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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Gaylord, MI

July 8, 1996Ogemaw County, Roscommon County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1996, 6:14 PM EDT for Ogemaw County, Roscommon County, Michigan. It was in force for 61 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
Jul 8, 1996, 6:14 PM EDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1996, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ogemaw County, MI, Roscommon County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 082211
SVRAPN
MIC129-143-082315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
614 PM EDT MON JUL 8 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS...
 
IN  MICHIGAN
 
   ...OGEMAW COUNTY...NORTHERN ROSCOMMON COUNTY
 
AT 605PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE NORTH END OF
HIGGINS LAKE. THE STORM WILL REACH ROSCOMMON BY 615PM. THE STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE CLEAR LAKE AND ROSE CITY AREAS
BY 640PM.
 
LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE 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, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXKalkaska53 min
Jul 8, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMontmorency60 min
Jul 8, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlpena65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.