A line of severe thunderstorms crossed far northern Lake Huron.
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A line of severe thunderstorms crossed far northern Lake Huron.
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, 2:43 PM EST, 53 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Gaylord MI 343 PM EDT Sun Jun 11 2017 .NEAR TERM...(Tonight through Monday) Issued at 343 PM EDT Sun Jun 11 2017 ...Severe threat over the next few hours... Time/active wx precludes an especially lengthy discussion this afternoon. Incoming MCS has deteriorated somewhat, but has a lot of forward momentum, and some interesting bookend vortex/MCV dynamics to help things along. Instability gradient lies a bit north of the M-32 corridor, with eastern upper MI actually quite stable (dew points in the upper 40s in spots. Activity will have to feed off instability advecting in from the sw, while still staying north of the strong cap in places in southern sections and points south. Won't be much of a lull behind this MCS before additional convection returns. In fact, at the moment there is no lull, with several linear convective segments in nw WI and central MN. Low pressure near Hudson Bay will eventually drag a cold front thru eastern upper MI late tonight, and the rest of northern MI (barely) on Monday. Shower/t-storm threat will accompany the slow-moving front, migrating southward with time. Precip threat will persist north of the front, thanks to 850mb theta-e advection across the frontal surface. Pops will thus not exit the forecast area tomorrow; in fact, chancy pops in order across most of northern lower MI thru the end of the day. Svr potential (outside of the next few hours) looks to be isolated, but certainly isn't nil. HRRR runs showing multiple linear structures moving thru tonight, with an attendant low-end wind/hail threat. Ability to recharge for tomorrow ahead of the front will be somewhat limited by cloud cover, with best sunshine south of the forecast area and beneath the capping EML. Min temps tonight very warm in northern lower, lower 60s to around 70f, with upper 50s in eastern upper. Max temps Monday in the 70s in eastern and far northern lower, mainly 80s south of M-68, with Gladwin perhaps taking a run at 90f. && .SHORT TERM...(Monday night through Wednesday) Issued at 343 PM EDT Sun Jun 11 2017 ...Remaining warm with continued shower and thunderstorm chances... High impact weather potential: Scattered thunderstorms possible at times. Pattern forecast: Flat upper level ridging/zonal flow to start the forecast period will gradually amplify by late Tuesday in association with closed upper level low pressure moving northeastward through the Intermountain West. A moist/humid airmass will remain in place through the middle of the week, especially along and south of a nearly stationary boundary expected to be draped from the northern plains through roughly the M-32 corridor by Monday night. This boundary will be the focus for additional scattered shower and thunderstorm development as it gradually sags southward toward the M-72 corridor during the day Tuesday before reorienting in a more NW to SE fashion Tuesday night through Wednesday as the boundary gradually lifts back north. A few subtle mid level impulses should provide additional support at various times, again mainly across sections of northern Lower through midweek. A potent cold front is scheduled to cross the region late in the day Thursday, which should bring an end (at least temporarily) to the unsettled conditions locally. Primary forecast concerns/challenges: Timing and location of PoPs through the period, along with gauging severe weather potential. Sufficient moisture will continue across the region, mainly along and south of the quasi-stationary boundary, with PWs greater than 1.50 inches Monday night through Tuesday. Deep layer moisture diminishes somewhat during the day Wednesday before pooling again pre-cold frontal passage Thursday. Expecting scattered showers and thunderstorms to be commonplace along and south of the boundary Monday night through Tuesday, leaving eastern Upper dry under partly sunny skies and the highest PoPs limited to along and south of M-32. Any severe weather potential Tuesday looks rather limited, but a conditional risk does exist based on timing of additional support provided by mid level impulses colocated with the greatest modeled instability (500 - 1,500 J/kg of MLCAPE) situated across far southwestern sections of the forecast area. At this juncture, any isolated strong-severe storms looks to be confined to along and west of US-131. Overall, not a complete washout Tuesday by any stretch, but there will be various periods of showers and storms (potentially heavy at times) to contend with. Decent temperature gradient is also expected with highs in the low-mid 70s across eastern Upper warming to the low-mid 80s with mid-60s dew points across the far southwest. Well-advertised boundary gradually reorients in a more northwest- southeast fashion across the forecast area by Tuesday evening with high amplitude ridging become centered overhead Wednesday morning. Additional scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to plague northern Michigan at various times throughout the day, but again, far from a complete washout. Can't completely rule out another conditional and low end severe weather threat, but by far the better threat looks to be focused to our west associated with the cold front, which is supported well by SPC's Day 4 outlook. Similar high temp spread across the area Wednesday with near 70 north to the low-mid 80s far southwest. && .LONG TERM...