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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Aug 16, 1988, 12:07 PM EDT for Antrim County, Michigan. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 1988, 12:07 PM EDT (16:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 1988, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Antrim County, MI
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Sault Ste Marie, MI (KSSM), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 176 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 840 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMKG 161607
TORMKG
MIC009-161715-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI
1207 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF LOWER MICHIGAN
ANTRIM
AT 1153AM EDT STATE POLICE IN ANTRIM COUNTY REPORTED A FUNNEL
CLOUD 7 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF BELAIRE MOVING SOUTHEAST.
RESIDENTS IN THE MANCELONA AREA SHOULD BE ON ALERT.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER IF
AVAILABLE...OTHERWISE GO TO A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.
THIS STORM IS MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST AND RESIDENTS IN ANTRIM
COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR FURTHER BULLETINS.
HYNESWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 7:17 AM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 715 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 1988 AT 715 AM EDT...AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST OVER NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS WAS APPROACHING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF OTSEGO COUNTY...40 MILES NORTH OF HOUGHTON LAKE AND ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF GAYLORD. VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTING WIND...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST OVER OTSEGO AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 11:33 AM EDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 1130 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 1988 AT 1130 AM EDT...A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS OVER LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY IN EMMET COUNTY ABOUT 50 TO 60 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF TRAVERSE CITY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 50 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF OTSEGO COUNTY BY 1145 AM EDT. PEOPLE IN OTSEGO COUNTY SHOULD WATCH FOR POSSIBLE DApMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. LLH
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 11:36 AM EDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 1130 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 1988 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN MONTMORENCY COUNTY... AT 1125 AM EDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER MONTMORENCY COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO ALCONA COUNTY AROUND NOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER AT ONCE. REPORT ANY DAMAGE OR INJURIES TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE THREAT HAS PASSED. MONITOR YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GOEBELs
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 12:04 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 1200 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 1988 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN ALCONA COUNTY... AT 1155 AM EDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER WESTERN ALCONA COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN IOSCO COUNTY AROUND 1230 PM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER AT ONCE. REPORT ANY DAMAGE OR INJURIES TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE THREAT HAS PASSED. MONITOR LOCAL RADIO STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GOEBEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 12:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Luce | 65 min |
| Aug 16, 8:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Grand Traverse, Leelanau | 65 min |
| Aug 16, 8:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Kalkaska | 59 min |
| Aug 16, 9:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | APX | Grand Traverse, Leelanau | 59 min |
| Aug 16, 9:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | APX | Kalkaska | 59 min |
| Aug 16, 9:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Wexford | 66 min |
| Aug 16, 9:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Chippewa, Luce, Mackinac | 80 min |
| Aug 16, 11:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Cheboygan, Emmet | 60 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.