Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 2002, 9:22 PM EDT for Hillsdale County, Michigan. It was in force for 53 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
- Jul 27, 2002, 9:22 PM EDT (01:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2002, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hillsdale County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 10:05 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville, MI | Emergency management reported power lines down in Jonesville. |
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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1134 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
087 WFUS53 KIWX 280122 TORFWA MIC059-280215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 919 PM EDT SAT JUL 27 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN HILLSDALE COUNTY IN MICHIGAN * UNTIL 1015 PM EDT * AT 919 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS AND TREES DOWN IN EASTERN BRANCH COUNTY MICHIGAN. A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH ROTATION ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS NORTHERN HILLSDALE COUNTY. ALSO EXPECT WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... HILLSDALE JONESVILLE NORTH ADAMS LITCHFIELD MOSCOW THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 4206 8482 4187 8481 4191 8439 4206 8439
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 9:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Branch | 50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.