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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Gaylord, MI

October 3, 2006Manistee County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Oct 3, 2006, 11:57 PM EDT for Manistee County, Michigan. It was in force for 48 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
Oct 3, 2006, 11:57 PM EDT (03:57 UTC)
Expired
Oct 4, 2006, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Manistee County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 3, 10:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 00:00Z on 2006-10-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2006-10-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 218 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
925 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
336 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KAPX 040357
TORAPX
MIC101-040445-
/O.NEW.KAPX.TO.W.0003.061004T0357Z-061004T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1157 PM EDT TUE OCT 3 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MANISTEE COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT

* AT 1153 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR NORWALK...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANISTEE...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BRETHREN AROUND 1205 AM EDT...
  WELLSTON AROUND 1215 AM EDT...
  DUBLIN AROUND 1220 AM EDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4418 8603 4431 8624 4448 8609 4435 8583
      4417 8583

$$
MSB
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS34 KAPX 040408
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1208 AM EDT WED OCT 4 2006

MIC101-040445-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061004T0445Z/
MANISTEE MI-
1208 AM EDT WED OCT 4 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR MANISTEE
COUNTY...

AT 1205 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KALEVA...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF
THOMPSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  8 MILES EAST OF BRETHREN AROUND 1220 AM EDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4421 8583 4429 8615 4447 8602 4446 8582

$$
MSB
000 
WWUS34 KAPX 040424
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1224 AM EDT WED OCT 4 2006

MIC101-040445-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061004T0445Z/
MANISTEE MI-
1224 AM EDT WED OCT 4 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR MANISTEE
COUNTY...

AT 1222 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ONEKAMA...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
THOMPSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KALEVA AROUND 1230 AM EDT...
  COPEMISH AND 7 MILES NORTH OF BRETHREN AROUND 1235 AM EDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4423 8584 4435 8625 4452 8618 4451 8583

$$
MSB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 3, 9:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX91 min
Oct 3, 10:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Leelanau, Manistee64 min
Oct 3, 11:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGrand Traverse, Wexford60 min
Oct 3, 11:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX87 min
Oct 3, 11:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXKalkaska56 min
Oct 3, 11:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXManistee62 min
Oct 4, 12:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXWexford58 min
Oct 4, 12:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXManistee19 min
Oct 4, 1:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMissaukee46 min
Oct 4, 1:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXWexford21 min
Oct 4, 1:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXRoscommon43 min
Oct 4, 1:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGladwin, Ogemaw37 min
Oct 4, 2:21 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX54 min
Oct 4, 4:03 AM EDTFlood WatchAPXBenzie, Grand Traverse, Manistee, Missaukee, Wexford8 hr

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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.