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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2006, 3:58 PM EDT for Gladwin County, Michigan. It was in force for 47 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
- May 25, 2006, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2006, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Gladwin County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 161 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1108 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KAPX 251958 TORAPX MIC051-252045- /O.NEW.KAPX.TO.W.0002.060525T1958Z-060525T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 358 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... GLADWIN COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN * UNTIL 445 PM EDT * AT 356 PM EDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WINEGARS...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GLADWIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... WINEGARS AROUND 405 PM EDT... WOODEN SHOE VILLAGE AROUND 415 PM EDT... 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOCKADAY AROUND 425 PM EDT... AT 357 PM EDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD JUST SOUTH OF BEAVERTON. THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4392 8462 4381 8442 4404 8418 4417 8436 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS34 KAPX 252010 SVSAPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 409 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 MIC051-252045- /O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060525T2045Z/ GLADWIN MI- 409 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR GLADWIN COUNTY... AT 407 PM EDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODEN SHOE VILLAGE...OR ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF GLADWIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... HOCKADAY AROUND 425 PM EDT... IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4392 8462 4381 8442 4404 8418 4417 8436 $$
000 WWUS34 KAPX 252026 SVSAPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 424 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 MIC051-252045- /O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060525T2045Z/ GLADWIN MI- 424 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR GLADWIN COUNTY... AT 422 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AS WELL AS PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF GLADWIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... BOWMANVILLE AROUND 445 PM EDT... AT 407 PM EDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER JUST NORTH OF BEAVERTON REPORTED A DISSIPATING FUNNEL CLOUD. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4383 8460 4384 8418 4417 8417 4417 8460 $$
000 WWUS34 KAPX 252045 SVSAPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 445 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 MIC051-252055- /O.EXP.KAPX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060525T2045Z/ GLADWIN MI- 445 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GLADWIN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 445 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED. THE WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ADDITIONAL STRONG STORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ANY ADDITIONAL WARNINGS. LAT...LON 4383 8460 4384 8418 4417 8417 4417 8460 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Gladwin | 60 min |
| May 25, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Iosco | 33 min |
| May 25, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Cheboygan, Presque Isle | 61 min |
| May 25, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 60 min |
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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.