Thunderstorms developed along a cold front moving through the region. One storm became severe, producing wind damage in two separate locations.
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The episode as NWS APX wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed along a cold front moving through the region. One storm became severe, producing wind damage in two separate locations.
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 25, 8:44 PM EST, 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 944 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009 .SYNOPSIS.../ISSUED AT 336 PM/ A COUPLE OF NICE WARM DAYS ARE ON TAP FOR NORTHERN MICHIGAN AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. BUT BIG CHANGES ARE ON THE WAY BEYOND THAT AS A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE GREAT LAKES FOR SUNDAY AND STALLS OUT. AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT CROSSING THE STATE SATURDAY NIGHT BRING SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION...FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF SHOWERY WEATHER SETTING IN FROM SUNDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK... ALONG WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. JPB && .SHORT TERM.../ISSUED AT 944 PM/...TONIGHT OVERALL...GOING FCST LOOKS PRETTY GOOD HEADING THRU THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HOWEVER...OF INITIAL CONCERN IS REDEVELOPMENT OF SHRA/TSRA OVR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LOWER ONGOING AS OF 01Z. THIS APPEARS TIED TO A VARIETY OF THINGS...MOST NOTABLY APPROACH OF NEXT WEAK UPSTREAM VORT...COINCIDENT WITH WEAK H85 CONVERGENCE IN DEEPER MOISTURE CHANNEL NOTED ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY/RUC ANALYSIS. FCST RAOBS INDICATE THE AVAILABILITY OF UP TO 800 J/KG MUCAPE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THIS FEATURE SLIDES THRU...THOUGH GRADUAL WARMING AROUND 600MB SUGGESTS ACTIVITY WILL WANE HEADING TOWARD 04-06Z. SEVERE THREAT QUITE LOW GIVEN STILL RATHER HIGH FREEZING LEVELS (12.5KFT OFF 00Z APX RAOB)...THOUGH EFFECTIVE SHEAR ABOVE STABILIZING BOUNDARY LAYER OF 40 KNOTS SUGGESTS SOME VERY SMALL THREAT FOR STORM ORGANIZATION. 18Z NAM12 APPEARS TO HAVE A RATHER GOOD HANDLE ON THE AFOREMENTIONED FEATURES AND WILL RUN CLOSE TO ITS SOLUTION FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...MAKING NECESSARY GRID ADJUSTMENTS AS NECESSARY OF COURSE. OTHERWISE...LOOKS LIKE CLEARING IN ORDER MOST SPOTS THRU THE OVERNIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE/DRIER AIR GRADUALLY NOSES INTO THE REGION. HOWEVER...AS ALLUDED TO BY EARLIER FCSTR...UPSTREAM H7-ISH RH PLUME SHOULD MAKE A RUN AT ROUGHLY THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE CWA POST-03Z...AND WILL UP GOING CLOUD COVER A SHADE TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. OUTSIDE OF THIS...GOING LOWS MAINLY IN THE UPR 50S/NEAR 60 LOOK JUST FINE. LAWRENCE && .LONG TERM.../ISSUED AT 336 PM/...FRIDAY AND BEYOND BIG CHANGES IN THE OFFING FOR THE LATER FORECAST PERIODS...WITH MAIN FOCUS ON SHORT WAVE TROUGH CROSSING BRITISH COLUMBIA AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS UPPER WAVE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN THE GREAT LAKES DURING THE LATTER PART OF THE COMING WEEKEND...THEN CLOSE OFF AND STALL AS DOWNSTREAM PATTERN BECOMES MORE BLOCKY. SO THE RECENT SPELL OF HEAT WILL BE COMING TO AN END...WITH A RETURN TO BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. BUT FIRST...A COUPLE NICE DAYS TO ROUND OUT THIS WEEK AS A WEAK SURFACE HIGH AND SHORT WAVE RIDGING ALOFT BUILD INTO THE WESTERN LAKES FOR FRIDAY/ SATURDAY. SO MAIN FORECAST ISSUE WILL BE TIMING OF NEXT PRECIPITATION CHANCE DURING THE LATTER HALF OF SATURDAY...AND POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. FRIDAY...A NICE DAY ON TAP WITH A GOOD BIT OF SUN (SOME INSTABILITY CU EXPECTED)...SOME ONSHORE WIND COMPONENTS DEVELOPING...AND A DEEP SURFACE BASED MIXED LAYER ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO WARM INTO THE UPPER 70S/LOWER 80S. FRIDAY NIGHT LOOKS DRY AND COMFORTABLE...WITH LOWS SINKING INTO THE 50S. SATURDAY...AFOREMENTIONED SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL CROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...THEN INTO THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT. SATURDAY ITSELF STILL LOOKS PRETTY GOOD...THERE