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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 8, 2005Roscommon County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2005, 2:36 PM EDT for Roscommon County, Michigan. It was in force for 54 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 8, 2005, 2:36 PM EDT (18:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2005, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Roscommon County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 8, 2:52 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Roscommon, MI

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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 2005-06-08Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 2005-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 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
1069 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 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.

000 
WUUS53 KAPX 081836
SVRAPX
MIC143-081930-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0013.050608T1836Z-050608T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
236 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 227 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH HIGGINS LAKE PARK...OR ABOUT 7 MILES
  WEST OF ROSCOMMON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROSCOMMON AROUND 245 PM EDT...

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 4450 8484 4440 8485 4437 8440 4451 8438

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS34 KAPX 081851
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
250 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2005

MIC143-081930-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050608T1930Z/
ROSCOMMON MI-
250 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR
ROSCOMMON COUNTY...

AT 244 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH HIGGINS LAKE PARK...OR ABOUT 4
MILES WEST OF ROSCOMMON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROSCOMMON AROUND 300 PM EDT...
  6 MILES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 75 MILE MARKER 234 AROUND 310 PM EDT...

AT 245 PM...PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AT HIGGINS 
LAKE.

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 4450 8484 4440 8485 4437 8444 4450 8443

$$
000 
WWUS34 KAPX 081911
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
311 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2005

MIC143-081930-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050608T1930Z/
ROSCOMMON MI-
311 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR
ROSCOMMON COUNTY...

AT 302 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. HELEN...MOVING EAST AT 20 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 4451 8485 4439 8485 4436 8439 4451 8438

$$
000 
WWUS34 KAPX 081928
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
327 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2005

MIC143-081937-
/O.EXP.KAPX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050608T1930Z/
ROSCOMMON MI-
327 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ROSCOMMON COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

AT 327 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS EXITED
THE AREA. THE WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

THIS STORM PRODUCED PENNY SIZE HAIL IN ROSCOMMON AT 252 
PM...REPORTED BY THE COUNTY SHERIFF.  

LAT...LON 4451 8485 4439 8485 4436 8439 4451 8438

$$
JK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 11:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX97 min
Jun 8, 12:14 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX2 hr
Jun 8, 2:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGladwin66 min
Jun 8, 2:17 AM EDTTornado WarningAPXGladwin47 min
Jun 8, 2:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXArenac34 min
Jun 8, 3:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco25 min
Jun 8, 3:17 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX118 min
Jun 8, 3:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Alpena27 min
Jun 8, 2:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXKalkaska, Missaukee31 min
Jun 8, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOgemaw60 min
Jun 8, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco57 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.