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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Gaylord, MI

May 19, 1996Missaukee County, Roscommon County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1996, 4:46 AM EDT for Missaukee County, Roscommon County, Michigan. It was in force for 44 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 19, 1996, 4:46 AM EDT (08:46 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 1996, 5:30 AM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Missaukee County, MI, Roscommon County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 00:00Z on 1996-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1996-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 159 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2111 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 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 190847
SVRAPN
MIC113-143-190930-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
446 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN

   ...EASTERN MISSAUKEE COUNTY

IN NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN

   ...ROSCOMMON COUNTY
 
AT 443 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
VOGEL CENTER IN SOUTHERN MISSAUKEE COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL PASS THROUGH HOUGHTON LAKE BY 505 AM
AND MOVE TO ST. HELENS BY 520 AM.

STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND L^ARGE HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY
THIS STORM.
 
DESTRUCTIVE WIND AND HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
WILL OCCUR WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER NOW.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 3:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXManistee, Wexford38 min
May 19, 3:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Leelanau46 min
May 19, 5:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGladwin34 min
May 19, 5:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOgemaw45 min
May 19, 5:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXArenac46 min
May 19, 6:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCharlevoix30 min
May 19, 7:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXEmmet43 min
May 19, 7:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan45 min
May 19, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCharlevoix40 min
May 19, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXEmmet57 min
May 19, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCharlevoix65 min
May 19, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Leelanau65 min
May 19, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan31 min
May 19, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Otsego41 min
May 19, 7:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOtsego54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.