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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 8, 2003Wexford County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2003, 2:43 PM EDT for Wexford County, Michigan. It was in force for 17 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
Jun 8, 2003, 2:43 PM EDT (18:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2003, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wexford County, MI

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 8, 1:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 215 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2003-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2003-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
575 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 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.

206 
WUUS53 KAPX 081843
SVRAPX
MIC165-081900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
243 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 241 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MANTON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  LAKE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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 4430 8535 4441 8552 4450 8534

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXWexford60 min
Jun 8, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGrand Traverse, Kalkaska, Missaukee57 min
Jun 8, 3:19 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXKalkaska41 min
Jun 8, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford49 min
Jun 8, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGladwin40 min
Jun 8, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGrand Traverse46 min
Jun 8, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX56 min
Jun 8, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGladwin45 min
Jun 8, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOgemaw54 min
Jun 8, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXWexford53 min
Jun 8, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMissaukee61 min
Jun 8, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXWexford44 min
Jun 8, 7:06 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXMissaukee39 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.