(Wednesday night through Sunday) Issued at 343 PM EDT Sun Jun 11 2017 Thunderstorm chances will continue into Thursday until a cold front pushes through, settling things down at least briefly. Moisture return should be fairly quick, with broad high pressure over the SE advecting Gulf moisture north and a zonal jet over the northern tier of states adding some Pacific moisture as well. With the broad upper low still over the Hudson Bay region, it is not out of the question some shortwave impulses could kick off some more showers over the weekend. Temperatures will run above normal for most of the period, cooling to more near normal levels by Sunday. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Monday afternoon) Issued at 125 PM EDT Sun Jun 11 2017 TSRA will impact PLN and perhaps TVC/APN late this afternoon. Strong wind gusts possible at PLN with TSRA. Showers/storms return tonight (especially late). Most of the period will feature VFR conditions, but temporary incursions to IFR will occur with storms and heavier showers. && .MARINE... Issued at 343 PM EDT Sun Jun 11 2017 Brief uptick in southerly winds expected on some waters late tonight into Mon morning, particularly on our southern waters (south of Gd Trav Light and Alpena). Not anticipating this requiring further advisories for now, but will of course monitor. Low pressure transiting Hudson Bay will drag a cold front south across northern MI, cutting that southerly flow off, but supporting showers/t-storms. Light northerly winds will move in behind that front late Monday and Monday night. && .APX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MI...NONE. LH...NONE. LM...NONE. LS...NONE. && NEAR TERM...JZ SHORT TERM...MJG LONG TERM...ALM AVIATION...JZ MARINE...JZ
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Gaylord MI 356 PM EDT Sun Jun 11 2017 LHZ345>349-LMZ323-341-342-344>346-LSZ321-322-MIZ008-015>036-041- 042-122000- Straits of Mackinac within 5 nm of Mackinac Bridge including Mackinac Island-St Ignace to False Detour Channel- 5NM East of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Light MI including Bois Blanc Island- Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Pt MI Including Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary-Sturgeon Pt to Alabaster MI- Grand Traverse Bay south of a line Grand Traverse Light to Norwood MI-Seul Choix Point to 5NM West of Mackinac Bridge- Norwood MI to 5NM West of Mackinac Bridge including Little Traverse Bay-Sleeping Bear Point to Grand Traverse Light MI- Point Betsie to Sleeping Bear Point MI- Manistee to Point Betsie MI- Whitefish Bay (U.S. Portion)/Whitefish Point to Point Iroquois MI- St. Marys River Point Iroquois to E. Potagannissing Bay-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- 356 PM EDT Sun Jun 11 2017 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. Thunderstorms will cross areas north of M-72 through early evening. Damaging winds will occur with some of these storms, with isolated large hail and perhaps a tornado also possible. The best severe weather threat will end by 7 PM. Additional thunderstorms will impact eastern upper, northwest and north central lower Michigan later this evening and overnight. Isolated severe storms will be possible, again with a threat for damaging winds and large hail. Locally heavy rain is also expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Thunderstorm chances will continue on Monday in northern lower Michigan, and an isolated severe storm or two is again possible. Additional thunderstorms are possible at various times across all of northern Michigan through Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be required this afternoon and tonight. Dispatchers...please notify your Emergency Managers immediately. && For more information visit http://weather.gov/gaylord. JZ
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
427 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 2017
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0354 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 11 SW CORINNE 45.96N 85.86W
06/11/2017 M41 MPH LMZ341 MI OTHER FEDERAL
FROM STATION PNLM4.
&&The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:37 UTC.
2 marine thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A 60 mph wind gust was measured at the Mackinac Island Airport, and a camper on the Mackinac Bridge was flipped over.
Tree damage occurred just to the west, near and north of Black Lake.
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