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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2006, 8:41 PM EDT for Gratiot County, Michigan. It was in force for 34 min. 2 reports 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 25, 2006, 8:41 PM EDT (00:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2006, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Gratiot County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:45 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Ssw Breckenridge, MI | WEAK TORNADO OBSERVED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF LINCOLN ROAD AND WISNER ROAD. TORNADO LIFTED NEAR HERE. |
| May 25, 8:50 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Ssw Breckenridge, MI | WEAK TORNADO OBSERVED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF LINCOLN ROAD AND WISNER ROAD. TORNADO LIFTED NEAR HERE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 3:14 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 920 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 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 KGRR 260041 TORGRR MIC057-260115- /O.NEW.KGRR.TO.W.0002.060526T0041Z-060526T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 841 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... GRATIOT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN * UNTIL 915 PM EDT * AT 837 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRECKENRIDGE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF ITHACA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN. LAT...LON 4337 8457 4322 8443 4341 8400 4359 8418 $$ OSTUNO
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGRR 260056 SVSGRR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 854 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 MIC057-260115- /O.CON.KGRR.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060526T0115Z/ GRATIOT MI- 854 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GRATIOT COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM EDT... AT 852 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED BETWEEN SAINT LOUIS AND BRECKENRIDGE AND WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4337 8457 4322 8443 4341 8400 4359 8418 $$ OSTUNO
000 WWUS53 KGRR 260115 SVSGRR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 915 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 MIC057-260125- /O.EXP.KGRR.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060526T0115Z/ GRATIOT MI- 915 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GRATIOT COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 4337 8457 4322 8443 4341 8400 4359 8418 $$ OSTUNO
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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.