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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Gaylord, MI

September 15, 2003Benzie County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 15, 2003, 2:01 PM EDT for Benzie County, Michigan. It was in force for 59 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, 2:01 PM EDT (18:01 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2003, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
59 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 151801
SVRAPX
MIC019-151900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
159 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 300 PM EDT

* AT 156 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELBERTA....OR ABOUT 4   
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRANKFORT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH...
  BENZONIA...BEULAH AROUND 210 PM EDT
  HONOR AROUND 215 PM EDT
  BENDON AROUND 230 PM EDT
  LAKE ANN AROUND 235 PM EDT

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 4465 8640 4448 8633 4459 8584 4476 8584

$$

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, 1:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie52 min
Sep 15, 1:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX66 min
Sep 15, 1:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX66 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.