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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Gaylord, MI

July 3, 2002Alpena County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2002, 5:38 PM EDT for Alpena County, Michigan. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2002, 5:38 PM EDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2002, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Alpena County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 2002-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 775 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, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 2002-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 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
775 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1097 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KAPX 032138
SVRAPN
MIC007-032230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
538 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ALPENA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 533 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF HUBBARD
  LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH...
  OSSINEKE AROUND 545 PM EDT

REMAIN INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 80 MPH ALONG
WITH DIME SIZED HAIL. WINDS THIS HIGH CAN DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES.

LAT...LON 4502 8364 4487 8364 4488 8325 4503 8326

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 11:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX60 min
Jul 3, 12:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa54 min
Jul 3, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX37 min
Jul 3, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX40 min
Jul 3, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX56 min
Jul 3, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX62 min
Jul 3, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.