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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 1, 2002Presque Isle County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Aug 1, 2002, 7:51 PM EDT for Presque Isle County, Michigan. It was in force for 39 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
Aug 1, 2002, 7:51 PM EDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2002, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Presque Isle County, MI

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 1, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Aug 1, 6:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 2002-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1197 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 2002-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 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
1197 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-228 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1131 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 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.

245 
WFUS53 KAPX 012351
TORAPN
MIC141-020030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
751 PM EDT THU AUG 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 748 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
  OVER ONAWAY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADIC STORM WILL REACH...
  MILLERSBURG AROUND 800 PM EDT
  HAWKS AROUND 810 PM EDT
  METZ...HAGENSVILLE AROUND 820 PM EDT
  POSEN AROUND 825 PM EDT

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.

LAT...LON 4533 8358 4521 8366 4521 8399 4528 8423
          4547 8423

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlpena, Presque Isle59 min
Jul 31, 8:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX105 min
Aug 1, 7:57 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX63 min
Aug 1, 8:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa, Mackinac56 min
Aug 1, 8:11 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX2 hr
Aug 1, 8:11 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX2 hr
Aug 1, 8:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa, Mackinac62 min
Aug 1, 9:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX2 hr
Aug 1, 9:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX2 hr
Aug 1, 10:07 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX53 min
Aug 1, 10:07 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX53 min
Aug 1, 10:44 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX2 hr
Aug 1, 10:51 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX114 min
Aug 1, 10:51 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX114 min
Aug 1, 11:38 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX82 min
Aug 1, 1:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX53 min
Aug 1, 1:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX53 min
Aug 1, 1:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX53 min
Aug 1, 1:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Charlevoix51 min
Aug 1, 1:48 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXCharlevoix27 min
Aug 1, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOtsego41 min
Aug 1, 2:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan47 min
Aug 1, 2:18 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXOtsego27 min
Aug 1, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX90 min
Aug 1, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX90 min
Aug 1, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX90 min
Aug 1, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX95 min
Aug 1, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX87 min
Aug 1, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMackinac96 min
Aug 1, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa88 min
Aug 1, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX80 min
Aug 1, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX80 min
Aug 1, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX80 min
Aug 1, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX80 min
Aug 1, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX87 min
Aug 1, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX87 min
Aug 1, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX87 min
Aug 1, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Leelanau56 min
Aug 1, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMackinac47 min
Aug 1, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX88 min
Aug 1, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX88 min
Aug 1, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX88 min
Aug 1, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXManistee47 min
Aug 1, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau50 min
Aug 1, 6:32 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXCheboygan28 min
Aug 1, 6:50 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXPresque Isle40 min
Aug 1, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXManistee47 min
Aug 1, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGrand Traverse47 min
Aug 1, 7:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX95 min
Aug 1, 7:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX95 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.