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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Gaylord, MI

July 13, 2004Presque Isle County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2004, 3:14 PM EDT for Presque Isle County, Michigan. It was in force for 46 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
Jul 13, 2004, 3:14 PM EDT (19:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2004, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Presque Isle County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 100 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, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 2004-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 654 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, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 2004-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
654 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1088 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 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 131914
SVRAPX
MIC141-132000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
314 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 312 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  ROGERS CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ALL
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTNING. REMAIN INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. IF CAUGHT OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY
FROM TALL OBJECTS AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER.

BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD MOVE TO SHORE AND SEEK SHELTER NOW. DO
NOT GET CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4548 8384 4531 8378 4539 8309 4563 8318

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX54 min
Jul 13, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX54 min
Jul 13, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMissaukee, Wexford59 min
Jul 13, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford35 min
Jul 13, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX97 min
Jul 13, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX97 min
Jul 13, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX97 min
Jul 13, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX90 min
Jul 13, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford, Roscommon47 min
Jul 13, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMissaukee38 min
Jul 13, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Alpena54 min
Jul 13, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXEmmet39 min
Jul 13, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX95 min
Jul 13, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX95 min
Jul 13, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX95 min
Jul 13, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX2 hr
Jul 13, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXPresque Isle49 min
Jul 13, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX92 min
Jul 13, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX96 min
Jul 13, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan40 min
Jul 13, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOtsego52 min
Jul 13, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX55 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.