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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Gaylord, MI

May 18, 1996Crawford County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1996, 10:31 AM EDT for Crawford County, Michigan. It was in force for 19 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1996, 10:31 AM EDT (14:31 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1996, 10:50 AM EDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Crawford County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 1996-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 805 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 1996-05-18The 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
805 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-257 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 18, 9:32 AM EDT, 59 minutes before
MIZ026-027-MIZ032-033-181435-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
931 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN...

AT 925 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF CADILLAC AND MANTON IN
WEXFORD COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH. SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE
KINGSLEY...FIFE LAKE...SHARON AND KALKASKA.

GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

PERSONS IN NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER QUICKLY.

BAK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 8:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa47 min
May 18, 9:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXWexford57 min
May 18, 10:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMissaukee29 min
May 18, 10:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXKalkaska49 min
May 18, 10:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMackinac27 min
May 18, 11:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGladwin50 min
May 18, 11:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXArenac37 min
May 18, 12:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco33 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.