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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 9, 2001Gladwin County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2001, 6:47 PM EDT for Gladwin County, Michigan. It was in force for 43 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, 2001, 6:47 PM EDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2001, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Gladwin County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 2001-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2009 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 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 KAPX 092247
TORAPN
MIC051-092330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
647 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  GLADWIN COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 647 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO 2
  MILES NORTH OF WOODEN SHOE VILLAGE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF
  GLADWIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE STORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO WILL REACH...
  WINEGARS AROUND 655 PM EDT
  7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALBRIGHT SHORES AROUND 710 PM EDT
  RHODES AROUND 725 PM EDT

AT 645 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCH DOWN NORTH OF 
GLADWIN.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES
SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.

&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan28 min
Jun 9, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXPresque Isle73 min
Jun 9, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXPresque Isle63 min
Jun 9, 6:05 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXAlpena55 min
Jun 9, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOgemaw46 min
Jun 9, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco51 min
Jun 9, 6:55 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXOgemaw35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.