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AWUS83 KAPX 060131
RWSAPX
MIZ008-015>036-041-042-061400-

REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
930 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009

...SOME THUNDERSTORMS BUT A PLEASANT DAY FOR MOST...

A LOW PRESSURE DISTURBANCE PUSHED ITS WAY INTO NORTHERN MICHIGAN
EARLY THIS MORNING WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS CROSSING LAKE
MICHIGAN. HOWEVER...THESE SHOWERS QUICKLY BLOSSOMED INTO A POCKET OF
HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION TRACKED
EASTWARD BETWEEN M-32 AND M-72 THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...DUMPING
UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN A FEW AREAS.

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOPED DURING THE AFTERNOON ACROSS
INTERIOR SECTIONS OF EASTERN UPPER AND NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN.
THESE STORMS IMPACTED AREAS AROUND DETOUR VILLAGE IN EASTERN UPPER
AND TAWAS CITY IN NORTHEAST LOWER. IN FACT...THE TAWAS AREA ACTUALLY
SAW TWO ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME SMALL HAIL. A SPOTTER IN
THE VICINITY OF EAST TAWAS REPORTED 0.80 INCHES OF RAIN THIS
AFTERNOON.

DESPITE THE RAINFALL...MANY AREAS SAW A RATHER PLEASANT SUNDAY AS
TEMPERATURES WARMED INTO THE 70S. THE WARMEST READING FROM ACROSS
THE AREA WAS 80...REPORTED IN TRAVERSE CITY AND MIO. WITH THE
SUNSHINE...IT MADE FOR A PLEASANT END TO THE WEEKEND FOR MOST
LOCATIONS.

ON JULY 6TH IN WEATHER HISTORY...BACK IN 1999...FLASH FLOODING (AN
UNCOMMON OCCURRENCE IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN) WAS REPORTED ACROSS GRAND
TRAVERSE AND LEELANAU COUNTIES AS THUNDERSTORMS TRAINED OVER THE
SAME AREAS FOR SEVERAL HOURS. SEVERAL SECONDARY ROADS IN LEELANAU
COUNTY WERE WASHED OUT AND MANY MORE IN GRAND  TRAVERSE COUNTY WERE
UNDER WATER.

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KAS

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AWUS83 KAPX 051033
RWSAPX
MIZ008-015>036-041-042-060200-

REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
633 AM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009

...ANOTHER QUIET NIGHT...

ANOTHER FANTASTIC NIGHT FOR ALL THOSE OUTDOOR FOURTH OF JULY
FESTIVITIES AS HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE STATE BROUGHT CLEAR
SKIES...LIGHT WINDS...AND COOL TEMPERATURES TO THE NORTHWOODS. AS FOR
THOSE TEMPERATURES...READINGS BY MORNING DID MANAGE TO DROP INTO THE
40S ACROSS MOST INTERIOR REGIONS AND INTO THE 50S ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE COASTLINES. THE COOL SPOT AGAIN WENT TO THE GRAYLING ARMY
AIR FORCE AIRPORT...WHICH MANAGED TO DROP ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 39
DEGREES...WHILE THE WARMING INFLUENCES OF LAKE HURON MANAGED TO KEEP
MACKINAC ISLAND THE WARMEST...DROPPING ONLY TO 57 DEGREES.

AS FOR THE REST OF THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND...INCLUDING MONDAY...WHILE
MOST OF THE TIME SHOULD BE DRY...DISTURBANCES ROTATING SOUTHEAST OUT
OF CANADA MAY BRING SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS TO PARTS OF NORTHERN
MICHIGAN LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL
ONCE AGAIN WARM WELL INTO THE 70S THIS AFTERNOON...WITH READINGS
FALLING BACK TO EARLY FALL-LIKE 60S ON MONDAY.

TODAY...JULY 5TH...IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN WEATHER HISTORY...BACK IN
1994...A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN BEAVER CREEK TOWNSHIP JUST NORTH OF
SEVEN MILE ROAD SOUTHWEST OF GRAYLING. IT MOVED GENERALLY
EASTWARD...ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF SEVEN MILE ROAD...DOING
WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE. AT ABOUT THE TIME THE TORNADO CROSSED
MILITARY ROAD...IT APPEARS TO HAVE DISSIPATED AS ANOTHER VORTEX FROM
THE SAME PARENT CLOUD FORMED JUST SOUTH OF SEVEN MILE ROAD. THE
NEWLY STRENGTHENED TORNADO THEN CONTINUED ITS MOVEMENT
EAST...CROSSING THE U.S. 27 EXPRESSWAY...DAMAGING THE ROOFS OF THREE
HOMES AND BLOWING OVER NUMEROUS LARGE TREES BEFORE IT LIFTED JUST
AFTER CROSSING INTERSTATE 75. IN ALL...MORE THAN 1000 TREES WERE
DESTROYED...AND AT LEAST FIVE RESIDENCES SUFFERED SOME DEGREE OF
DAMAGE. THE WORST DAMAGE WAS DONE TO A RESIDENCE ALONG SOUTH
GRAYLING ROAD...WHERE VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE LARGE OAKS AROUND THE
HOUSE WERE TORN DOWN...DOING EXTENSIVE ROOF DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT
AROUND 8000 DOLLARS. THE TORNADO STRIPPED BARE THE ROOF OF AN OLD
MOTEL JUST WEST OF OLD U.S. 27 HIGHWAY.


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MSB