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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Gaylord, MI

May 28, 1995Alcona County, Oscoda County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1995, 4:18 PM EDT for Alcona County, Oscoda County, Michigan. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 1995, 4:18 PM EDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1995, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Alcona County, MI, Oscoda County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 113 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, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 1995-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 1995-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 322 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
702 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
322 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
488 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 282019
TORAPN
MIC001-135-282045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI
418 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALPENA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST LOWER PENINSULA
 
   ...WESTERN ALCONA COUNTY...EASTERN OSCODA COUNTY
 
AT 410 PM EDT...SHERIFFS PERSONNEL IN OSCODA COUNTY REPORTED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF MIO.
 
THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF FAIRVIEW AND CURRAN BETWEEN 415 AND 430 PM.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST :RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A LOW-LYING AREA
AND PROTECT YOUR HEAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco56 min
May 28, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco37 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Michigan, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes in 1995

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.