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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 25, 1998Alcona County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1998, 9:26 PM EDT for Alcona County, Michigan. It was in force for 64 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
Jun 25, 1998, 9:26 PM EDT (01:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1998, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Alcona County, MI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 25, 9:49 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Glennie, MIStrong winds downed trees along routes M-65...M-72 and F-30.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 25, 6:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 1998-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1154 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 1998-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 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
1154 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1190 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

879 
WUUS1 KAPN 260128 RRA
SVRAPN
MIC001-MIZ539-260230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
926 PM EDT THU JUN 25 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ALCONA COUNTY INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS IN NORTHEASTERN
  LOWER MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 924 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF BARTON CITY OR 7
  MILES NORTH OF CURRAN MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH...
  BARTON CITY BY 935 PM EDT
  SPRUCE BY 945 PM EDT
  LINCOLN BY 950 PM EDT
  HARRISVILLE BY 1000 PM EDT

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES...AND CAN DO SO
RATHER QUICKLY. MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

NORCROSS/HURLEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOtsego62 min
Jun 25, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCharlevoix, Cheboygan63 min
Jun 25, 8:17 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXKalkaska63 min
Jun 25, 8:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford64 min
Jun 25, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMontmorency, Presque Isle65 min
Jun 25, 8:47 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXCrawford48 min
Jun 25, 8:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Leelanau64 min
Jun 25, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOscoda65 min
Jun 25, 9:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlpena60 min
Jun 25, 10:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXWexford46 min
Jun 25, 10:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOtsego65 min
Jun 25, 10:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXRoscommon62 min
Jun 25, 11:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOgemaw48 min
Jun 25, 11:26 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXOgemaw49 min
Jun 25, 11:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco64 min
Jun 25, 11:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona49 min
Jun 26, 12:28 AM EDTTornado WarningAPXIosco47 min
Jun 26, 1:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXRoscommon63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.