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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 15, 2008Iosco County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2008, 5:33 PM EDT for Iosco County, Michigan. It was in force for 42 min. 6 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 15, 2008, 5:33 PM EDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2008, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Iosco County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 5:41 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 506 N Whittemore, MI
Jun 15, 5:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGTawas City, MIWIDESPREAD TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN BETWEEN NATIONAL CITY AND TAWAS CITY. EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN 540 PM AND 555 PM. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL AS WELL.
Jun 15, 5:45 PM EDTHAIL 0.882 N National City, MI
Jun 15, 5:55 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 60Tawas City, MIALSO HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL
Jun 15, 6:00 PM EDTHAIL 1Tawas City, MIESTIMATED 60 MPH WINDS.
Jun 15, 6:04 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Tawas City, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 15, 1:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 2008-06-15Temperature 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, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 2008-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1622 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 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 
WFUS53 KAPX 152132
TORAPX
MIC069-152215-
/O.NEW.KAPX.TO.W.0015.080615T2133Z-080615T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
533 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 529 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF HALE...OR 15 MILES WEST OF TAWAS CITY...
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP...
  TAWAS CITY...
  EAST TAWAS...

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 4433 8333 4427 8347 4427 8350 4426 8352
      4425 8388 4439 8389 4441 8332
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 271DEG 32KT 4430 8377

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS34 KAPX 152144
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
544 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

MIC069-152215-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-080615T2215Z/
IOSCO MI-
544 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR IOSCO
COUNTY...

AT 542 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP...OR 7 MILES WEST OF TAWAS
CITY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TAWAS CITY...
  EAST TAWAS...
  WILBER...

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 4436 8333 4433 8333 4427 8347 4427 8350
      4426 8352 4425 8380 4440 8374 4441 8332
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 271DEG 32KT 4430 8363

$$
000 
WWUS34 KAPX 152154
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
554 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

MIC069-152215-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-080615T2215Z/
IOSCO MI-
554 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR IOSCO
COUNTY...

AT 550 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST TAWAS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

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 4433 8333 4431 8337 4431 8338 4427 8347
      4427 8350 4426 8352 4426 8369 4440 8364
      4441 8332
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 268DEG 39KT 4429 8343

$$
000 
WWUS34 KAPX 152208
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
608 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

MIC069-152218-
/O.EXP.KAPX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-080615T2215Z/
IOSCO MI-
608 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR IOSCO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM EDT...

AT 608 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD EXITED THE AREA. THE
WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...AND CONDITIONS REMAIN
FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN AND NEAR THE WATCH
AREA. REMAIN PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 4433 8333 4431 8337 4431 8338 4427 8347
      4427 8350 4426 8352 4426 8369 4440 8364
      4441 8332
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 268DEG 39KT 4429 8322

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Grand Traverse, Manistee, Wexford38 min
Jun 14, 9:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGrand Traverse, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Wexford58 min
Jun 14, 9:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX63 min
Jun 14, 9:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX63 min
Jun 14, 9:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Alpena, Montmorency, Oscoda41 min
Jun 14, 9:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Grand Traverse, Manistee, Wexford34 min
Jun 14, 9:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford, Kalkaska33 min
Jun 14, 9:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Crawford, Kalkaska, Otsego47 min
Jun 14, 10:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlpena, Montmorency35 min
Jun 14, 11:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGrand Traverse24 min
Jun 15, 1:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford, Oscoda37 min
Jun 15, 1:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX116 min
Jun 15, 1:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Iosco, Ogemaw79 min
Jun 15, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOscoda18 min
Jun 15, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXArenac31 min
Jun 15, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco62 min
Jun 15, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOgemaw31 min
Jun 15, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX2 hr
Jun 15, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska54 min
Jun 15, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco21 min
Jun 15, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford, Missaukee, Roscommon57 min
Jun 15, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford, Oscoda56 min
Jun 15, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Iosco39 min
Jun 15, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX56 min
Jun 15, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOgemaw64 min
Jun 15, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX93 min
Jun 15, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Oscoda51 min
Jun 15, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco62 min
Jun 15, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX100 min
Jun 15, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau38 min
Jun 15, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX96 min
Jun 15, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlpena, Presque Isle44 min
Jun 15, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX57 min
Jun 15, 6:07 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXAlpena23 min
Jun 15, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGrand Traverse, Leelanau50 min
Jun 15, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGrand Traverse36 min
Jun 15, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXKalkaska53 min
Jun 15, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMissaukee36 min
Jun 15, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford, Roscommon62 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.