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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 9, 2000Kalkaska County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2000, 4:50 AM EDT for Kalkaska County, Michigan. It was in force for 40 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
Jun 9, 2000, 4:50 AM EDT (08:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2000, 5:30 AM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Kalkaska County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 2000-06-09Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2000-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 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
2436 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 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 
WUUS53 KAPX 090849
SVRAPN
MIC079-090930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
450 AM EDT FRI JUN 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KALKASKA COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 530 AM EDT

* AT 440 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
  AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF DARRAGH TO
  RAPID CITY...OR FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANCELONA TO 7 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF ELK RAPIDS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  OVER KALKASKA AROUND 515 AM EDT
  OVER DARRAGH AROUND 520 AM EDT

REMAIN INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. HAIL
OF THIS SIZE CAN DAMAGE WINDOWS...ALUMINUM SIDING...AND VEHICLES WHEN
ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WIND GUSTS.

SPR/SWR}

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 2:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXLeelanau48 min
Jun 9, 4:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim37 min
Jun 9, 4:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGrand Traverse33 min
Jun 9, 5:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXKalkaska50 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.