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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 13, 2004Cheboygan County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2004, 4:22 PM EDT for Cheboygan County, Michigan. It was in force for 53 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 13, 2004, 4:22 PM EDT (20:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2004, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cheboygan County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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 13, 4:32 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 W Wolverine, MITREES UPROOTED

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

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

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 2004-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1724 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 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.

495 
WFUS53 KAPX 132022
TORAPX
MIC031-132115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
422 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 422 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOLVERINE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF
  BOYNE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WOLVERINE AROUND 435 PM EDT
  INTERSTATE 75 MILE MARKER 305 AROUND 440 PM EDT
  AFTON AROUND 450 PM EDT
  TOWER AROUND 505 PM EDT
  6 MILES SOUTH OF BLACK LAKE AROUND 515 PM EDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4520 8424 4520 8448 4520 8473 4534 8473
          4555 8424 4528 8425

$$

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, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX91 min
Jun 13, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOscoda26 min
Jun 13, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXArenac37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.