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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 5, 2005Cheboygan County, Presque Isle County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2005, 1:57 PM EDT for Cheboygan County, Presque Isle County, Michigan. It was in force for 46 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 5, 2005, 1:57 PM EDT (17:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2005, 2:43 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cheboygan County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 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 5, 1:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2005-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 772 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 2005-06-05The 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
772 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KAPX 051758
SVRAPX
MIC031-141-051900-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0002.050605T1757Z-050605T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
157 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHEBOYGAN COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
  PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 155 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NINE MILE POINT...OR ABOUT 11 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF CHEBOYGAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY AROUND 210 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. 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 4563 8441 4546 8430 4566 8355 4591 8371

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS34 KAPX 051812
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
212 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005

MIC031-051822-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050605T1900Z/
CHEBOYGAN MI-
212 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHEBOYGAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 4566 8421 4534 8407 4533 8358 4543 8367

$$

MIC141-051900-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050605T1900Z/
PRESQUE ISLE MI-
212 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR
PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY...

AT 208 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROGERS CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

AT 207 PM EDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED NICKEL SIZED HAIL NEAR 
HURON BEACH.

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. 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 4566 8421 4534 8407 4533 8358 4543 8367

$$
000 
WWUS34 KAPX 051843
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
243 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005

MIC141-051853-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050605T1900Z/
PRESQUE ISLE MI-
243 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 243 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS WEAKENED
AND EXITED THE AREA. THE WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 8 PM EDT. 

LAT...LON 4566 8421 4534 8407 4533 8358 4543 8367

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 2:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX60 min
Jun 5, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX87 min
Jun 5, 2:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX55 min
Jun 5, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX116 min
Jun 5, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlpena, Presque Isle56 min
Jun 5, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona52 min
Jun 5, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX118 min
Jun 5, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX88 min
Jun 5, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford, Oscoda44 min
Jun 5, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX94 min
Jun 5, 7:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX118 min
Jun 5, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMontmorency55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.