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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

August 26, 2000Jackson County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2000, 7:49 PM EDT for Jackson County, Michigan. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 2000, 7:49 PM EDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2000, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 97 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2000-08-26Temperature 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2000-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1422 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 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 
WFUS53 KGRR 262350
TORGRR

MIC075-270015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
749 PM EDT SAT AUG 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 746 PM EDT...A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO ABOUT 1 MILE
   EAST OF JACKSON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   GRASS LAKE...NORVELL AROUND 755 PM EDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BAUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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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.