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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 13, 2004Arenac County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2004, 5:53 PM EDT for Arenac County, Michigan. It was in force for 37 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 13, 2004, 5:53 PM EDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2004, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Arenac County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 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 13, 1:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 2004-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 37 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 2004-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
673 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 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.

240 
WUUS53 KAPX 132153
SVRAPX
MIC011-132230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
553 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 548 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 ABOUT 8 
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALGER...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STERLING AND 8 MILES NORTH OF STANDISH AROUND 600 PM EDT
  MAPLE RIDGE AND OMER AROUND 610 PM EDT
  TURNER AND TWINING AROUND 615 PM EDT

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4417 8417 4417 8395 4417 8374 4402 8377
          4393 8391 4394 8401 4401 8407 4401 8417

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 2:48 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXLeelanau42 min
Jun 13, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX90 min
Jun 13, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX90 min
Jun 13, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX93 min
Jun 13, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX93 min
Jun 13, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX93 min
Jun 13, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX93 min
Jun 13, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX93 min
Jun 13, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX81 min
Jun 13, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX81 min
Jun 13, 4:09 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXCharlevoix36 min
Jun 13, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX83 min
Jun 13, 4:22 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXCheboygan53 min
Jun 13, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX91 min
Jun 13, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOscoda26 min
Jun 13, 6:02 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXOgemaw43 min
Jun 13, 6:04 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXOgemaw41 min
Jun 13, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX85 min
Jun 13, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco47 min
Jun 13, 6:31 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXAlpena, Montmorency44 min
Jun 13, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX60 min
Jun 13, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX46 min
Jun 13, 7:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX49 min

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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.