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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI

July 5, 1994Alpena County, Presque Isle County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 1994, 9:34 PM EDT for Alpena County, Presque Isle County, Michigan. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1994, 9:34 PM EDT (01:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1994, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Alpena County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Sault Ste Marie, MI (KY62), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Sault Ste Marie, MI at 00:00Z on 1994-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Sault Ste Marie, MI at 00:00Z on 1994-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KAPN 060141 COR
TORAPN
MIC007-141-060215-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTION...SHOULD BE WEST
TORNADO WARNING                                    OF ALPENA...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI
934 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 1994

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALPENA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN

   ...ALPENA COUNTY...PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY

...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE
COUNTIES JUST MENTIONED

AT 935 PM A SPOTTER REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF ALPENA
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS IN ALPENA AND ROGERS CITY SHOULD TAKE
COVER IMMEDIATELY!!


IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIO(NS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.


HOLLINGSWORTH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMontmorency61 min
Jul 5, 8:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOscoda63 min
Jul 5, 9:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Alpena64 min
Jul 5, 9:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOscoda61 min
Jul 5, 10:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco66 min
Jul 5, 11:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco56 min
Jul 6, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMissaukee31 min
Jul 6, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona67 min
Jul 6, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco88 min
Jul 6, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOsceola, Wexford68 min
Jul 6, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXArenac63 min
Jul 6, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXArenac34 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.