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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 22, 1996Gladwin County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Aug 22, 1996, 5:32 PM EDT for Gladwin County, Michigan. It was in force for 43 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
Aug 22, 1996, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 1996, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Gladwin County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 22, 5:50 PM EDTHail 0.75Gladwin, 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, 9.5 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 1996-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 153 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 1996-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
153 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1015 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 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 222131
TORAPN
MIC051-222215-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
532 PM EDT THU AUG 22 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  MICHIGAN
 
   ...GLADWIN COUNTY
 
AT 530 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO DEVELOPING
ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF BEAVERTON. IT WILL MOVE TO NEAR WINEGARS BZY 545
PM EDT.
 
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
GLADWIN COUNTY.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS THE
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
 
KOPSKY/BS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGladwin58 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.