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Tornado Watch 395

June 4, 20056 counties in Michigan; 7 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 4, 2005, 6:15 PM EDT for 6 counties in Michigan; 7 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2005, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2005, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Baraga County, MI, Gogebic County, MI, Houghton County, MI, Iron County, MI, Marquette County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI, Ashland County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Iron County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Vilas County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

2 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 6:29 PM EDTTornado WarningDLHAshland46 min
Jun 4, 7:44 PM EDTTornado WarningDLHAshland33 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 261 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2005-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2005-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 5:59 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGogebic, Iron, Menominee, Ontonagon61 min
Jun 4, 12:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 10 more6 hr
Jun 4, 3:23 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Buffalo, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark and 37 more2 hr
Jun 4, 3:48 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee and 7 more57 min
Jun 4, 4:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Barron, Brown, Buffalo, Calumet, Chippewa and 31 more7 hr

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.