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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Gaylord, MI

May 18, 1996Gladwin County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1996, 11:15 AM EDT for Gladwin County, Michigan. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1996, 11:15 AM EDT (15:15 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1996, 12:05 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Gladwin County, MI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 18, 11:45 AM EDTHail 1E Gladwin County, MI

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 1996-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 375 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 1996-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
375 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-457 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1098 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 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 181516
SVRAPN
MIC051-181605-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1115 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1205 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN

   ...GLADWIN COUNTY
 
AT 1115 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST OF MEREDITH...SOUTH TO JUST NORTH OF
MT. PLEASANT. THESE STORMS WILL REACH GLADWIN AND BEAVERTON
AROUND 1130 AM EDT.
 
DESTRUCTIVE WIND AND HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
WILL OCCUR WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER NOW.

SM8ITH

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, 10:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford19 min
May 18, 11:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXArenac37 min
May 18, 12:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.