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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 2, 2006Mackinac County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2006, 4:47 PM EDT for Mackinac County, Michigan. It was in force for 28 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 2, 2006, 4:47 PM EDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2006, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mackinac County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 2006-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 2006-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1367 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 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 022047
SVRAPX
MIC097-022115-
/O.NEW.KAPX.SV.W.0021.060602T2047Z-060602T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
447 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MACKINAC COUNTY IN EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 443 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF EVERGREEN SHORES...OR ABOUT 10
  MILES NORTH OF ST. IGNACE...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES NORTHEAST OF EVERGREEN SHORES AROUND 515 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 4606 8465 4601 8479 4585 8473 4600 8465

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS34 KAPX 022058
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
457 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006

MIC097-022115-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060602T2115Z/
MACKINAC MI-
457 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR
MACKINAC COUNTY...

AT 456 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF MACKINAC ISLAND...OR ABOUT 7
MILES NORTH OF ST. IGNACE...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MACKINAC ISLAND AROUND 515 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 4603 8468 4596 8474 4586 8473 4584 8455

$$
000 
WWUS34 KAPX 022114
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
514 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006

MIC097-022124-
/O.EXP.KAPX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060602T2115Z/
MACKINAC MI-
514 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006

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

AT 514 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 4603 8468 4596 8474 4586 8473 4584 8455

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco64 min
Jun 2, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMackinac56 min
Jun 2, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa52 min
Jun 2, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona39 min
Jun 2, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX63 min
Jun 2, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGladwin49 min
Jun 2, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMackinac34 min
Jun 2, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.