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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Gaylord, MI

September 10, 2002Alcona County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 2002, 2:03 PM EDT for Alcona County, Michigan. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 10, 2002, 2:03 PM EDT (18:03 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 2002, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Alcona County, MI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 10, 2:10 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 55 EHarrisville, MITelephone pole blown over and several large branches 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 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 2002-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 947 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 2002-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
947 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1058 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 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.

189 
WUUS53 KAPX 101803
SVRAPN
MIC001-101845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
203 PM EDT TUE SEP 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 203 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CURRAN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  GLENNIE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH...
  BARTON CITY...HUBBARD LAKE AROUND 210 PM EDT
  LINCOLN AROUND 220 PM EDT
  HARRISVILLE...BLACK RIVER AROUND 225 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 OR LARGER HAIL. WINDS THIS HIGH CAN DOWN TREES AND
POWER LINES.

LAT...LON 4479 8385 4461 8383 4465 8268 4489 8270

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX65 min
Sep 10, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX61 min
Sep 10, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX61 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.