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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 28, 2003Gladwin County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 2003, 3:03 PM EDT for Gladwin County, Michigan. It was in force for 42 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 28, 2003, 3:03 PM EDT (19:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2003, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gladwin County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 28, 12:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2003-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 70 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 2003-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
70 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1302 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 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.

737 
WFUS53 KAPX 281903
TORAPX
MIC051-281945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
303 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  GLADWIN COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 303 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF
  BEAVERTON...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF GLADWIN...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADIC STORM WILL REACH...
  BEAVERTON AROUND 310 PM EDT
  ALBRIGHT SHORES AROUND 320 PM EDT
  WINEGARS...GLADWIN AROUND 325 PM EDT
  WOODEN SHOE VILLAGE AROUND 330 PM EDT
  HOCKADAY AROUND 340 PM EDT

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES
SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.

LAT...LON 4380 8467 4370 8446 4402 8412 4414 8438

$$

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.