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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 30, 2004Alcona County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2004, 3:10 PM EDT for Alcona County, Michigan. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 2004, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2004, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Alcona County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 30, 3:16 PM EDTHAIL 13 Sw Harrisville, MITRAINED SPOTTER OBSERVED 1 INCH HAIL

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 2004-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2004-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1479 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 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.

053 
WUUS53 KAPX 301910
SVRAPX
MIC001-302015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
309 PM EDT WED JUN 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 307 PM EDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
  PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BLACK 
  RIVER TO 7 MILES NORTH OF OSCODA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  HARRISVILLE AROUND 315 PM EDT...

TRAINED SPOTTER NEAR BLACK RIVER REPORTED THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL AT 
308 PM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ALL
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTNING. REMAIN INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE 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 4461 8332 4452 8331 4451 8332 4452 8345
      4485 8343 4485 8331 4481 8329 4476 8330
      4473 8328 4466 8329 4465 8328

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX61 min
Jun 30, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco55 min
Jun 30, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX53 min
Jun 30, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco46 min
Jun 30, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa81 min
Jun 30, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX63 min
Jun 30, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX64 min
Jun 30, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX66 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.