A line of showers and a few embedded thunderstorms moved across parts of Northern Lower Michigan during the evening of the 28th. This line producing 50 to 60 mph winds at times.
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The episode as NWS APX wrote it up.
A line of showers and a few embedded thunderstorms moved across parts of Northern Lower Michigan during the evening of the 28th. This line producing 50 to 60 mph winds at times. In some cases, these winds downed small branches miles away from the parent storms.
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 28, 3:18 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 418 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 .DISCUSSION...500 MB LOW IN WISCONSIN WITH A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ROTATING OUT OF WISCONSIN AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THIS IS THE MAIN CONCERN OF THE FORECAST PACKAGE. TONIGHT...BASED ON THE MOTION OF THE STORMS AND THE 500 MB LOW AND COLD POOL, THE THUNDERSTORMS ROTATING OUT OF WISCONSIN AND N ILLINOIS WILL MOVE INTO SW LOWER AND THEN IN NE LOWER. AHEAD OF THIS THERE ARE A SCATTERING OF T-STORMS ALONG THE LFQ OF THE JET CORE ROTATING AROUND THE LOW. CAPES ARE IN THE 800-1000 J/KG CURRENTLY WITH MORE JUICY AIR TO THE SW AHEAD OF THE NEXT SET OF STORMS. WHILE THESE STORMS ARE BEGINNING TO GET THINGS STARTED, THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THE WIND AND HAIL WILL BE WITH THE SECOND LINE AS THE JET CORE GETS STRONGER. THIS LOOKS TO BE WRAPPING UP BY 03Z AT THE LATEST AS WE LOSE THE SFC BASED INSTABILITY. THEN THINGS SHOULD QUIET ENOUGH SO THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE RAIN SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDER. SUNDAY...WITH THE 500 MB LOW JUST TO THE NORTHEAST AND THE TROUGH OVER N LOWER, THE COLD POOL WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION, CAUSING SHOWERS AND PROBABLY A LITTLE THUNDER. LUTZ SUNDAY NIGHT THRU MONDAY NIGHT...VERTICALLY STACKED LOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPIN NE OF MICHIGAN ALONG THE ONTARIO/QUEBEC BORDER SUNDAY NIGHT AND THEN LIFT NORTHWARD TO JAMES BY ON MONDAY. LAST SPOKE OF ENERGY WILL ROTATE THRU NRN MICHIGAN AROUND THE BASED OF THE 500 MB TROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. ENHANCED LIFT AND MOISTURE COMBINED WITH RESIDUAL DAYTIME HEATING/INSTABILITY AND COLD AIR ALOFT WILL PRODUCE ISOLD SHRA/TSRA INTO SUNDAY EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE...SUBSIDENCE AND DRIER AIR WILL BUILD INTO MICHIGAN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. JUST ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND WEAK CYCLONIC FLOW MAY LINGER INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS NE LOWER MICHIGAN TO PRODUCE AN ISOLD SHRA/TSRA. OTHERWISE...EXPECT MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS THRU MONDAY NIGHT. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 40S AND LOWER 50S. HIGH TEMPS MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. TUESDAY THRU SATURDAY...LONG WAVE PATTERN WILL STAY RATHER ACTIVE THRU THE WEEK...WITH OVERALL TROUGHING REMAINING THE PROMINENT UPPER LEVEL FEATURE. SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL HOLD OVER THE REGION THRU TUESDAY DURING THE DAY. A WEAK NRN STREAM COLD FRONT WILL SAG SOUTH INTO UPPER MICHIGAN TUESDAY NIGHT...PROVIDING A CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA IN THIS VCNTY. NRN LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD REMAIN DRY UNTIL WEDNESDAY...AT WHICH TIME THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONT WILL DROP INTO LOWER MICHIGAN AND BRING A CHANCE OF PRECIP TO THE ENTIRE REGION ON WEDNESDAY. AS THE FRONT SAGS FURTHER SOUTH...PRECIP CHANCES WILL BE CONFINED TO NRN LOWER MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THEN TO LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF M-72 ON THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BACK INTO MICHIGAN ON FRIDAY...WITH MAINLY DRY WX ANTICIPATED FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ONE POTENTIAL FLY IN THE OINTMENT IS A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE PROGGED TO SKIRT SRN LOWER MICHIGAN FRIDAY NIGHT... WHICH COULD BRING A CHANCE OF PRECIP TO OUR SRN COUNTIES. HOWEVER... WILL MAINTAIN A DRY FORECAST WITH THE EXPECTATION OF PRECIP CHANCES STAYING SOUTH OF OUR AREA. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 70S THRU THE ENTIRE PERIOD...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS MAINLY IN THE 50S. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 206 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008/ AVIATION...CURRENTLY, THUNDERSTORMS ARE STAYING OUT OF THE TAF REGIONS. HOWEVER, IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE STORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE UPPER LOW. THE THUNDER LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE IN THE REGION AFTER 20Z AT THE LATEST. LUTZ && .APX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MI...NONE. LM...NONE. LH...NONE. LS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 421 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 LHZ345>349-LMZ323-341-342-344>346-LSZ321-322-MIZ008-015>036-041-042- 291130- STRAITS OF MACKINAC-ST IGNACE TO FALSE DETOUR CHANNEL- MACKINAC BRDG TO PRESQUE ISLE LT-PRESQUE ISLE LT TO STURGEON PT- STURGEON PT TO ALABASTER-GRAND TRAVERSE BAY- SEUL CHOIX PT TO MACKINAC BRDG-NORWOOD TO MACKINAC BRDG- SLEEPING BEAR PT TO GRAND TRAVERSE LT-PT BETSIE TO SLEEPING BEAR PT- MANISTEE TO PT BETSIE-WHITEFISH BAY-ST. MARYS RIVER-CHIPPEWA- MACKINAC-EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM- OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD- OSCODA-ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO- GLADWIN-ARENAC- 421 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE HURON...LAKE MICHIGAN...LAKE SUPERIOR...EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THROUGH 10 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CADILLAC TO ROGERS CITY...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...BUT THEY MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. JK/LUTZ
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
535 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008
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0532 PM TSTM WND GST HUBBARD LAKE 44.80N 83.59W
06/28/2008 E55 MPH ALCONA MI AMATEUR RADIO
ESTIMATED 50-60 MPH WIND GUSTS ON SOUTHERN END OF HUBBARD
LAKE.
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MPCThe NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:37 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two trees and several large limbs were downed.
A spotter estimated wind gusts to 60 mph.
Roofing was torn off of a self-storage building. Three maple trees were downed near Prudenville. A large oak tree was snapped off further east along M-55.
Trees were downed.
Trees and signs were downed.
Several large trees were downed.
Several trees were downed in Grant Township.
Falling tree knocked down power lines.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Michigan in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, June 2008
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: 118640, 118641, 118642, 118646, 118645, 118647, 118648, 118649.