AWUS83 KAPX 080044
RWSAPX
MIZ008-015>036-041-042-081400-
REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
845 PM EDT SUN SEP 7 2008
...SEASONABLE WITH SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...
CHILLY AIR ALOFT AND THE HEATING OF THE DAY COMBINED FORCES WITH AN 
UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. 
SOME OF THE STORMS EVEN CONTAINED BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. 
THERE WAS EVEN A WATER SPOUT SIGHTED 3 MILES NORTH OF ELK RAPIDS ON 
THE EAST ARM OF THE GRAND TRAVERSE BAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE CLOSE 
TO AVERAGE FOR THE DATE WITH HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE 60S TO MIDDLE 70S. 
THE HIGHEST READING WAS 75 DEGREES IN BELLAIRE WHICH SEEMS TO BE A 
COMMON PLACE WARM SPOT THIS SUMMER. THE COOLEST SPOT WAS ON DRUMMOND 
ISLAND WHERE THE HIGH WAS ONLY 64 DEGREES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT BUT 
MORE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN LATE MONDAY AND ESPECIALLY 
MONDAY NIGHT WHEN HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
ON SEPTEMBER 8TH IN WEATHER HISTORY...BACK IN 1900...THE GREATEST 
WEATHER DISASTER IN U.S. RECORDS OCCURRED WHEN A HURRICANE STRUCK 
GALVESTON TEXAS. A TIDE OF FIFTEEN FEET HIGH WASHED OVER THE ISLAND 
DEMOLISHING OR CARRYING AWAY BUILDINGS WHILE KILLING OVER 6000 
PEOPLE. WINDS TO 120 MPH AND A TWENTY FOOT TIDAL SURGE DESTROYED 
OVER 3600 HOUSES. THE HURRICANE ALSO CLAIMED ANOTHER 1200 LIVES 
OUTSIDE OF THE GALVESTON AREA.
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AJS