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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 1, 2000Ogemaw County, Oscoda County, Roscommon County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2000, 9:04 PM EDT for Ogemaw County, Oscoda County, Roscommon County, Michigan. It was in force for 41 min. 2 reports 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 1, 2000, 9:04 PM EDT (01:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2000, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ogemaw County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Roscommon County, MI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 9:10 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EHoughton Lake, MISeveral trees and power lines were blown down.
Jun 1, 9:20 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EMio, MISeveral trees and power lines were blown down.

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 1, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 2000-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2000-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 455 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
455 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
607 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KAPX 020105
SVRAPN
MIC129-135-143-020145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
904 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OGEMAW COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
  ROSCOMMON COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
  OSCODA COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 902 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTH OF
  RED OAK TO 2 MILES EAST OF ROSCOMMON TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  HOUGHTON LAKE.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH...
  LUZERNE AND PRUDENVILLE AROUND 915 PM EDT
  FAIRVIEW...LAKE ST. HELEN...MIO AROUND 920 PM EDT
  ST. HELEN AROUND 925 PM EDT
  CLEAR LAKE AND MACK LAKE AROUND 930 PM EDT
  MCKINLEY AND TWIN LAKES AREA AROUND 935 PM EDT

REMAIN INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL T.HE STORM HAS PASSED. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH. WINDS
THIS HIGH CAN DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES.

BORIS/SWR

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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.