WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY... ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR. MONDAY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE A LITTLE MORE ORGANIZED. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GAYLORD (ALL LOWER CASE) LUTZ/JZ
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 24 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:48 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A female hiker was struck by a falling tree in the Landslide Creek area. Her injuries were not serious.
A tree was downed onto a house. A shore station (a small garage-like structure that sits on a dock) on Otsego Lake was ripped off a dock and tossed into the lake.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Michigan in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, June 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5460141, 5460142.