Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2000, 2:19 PM EDT for Iosco County, Ogemaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 56 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 26, 2000, 2:19 PM EDT (18:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2000, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Iosco County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | West Branch, MI | Several large tree limbs 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 nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 1174 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KAPX 261819 SVRAPN MIC069-129-261915- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 219 PM EDT MON JUN 26 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... IOSCO COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN OGEMAW COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN * UNTIL 315 PM EDT * AT 214 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF WEST BRANCH...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... OVER WEST BRANCH AROUND 225 PM EDT WHITTEMORE AROUND 230 PM EDT OVER TAWAS CITY AROUND 250 PM EDT REMAIN INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE 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. SMITH/HIRSCH
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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.