Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2006, 5:10 PM EDT for Hillsdale County, Michigan. It was in force for 65 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
- Jun 21, 2006, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2006, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hillsdale County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 5:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Hillsdale, MI | WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES. |
| Jun 21, 5:35 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Ne Jonesville, MI |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 4:06 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 574 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 950 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIWX 212111 TORIWX MIC059-212215- /O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0007.060621T2110Z-060621T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 510 PM EDT WED JUN 21 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN HILLSDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN * UNTIL 615 PM EDT * AT 508 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LITCHFIELD...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF HILLSDALE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE... JONESVILLE... NORTH ADAMS... JEROME... 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. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL 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 4208 8480 4192 8475 4197 8437 4208 8437 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KIWX 212124 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 524 PM EDT WED JUN 21 2006 MIC059-212215- /O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060621T2215Z/ HILLSDALE MI- 524 PM EDT WED JUN 21 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN HILLSDALE COUNTY... AT 523 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH ADAMS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF HILLSDALE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE... RURAL NORTHEASTERN HILLSDALE COUNTY... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO. LAT...LON 4208 8480 4192 8475 4197 8437 4208 8437 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Saint Joseph | 57 min |
| Jun 21, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Hillsdale | 63 min |
| Jun 21, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Saint Joseph | 55 min |
| Jun 21, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Saint Joseph | 62 min |
| Jun 21, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch, Hillsdale | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Berrien | 61 min |
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.