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 Apr 22, 3:25 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 425 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006 .DISCUSSION...SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING STACKED UPPER LOW NOW CENTERED OVER CENTRAL LAKE MICHIGAN...WITH AN IMPULSE SEEN IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY PIVOTING AROUND THE S/SE PORTION OF THE LOW. AHEAD OF THE LOW AND WITH DAYTIME HEATING...SHOWERS/SCT THUNDERSTORMS HAS EXPANDED ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF NRN LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. FURTHER TO THE SOUTH AND WITH BEST HEATING AND DESTABILIZATION... ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS NOW DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN AHEAD OF THE MID LEVEL IMPULSE. MEANWHILE...ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDER CONTINUING TO WORK NORTHWARD ACROSS EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...WITHIN LOW LEVEL THETA-E AXIS NOSING UP THROUGH THIS AREA. PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERNS IN THE SHORT TERM REVOLVE AROUND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES/POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THIS EVENING...UPPER LOW/MID LEVEL COLD POOL EXPECTED TO SLIDE IN ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN WHILE MID LEVEL IMPULSE DRIVES ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. BEST THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE EXPECTED TO WORK UP INTO THE S/SE PORTION OF THE CWA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND WILL KEEP THE BEST THUNDERSTORM CHANCES GOING ACROSS THIS AREA. AS FAR AS SEVERE WEATHER IS CONCERNED: LAPS ANALYSIS SHOWING UPWARD OF 500 J/KG ACROSS THIS AREA...NOT OVERLY ABUNDANT. BUT WITH FURTHER HEATING/FREEZING LEVELS RUNNING 6500-7500 FEET AND MODEST 0-6KM BULK SHEAR VALUES RUNNING AROUND 30 KNOTS...WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STRONGEST UPDRAFTS TO GET ORGANIZED ENOUGH TO PRODUCE MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. THEN...STRONGEST FORCING EXITS TO THE EAST LATER THIS EVENING WHILE LOSS OF HEATING WILL FURTHER CONTRIBUTE TO WEAKENING CONVECTION. SO...HAVE GONE WITH JUST SCT SHOWERS (AT BEST) FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND NO MENTION OF THUNDER. SUNDAY...UPPER LOW CENTER/ASSOCIATED FORCING/COLD POOL ALOFT FORECAST TO MOVE EAST OF THE CWA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SHOULD GET ADDITIONAL SHOWER DEVELOPMENT GOING IN PROXIMITY TO THE UPPER LOW PARTICULARLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. BUT GIVEN THE MID LEVEL COLD POOL ALREADY HEADING EAST OF THE REGION DURING PEAK HEATING/ DRYING TREND FROM THE NW FOR THE AFTERNOON...BELIEVE SHOWER CHANCES WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED AND THUNDER CHANCES EVEN MORE SO. THUS...HAVE TRIMMED POPS BACK TO SCT AND REMOVED THUNDER MENTION ALTOGETHER. OTHERWISE...MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ANTICIPATED AND MAX TEMPS MAINLY IN THE 50S. ADAM LONGER TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)...UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WORK EAST OF NRN MICHIGAN AS NEXT UPPER LOW DIVES INTO ONTARIO MONDAY. A BRIEF PERIOD OF RIDGING WILL OCCUR BETWEEN THE TWO. THIS SECOND UPPER TROUGH WORKS ACROSS THE REGION BY TUESDAY ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT MODEL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE GFS AND NAM/ECMWF/ENSEMBLES. THIS RESULTS IN UNCERTAINTIES FOR THE WEDNESDAY TO SATURDAY TIME FRAME AS WELL. NAM/ECMWF/ENSEMBLES ARE APPARENTLY MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH THE UPPER LOW AND OVERALL H5 PATTERN...WHILE THE GFS KEEPS A RATHER LARGE AND SPRAWLING UPPER LOW OVER EASTERN CANADA AND THE NE CONUS. SUNDAY NIGHT...UPPER LOW SWINGING EAST OF THE AREA WITH H5-H7 LAPSE RATES STILL RANGING IN THE 6.5 TO 7C/KM RANGE. SFC LOW/TROUGH AXIS HEADING EAST AS WELL...AND ANTICYCLONIC FLOW AND DRYING ARE SNEAKING INTO THE WESTERN CWA EARLY IN THE EVENING. WITH COLDEST AIR ALOFT WELL EAST OF US BY EVENING AND LOSS OF SFC TROUGHING...IT LOOKS LIKE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS ARE SMALL. CAN SEE HOLDING ONTO 30% CHANCE FOR THE DEEPER MOISTURE REGIME ACROSS ROUGHLY ALONG/EAST OF INTERSTATE 75...AS POTENTIAL FOR REMNANT TROUGHING REMAINS IN THIS AREA VERY EARLY ON (PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR DIURNALLY HELPED SHOWERS). LOOKING UPSTREAM OVER WISCONSIN...NOT A WHOLE LOT HAPPENING...SO WHATEVER SHOWERS ARE OUT THERE WILL BE LIGHT. OVERNIGHT...DRIER AIR SPILLS IN ALONG WITH UPPER/SFC RIDGING. PATCHY FOG MAY BE AROUND LATE FOR LOW LYING AREAS AND WHERE RAIN FALLS...BUT WINDS AT 950-850MB WILL BE IN THE 15-20KT RANGE...KEEPING LOW LEVELS CHURNING ENOUGH TO WHERE THE FOG WOULD BE PATCHY AT BEST. WILL LOOK AT ADDING THIS INTO LATER FORECASTS...ESPECIALLY IF WIND FIELDS ARE WEAKER. MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...AS TYPICALLY HAPPENS...FROPA HAS SLOWED DOWN. NEXT UPPER LOW WILL BE DROPPING INTO