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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 10, 2005Roscommon County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2005, 2:38 PM EDT for Roscommon County, Michigan. It was in force for 41 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 10, 2005, 2:38 PM EDT (18:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2005, 3:19 PM EDT
In force
41 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), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 2005-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 439 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 2005-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 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
439 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
943 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KAPX 101839
SVRAPX
MIC143-101945-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0021.050610T1838Z-050610T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
238 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 235 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  HIGGINS LAKE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF HOUGHTON LAKE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROSCOMMON COUNTY AIRPORT AROUND 245 PM EDT...
  HIGGINS LAKE AROUND 250 PM EDT...
  SOUTH HIGGINS LAKE STATE PARK AND NORTH HIGGINS LAKE PARK AROUND
  255 PM EDT...
  ROSCOMMON AROUND 315 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 4445 8484 4427 8485 4449 8440 4451 8474

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS34 KAPX 101854
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
254 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

MIC143-101945-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050610T1945Z/
ROSCOMMON MI-
254 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR
ROSCOMMON COUNTY...

AT 253 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR SOUTH HIGGINS LAKE STATE PARK...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ROSCOMMON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROSCOMMON AROUND 320 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 4445 8484 4427 8485 4449 8440 4451 8474

$$
000 
WWUS34 KAPX 101919
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
319 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

MIC143-101929-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050610T1945Z/
ROSCOMMON MI-
319 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

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

AT 319 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS
WEAKENED. THE WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4445 8484 4427 8485 4449 8440 4451 8474

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 8:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOscoda42 min
Jun 10, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMissaukee16 min
Jun 10, 5:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAPXArenac60 min
Jun 10, 5:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAPXArenac3 hr
Jun 10, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan54 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.