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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 13, 2004Alpena County, Montmorency County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2004, 6:31 PM EDT for Alpena County, Montmorency County, Michigan. It was in force for 44 min. 9 reports 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, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2004, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Alpena County, MI, Montmorency County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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, 6:33 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGHillman, MIROOF TORN OFF BUILDING
Jun 13, 6:33 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGHillman, MIROOF TORN OFF BUILDING
Jun 13, 6:33 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGHillman, MIROOF TORN OFF BUILDING
Jun 13, 6:37 PM EDTFUNNEL CLOUD8 W Lachine, MI
Jun 13, 6:37 PM EDTFUNNEL CLOUD8 W Lachine, MI
Jun 13, 6:37 PM EDTFUNNEL CLOUD8 W Lachine, MI
Jun 13, 6:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 E Hillman, MI30 TREES BLOWN DOWN AND A LARGE BILLBOARD
Jun 13, 6:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 E Hillman, MI30 TREES BLOWN DOWN AND A LARGE BILLBOARD
Jun 13, 6:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 E Hillman, MI30 TREES BLOWN DOWN AND A LARGE BILLBOARD

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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 103 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.

045 
WFUS53 KAPX 132231
TORAPX
MIC007-119-132315-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MONTMORENCY COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
  ALPENA COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 627 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR HILLMAN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LACHINE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LACHINE AND LONG RAPIDS AROUND 640 PM EDT
  CATHRO AROUND 655 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 4495 8350 4494 8366 4495 8379 4496 8390
          4500 8397 4519 8390 4520 8342

$$

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, 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, 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.