ONTARIO AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL JUST BARELY MAKE IT INTO FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF CHIP/MACK COUNTIES OF EASTERN UPPER. THE RIDGING ALOFT AND OVERALL DOWNWARD VERTICAL MOTIONS/LOWER ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN SOME DECENT SUNSHINE. ALSO...SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FROPA WILL ALLOW A NICE REBOUND IN TEMPERATURES AS 6-8C H8 AIR RIDES UP INTO ALL OF NRN MICHIGAN FOR THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS HAVE BEEN BUMPED UP INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 60S FOR MOST ALL OF THE REGION. LOWER 60S FOR POTENTIALLY MORE CLOUDS ACROSS EASTERN UPPER. WILL ALSO CONFINE THE SMALL CHANCE (30%) OF SHOWERS FOR THIS AREA...WHILE KEEPING THE REST OF THE CWA PRECIP-FREE DUE TO CAPPING AT 800MB/TOO DRY OF AIR. THE FRONT DOES ROLL THROUGH ALL OF NRN MICHIGAN MONDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH WOULD EXPECT AN EVEN SLOWER ARRIVAL (OVERNIGHT) AS FLOW ALOFT REMAINS SOUTHWEST...AND UPPER TROUGH ITSELF BECOMES MORE NEGATIVELY TILTED. THE DEEPER H8-H5 MOISTURE (>90%) NOW HOLDS FURTHER BEHIND THE FRONT...AND WITH BETTER SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVING IN OVERNIGHT (AND STRONG/DEEP H8-H5 -DIVQ)...THE RESULTANT BEST PRECIP CHANCES WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY OCCUR OVERNIGHT. WILL RAISE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS TO 40% FOR NOW...BUT IF THIS SCENARIO HOLDS... THIS COULD END UP BEING A CATEGORICAL EVENT. MODELS ARE ALSO SUGGESTING MUCH COLDER AIR TO FLOW INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT WITH H8 TEMPS FROM 6C IN THE EVENING...FALLING TO 3C (NEAR THE SAGINAW BAY)...TO AS COLD AS -7C (EASTERN UPPER). AM A LITTLE LEARY ABOUT THIS...DUE TO THE SLOWER SCENARIO BEING FAVORED...BUT NONETHELESS...WILL ADD A CHANCE FOR SNOW OVERNIGHT AS WELL. FINE TUNING WILL DEFINITELY BE NEEDED WITH THIS SYSTEM IN THE NEXT FEW FORECASTS AND MEASURABLE SNOWFALL...MAINLY THE HIGHER TERRAIN IS NOT COMPLETELY OUT OF THE QUESTION. NAM IS COMPLETELY OUT TO LUNCH...WITH THE LOW LEVELS SATURATED (LOW CLOUDS) AND HIGHS ONLY IN THE LOWER 50S. PLUS...IT ACTUALLY IS THE FASTER/MORE PROGRESSIVE MODEL...AND BRINGS THE FRONT THROUGH FASTER WHILE THE UPPER TROUGH IS BECOMING NEGATIVELY TILTED. WILL DISREGARD ALL ASPECTS OF THE NAM. TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...REGIONAL COLLABORATION HAS LED TO NOT INTRODUCING PRECIP ATTM FOR TUESDAY. DEFINITELY HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH THIS...OBVIOUSLY...WITH A SLOWER SOLUTION FAVORED. CAN SEE CHANCES FOR RAIN/SNOW IN THE MORNING BEFORE A DRY SLOT MOVES THROUGH NRN MICHIGAN ENDING THINGS FOR AT LEAST A PERIOD. THEN...THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT MODEL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS SOME DEEPER WRAP-AROUND MOISTURE THAT SWINGS THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY NIGHT TIMEFRAME. AGAIN...WAY TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY RIGHT NOW TO GO THROWING IN CHANCES FOR PRECIP. THIS ESPECIALLY TRUE SINCE ECMWF/ENSEMBLES ARE AGREEING WITH THE NAM (WITH RESPECT TO THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PROGRESSION). THIS IDEA AGREES WITH CURRENT FORECAST OF PRECIPITATION FREE WEATHER THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. NEXT SATURDAY...NEXT UPPER TROUGH SLATED TO ARRIVE...AND HAVE INTRODUCED NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION. MARINE...SLOWER FROPA MONDAY NIGHT HAS RESULTED IN STRONGER COLD ADVECTION WINDS TO NOT DEVELOP UNTIL TUESDAY. GALES REMAIN POSSIBLE...MAINLY FROM THE STRAITS TO PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TUESDAY. THESE STRONG WINDS COULD CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SMD && .APX...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 434 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006 MIZ008-015>036-041-042-LSZ321-322-LMZ323-341-342-344-345- LHZ345>349-231000- 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 434 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN LOWER AND EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN THROUGH 8 PM...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF M-72 AND EAST OF U.S. 131. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE PRODUCING HAIL TO THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH NORTHERN MICHIGAN BY MONDAY EVENING. IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT...GALES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOME NEARSHORE AREAS ADJACENT TO NORTHERN MICHIGAN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. .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) SPR/ADAM
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:05 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms affected Central Lower Michigan, just ahead of a cold front. Some of the storms produced small hail, and one produced hail as large as pennies near the intersection of M-65 and M-55 in Iosco County.
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