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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

June 27, 1995Hillsdale County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 1995, 8:49 PM EDT for Hillsdale County, Michigan. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1995, 8:49 PM EDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1995, 9:28 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Hillsdale County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 224 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1995-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1352 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1995-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1352 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
966 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 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 KLAN 280049
TORLAN
MIC059-280130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI
849 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LANSING HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN
 
   ...EASTERN HILLSDALE COUNTY
 
AT 845 PM...SOPTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN THE VICINITY OF WALDRON
IN SOUTHEAST HILLSDALE COUNTY MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE STORM WILL
MOVE INTO THE VICINITY OF HUDSON BY 915 PM.
 
 
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...TAKE SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
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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.