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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 9, 2004Charlevoix County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2004, 10:08 PM EDT for Charlevoix County, Michigan. It was in force for 22 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
Aug 9, 2004, 10:08 PM EDT (02:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2004, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Charlevoix County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 9, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 00:00Z on 2004-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1189 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2004-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 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
1189 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
8.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KAPX 100202
SVRAPX
MIC029-100230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1001 PM EDT MON AUG 9 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 956 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR   
  BOYNE FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 30 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.

LAT...LON 4512 8492 4523 8495 4525 8487 4525 8484
      4526 8482 4526 8479 4527 8477 4527 8474
      4512 8474

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCharlevoix31 min
Aug 9, 8:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX59 min
Aug 9, 8:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX59 min
Aug 9, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Charlevoix68 min
Aug 9, 8:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX91 min
Aug 9, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim45 min
Aug 9, 10:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCharlevoix28 min
Aug 9, 10:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOtsego63 min
Aug 10, 12:06 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX54 min
Aug 10, 1:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX45 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.