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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 3, 2003Missaukee County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2003, 7:44 PM EDT for Missaukee County, Michigan. It was in force for 16 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 3, 2003, 7:44 PM EDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2003, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Missaukee County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 223 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2003-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 162 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2003-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
162 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
889 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 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.

744 
WUUS53 KAPX 032344
SVRAPX
MIC113-040000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
743 PM EDT SUN AUG 3 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MISSAUKEE COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 738 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTH OF MCBAIN...OR ABOUT 7 MILES
  SOUTH OF LAKE CITY...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH...
  LUCAS...VOGEL CENTER AROUND 750 PM EDT
  MCBAIN AROUND 755 PM EDT

REMAIN INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ALONG
WITH DIME SIZED OR LARGER HAIL. WINDS THIS HIGH CAN DOWN TREES AND
POWER LINES.

LAT...LON 4425 8534 4451 8500 4452 8485 4430 8485
          4418 8503 4416 8534

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Grand Traverse44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.