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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Gaylord, MI

May 30, 2006Presque Isle County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2006, 2:34 PM EDT for Presque Isle County, Michigan. It was in force for 56 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
May 30, 2006, 2:34 PM EDT (18:34 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2006, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Presque Isle County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 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
May 30, 2:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGOnaway, MITREES DOWN

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 129 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 2006-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 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 2006-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-196 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KAPX 301834
SVRAPX
MIC141-301930-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0013.060530T1834Z-060530T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
234 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 231 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF ONAWAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ONAWAY AROUND 245 PM EDT...
  MILLERSBURG AND OCQUEOC AROUND 255 PM EDT...
  HAWKS AROUND 305 PM EDT...
  8 MILES NORTHWEST OF METZ AROUND 310 PM EDT...
  ROGERS CITY...P H HOEFT STATE PARK AND HAGENSVILLE AROUND 315 PM
  EDT...
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF INTERSECTION OF M-65 AND US-23 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 4521 8424 4522 8375 4537 8367 4548 8389
      4552 8422

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS34 KAPX 301901
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
301 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006

MIC141-301930-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060530T1930Z/
PRESQUE ISLE MI-
301 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006

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

AT 256 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR ONAWAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAWKS AROUND 315 PM EDT...
  9 MILES NORTHWEST OF METZ AROUND 320 PM EDT...
  ROGERS CITY...P H HOEFT STATE PARK AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  HAGENSVILLE AROUND 325 PM EDT...
  8 MILES NORTHWEST OF INTERSECTION OF M-65 AND US-23 AROUND 330 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 4521 8423 4524 8387 4535 8364 4548 8389
      4547 8423

$$
000 
WWUS34 KAPX 301924
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
325 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006

MIC141-301935-
/O.EXP.KAPX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060530T1930Z/
PRESQUE ISLE MI-
325 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

AT 325 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS
WEAKENED. THE WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

ADDITIONAL STRONG STORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ANY ADDITIONAL WARNINGS.

LAT...LON 4521 8423 4524 8387 4535 8364 4548 8389
      4547 8423

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 1:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX47 min
May 30, 1:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX61 min
May 30, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan, Otsego67 min
May 30, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim63 min
May 30, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan29 min
May 30, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOtsego51 min
May 30, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX2 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.