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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 9, 2001Antrim County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2001, 5:04 PM EDT for Antrim 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
Aug 9, 2001, 5:04 PM EDT (21:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2001, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Antrim County, MI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 9, 5:05 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EKewadin, MI
Aug 9, 5:15 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EElk Rapids, MI6 inch diameter limbs 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
Aug 9, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 218 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 2001-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1643 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 2001-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
1643 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

960 
WUUS53 KAPX 092104
SVRAPN
MIC009-092145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
504 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 500 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM TORCH LAKE TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELK 
  RAPIDS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH...
  CLAM RIVER...LAKE BELLAIRE AROUND 510 PM EDT.
  BELLAIRE AROUND 515 PM EDT.
  ALBA...ANTRIM...MANCELONA AROUND 525 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 11:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa32 min
Aug 9, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Manistee56 min
Aug 9, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXLeelanau47 min
Aug 9, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXWexford40 min
Aug 9, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGrand Traverse, Kalkaska48 min
Aug 9, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford, Otsego53 min
Aug 9, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOscoda42 min
Aug 9, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOgemaw, Roscommon70 min
Aug 9, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMontmorency35 min
Aug 9, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGladwin60 min
Aug 9, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco45 min
Aug 9, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXArenac65 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.