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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Gaylord, MI

July 8, 1996Kalkaska County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1996, 5:07 PM EDT for Kalkaska County, Michigan. It was in force for 53 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
Jul 8, 1996, 5:07 PM EDT (21:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1996, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Kalkaska County, MI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 8, 5:15 PM EDTHail 1.75South Boardman, 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

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 1996-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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 1996-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1414 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 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 082106
SVRAPN
MIC079-082200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
507 PM EDT MON JUL 8 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  MICHIGAN
 
   ...SOUTHERN KALKASKA COUNTY
 
AT 505 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE HAIL
WAS NEAR FIFE LAKE ALONG THE GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY/KALKASKA COUNTY LINE.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWN OF SHARON
BY 520 PM. HAIL 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER IS LIKELY WITH 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
Jul 8, 1:15 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXChippewa30 min
Jul 8, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan, Presque Isle41 min
Jul 8, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Charlevoix42 min
Jul 8, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOtsego44 min
Jul 8, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMontmorency60 min
Jul 8, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlpena65 min
Jul 8, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOgemaw, Roscommon61 min
Jul 8, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlpena68 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.