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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI

July 13, 1995Alcona County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 1995, 4:02 PM EDT for Alcona County, Michigan. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1995, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1995, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Alcona County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 1995-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1002 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, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 1995-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
1002 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-254 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
370 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAPN 132003
TORAPN
MIC001-132045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI
402 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALPENA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST LOWER PENINSULA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN ALCONA COUNTY
 
...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE
COUNTIES JUST MENTIONED
 
AT 403 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF LINCOLN NEAR
F-41. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT
MIKADO AROUND 415 PM AND GREENBUSH BY 430 PM.
 
TORNADOS CAN STRIKE WITH LITTLE WARNING! ACT QUICKLY!
SEEK STURDY SHELTER NOW!
 
WOOD/JAH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 12:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMackinac63 min
Jul 13, 1:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCharlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet61 min
Jul 13, 1:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMackinac51 min
Jul 13, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXLeelanau37 min
Jul 13, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Kalkaska54 min
Jul 13, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan, Presque Isle65 min
Jul 13, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlpena, Montmorency52 min
Jul 13, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMissaukee, Wexford43 min
Jul 13, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona50 min
Jul 13, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlpena44 min
Jul 13, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXLake, Osceola50 min
Jul 13, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Iosco56 min
Jul 13, 4:15 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXArenac60 min

Nearby

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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.