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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Gaylord, MI

July 13, 1995Arenac County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 1995, 4:15 PM EDT for Arenac County, Michigan. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1995, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1995, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Arenac County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 149 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1995-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3303 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1995-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 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
3303 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
825 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
318 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAPN 132016
TORAPN
MIC011-132115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI
415 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALPENA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL LOWER PENINSULA
 
   ...ARENAC COUNTY
 
...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE
COUNTIES JUST MENTIONED
 
AT 410 PM...SPOTTERS REPORTED TORNADOES ON THE GROUND IN OGEMAW COUNTY.
THE TORNADOES WAS AN ASSOCIATION WITH A LINE OF STRONG STORMS MOVING TO
THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE INTO ARENAC COUNTY BY 430 PM...WITH
TORNADOES POSSIBLE.
 
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.
 
 
 
&
SHOBE1

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, 4:02 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXAlcona43 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.