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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 15, 2001Crawford County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2001, 1:01 PM EDT for Crawford County, Michigan. It was in force for 44 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 15, 2001, 1:01 PM EDT (17:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2001, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Crawford County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:02 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 1:30 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EFrederic, MIOne ten inch diameter tree and several branches blown down.
Jun 15, 1:35 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EFrederic, MISeveral trees snapped off.

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 15, 12:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 449 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 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
449 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1272 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 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.

432 
WUUS53 KAPX 151703
SVRAPN
MIC039-151745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
101 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 145 PM EDT

* AT 1257 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOUGHTON           
  LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH...
  INTERSECTION OF I-75 AND US-27 AROUND 120 PM EDT
  GRAYLING AROUND 125 PM EDT
  HARTWICK PINES STATE PARK...FREDERIC AROUND 140 PM EDT
  8 MILES WEST OF LOVELLS AROUND 145 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 ALONG
WITH DIME SIZED HAIL. WINDS THIS HIGH CAN DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 12:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim47 min
Jun 15, 1:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCharlevoix45 min
Jun 15, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOtsego53 min
Jun 15, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan40 min
Jun 15, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa43 min
Jun 15, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Alpena62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.