Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at May 19, 1998, 4:45 PM EDT for Iosco County, Ogemaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 65 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
- May 19, 1998, 4:45 PM EDT (20:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1998, 5:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Iosco County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 5:40 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | East Tawas, 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 180 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2084 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAPN 192045 RRA TORAPN MIC069-129-192150- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 445 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... OGEMAW COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN LOWER MICHIGAN IOSCO COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN LOWER MICHIGAN * UNTIL 550 PM EDT * AT 445 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF TAWAS CITY OR 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF HALE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE GREATEST NEAR... HALE AT 454 PM EDT PERSONS IN AND NEAR THESE AREAS SHOULD IMMEDIATELY MOVE INTO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AW8AY FROM WINDOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 1:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Otsego | 49 min |
| May 19, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Montmorency | 34 min |
| May 19, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Presque Isle | 34 min |
| May 19, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alpena | 49 min |
| May 19, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Oscoda | 47 min |
| May 19, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona | 65 min |
| May 19, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Iosco | 47 min |
| May 19, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Iosco | 30 min |
| May 19, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Arenac | 33 min |
| May 19, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Arenac | 32 min |
| May 19, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Iosco | 32 min |
| May 19, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Montmorency | 67 min |
| May 19, 4:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Montmorency | 62 min |
| May 19, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Arenac | 35 min |
| May 19, 5:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Alcona, Alpena | 63 min |
| May 19, 5:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Arenac | 36 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.