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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI

July 8, 1996Chippewa County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 1996, 1:15 PM EDT for Chippewa County, Michigan. It was in force for 30 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, 1:15 PM EDT (17:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1996, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Chippewa County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 217 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 081718
TORAPN
MIC033-081745-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
115 PM EDT MON JUL 8 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  MICHIGAN
 
   ...CHIPPEWA COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
AT 112 PM A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR HULBERT
LAKE IN WESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND
WILL MOVE TO NEAR STRONGS AROUND 130 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A LOW-LYING AREA
AND PROTECT YOUR HEAD.
 
SMITH
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
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, 6:14 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.