IS EXPECTED TO BE A BAND OF PRECIPITATION PRECEDING THE FRONT ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST SATURDAY MORNING. LOW LEVELS ACROSS NORTHERN MI EXPECTED TO STAY DRY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH MID CLOUD OVERSPREADING THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE WEST AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. MAY SEE SOME PRECIP TRY TO PUSH INTO AREAS WEST OF M-37 LATE IN THE DAY...BUT BULK OF THE PRECIP CHANCES SHOULD BE SATURDAY NIGHT AS DEEP LAYER MOISTURE AND FORCING ARRIVE. BEST INSTABILITY LOOKS TO BE SOUTHWEST OF THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT...AND FRONTAL PASSAGE TIMING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS IS UNFAVORABLE. SO SEVERE THREAT NOT LOOKING IMPRESSIVE AT THIS POINT. EXTENDED RANGE (SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH DEEPENING UPPER LOW WILL SWING THROUGH THE STATE SOMETIME EARLY SUNDAY...WITH UPPER CIRCULATION THEN GETTING HUNG UP ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES WITH COLD POOL SINKING INTO LOWER MI. THIS SHOULD SET THE STAGE FOR A COOLER/SHOWERY PERIOD ACROSS NORTHERN MI...AS MOISTURE AND WEAK WAVES SWIRLING AROUND THE MAIN LOW INTERACT WITH THE DIURNAL HEATING CYCLE. HIGHS BY MONDAY MAY STRUGGLE TO GET OUT OF 60S IN A LOT OF AREAS...AND TUESDAY WONT BE MUCH BETTER. FOR NOW NOT PLANNING TO FOLLOW THE QUICKER GFS SOLUTION IN KICKING THE UPPER LOW OUT BY MIDWEEK...PREFERRING TO HOLD THE COOL CYCLONIC FLOW IN PLACE FOR AT LEAST ONE MORE DAY BY CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS ON WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY IS UP IN THE AIR...WHILE PREFERRING TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE DRY DAY IN THE EXTENDED...EITHER THE UPPER LOW WILL BE SLOWER TO MOVE OUT OR THE SHORT WAVE THAT KICKS THE LOW OUT WILL IMPACT THE REGION. SO WILL START THURSDAYS FORECAST OUT WITH ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...WILL BE RUNNING BELOW NORMAL PRETTY MUCH THROUGH THE EXTENDED RANGE...COOLEST DAYS LIKELY MONDAY/TUESDAY WITH SOME MODERATION THEREAFTER. JPB && .MARINE.../ISSUED AT 336 PM/ WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR FRIDAY...SHOULD SEE ONSHORE LAKE BREEZE COMPONENTS (PERHAPS MARGINAL ALONG THE SOUTHEAST UPPER SHORELINE). STRONGER SOUTHERLY GRADIENT SETS UP SATURDAY AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT...WILL LIKELY STILL SEE LAKE BREEZES WITHIN THE NORTHEAST LOWER LAKE HURON ZONES. COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO CROSS LAKE MICHIGAN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...SHIFTING WINDS MORE WESTERLY. MARINE HEADLINES NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. JPB && .AVIATION.../ISSUED AT 726 PM/...VALID FOR 00Z TAFS VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THRU THE TAF PERIOD...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION. OUTSIDE OF PERIODIC MID CLOUDINESS ROLLING ACRS KAPN AND PERHAPS KPLN THIS EVENING AND AGAIN LATER TONIGHT...SKIES WILL BE CLEAR SAVE FOR SOME INLAND CU INTO TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN GENERALLY 10 KNOTS OR LESS THRU 00Z TOMORROW. LAWRENCE && .APX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MI...NONE. LM...NONE. LH...NONE. LS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 347 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009 LHZ345>349-LMZ323-341-342-344>346-LSZ321-322-MIZ008-015>036-041-042- 261200- 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- 347 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...AND ADJACENT NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN...LAKE HURON AND LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL POSSIBLY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN....MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MANISTEE TO GRAYLING TO ALPENA. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE. DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. MSB
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:04 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Five trees and one power pole were snapped off. One tree was downed onto a home, and another onto a garage, damaging a boat inside the garage.
Trees downed on Wilson Road near Davis Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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