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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Gaylord, MI

September 15, 2003Benzie County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 15, 2003, 1:08 PM EDT for Benzie County, Michigan. It was in force for 52 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
Sep 15, 2003, 1:08 PM EDT (17:08 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2003, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Benzie County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 2003-09-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 33 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2003-09-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 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.

000 
WUUS53 KAPX 151708
SVRAPX
MIC019-151800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
107 PM EDT MON SEP 15 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT

* AT 106 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELBERTA...OR ABOUT 4 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF FRANKFORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH...
  BENZONIA AROUND 125 PM EDT
  BEULAH AROUND 130 PM EDT
  HONOR AROUND 150 PM EDT
  LAKE ANN...BENDON AROUND 200 PM EDT

AT 104 PM EDT A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED DIME SIZED HAIL 2 MILES 
SOUTH OF FRANKFORT.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZED OR LARGER HAIL. REMAIN
INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LARGE HAIL
CAN CAUSE INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE.

LAT...LON 4459 8624 4467 8628 4473 8618 4474 8609
          4477 8609 4478 8581 4463 8581 4452 8607
          4451 8623

&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 9:47 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX118 min
Sep 15, 9:47 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX118 min
Sep 15, 1:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX66 min
Sep 15, 1:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX66 min
Sep 15, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie59 min
Sep 15, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX66 min
Sep 15, 2:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX53 min
Sep 15, 2:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX53 min
Sep 15, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX33 min
Sep 15, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX47 min
Sep 15, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX47 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.