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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Gaylord, MI

July 31, 2002Ogemaw County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2002, 1:10 AM EDT for Ogemaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report 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
Jul 31, 2002, 1:10 AM EDT (05:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2002, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Ogemaw County, MI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 31, 1:38 AM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EWest Branch, MINumerous trees 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 nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 00:00Z on 2002-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 595 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 00:00Z on 2002-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 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
595 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1890 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

068 
WUUS53 KAPX 310510
SVRAPN
MIC129-310600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
110 AM EDT WED JUL 31 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 200 AM EDT

* AT 107 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF WEST BRANCH...MOVING EAST AT 20
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH...
  CLEAR LAKE AROUND 120 AM EDT
  WEST BRANCH AROUND 125 AM EDT
  ROSE CITY AROUND 135 AM EDT
  SELKIRK...LUPTON AROUND 145 AM EDT
  RIFLE RIVER STATE PARK AROUND 150 AM EDT
  SKIDWAY LAKE AROUND 155 AM 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 OR LARGER 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
Jul 30, 10:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX51 min
Jul 30, 11:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX67 min
Jul 30, 11:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX67 min
Jul 30, 11:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX67 min
Jul 30, 11:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Manistee28 min
Jul 30, 11:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXLeelanau25 min
Jul 30, 11:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Grand Traverse47 min
Jul 30, 11:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Manistee, Wexford43 min
Jul 31, 12:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXKalkaska44 min
Jul 31, 12:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Grand Traverse58 min
Jul 31, 12:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXKalkaska49 min
Jul 31, 12:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXRoscommon48 min
Jul 31, 1:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOscoda32 min
Jul 31, 1:37 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX83 min
Jul 31, 1:37 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX83 min
Jul 31, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX58 min
Jul 31, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX101 min
Jul 31, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX101 min
Jul 31, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMackinac84 min
Jul 31, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX85 min
Jul 31, 7:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX86 min
Jul 31, 7:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX86 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.