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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 6, 2008Alpena County, Presque Isle County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2008, 6:00 PM EDT for Alpena County, Presque Isle County, Michigan. It was in force for 30 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
Jun 6, 2008, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2008, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Alpena County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 6, 2:18 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2008-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1221 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 175 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
1221 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
745 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KAPX 062200
TORAPX
MIC007-141-062230-
/O.NEW.KAPX.TO.W.0004.080606T2200Z-080606T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
600 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
  ALPENA COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 556 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR LACHINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  POSEN AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CATHRO AROUND 610 PM EDT...
  LONG LAKE AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKEWOOD AROUND 615 PM EDT...
  PRESQUE ISLE AND THOMPSONS HARBOR STATE PARK AROUND 620 PM 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 4513 8345 4498 8378 4506 8388 4514 8388
      4535 8376 4540 8369 4536 8360 4535 8351
      4537 8350 4534 8348 4528 8338 4523 8341
      4520 8338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 224DEG 50KT 4512 8378

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS34 KAPX 062226
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
625 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

MIC007-141-062230-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080606T2230Z/
PRESQUE ISLE MI-ALPENA MI-
625 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR ALPENA
AND PRESQUE ISLE COUNTIES...

AT 621 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LONG LAKE...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF ALPENA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS STORM WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF STRENGTHENING OVER THE PRESQUE ISLE 
AREA.

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 4514 8344 4519 8353 4526 8357 4527 8361
      4536 8360 4535 8351 4536 8350 4534 8348
      4528 8338 4523 8341 4520 8338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 230DEG 42KT 4526 8344

$$
000 
WWUS34 KAPX 062229
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
630 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

MIC007-141-062240-
/O.EXP.KAPX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080606T2230Z/
PRESQUE ISLE MI-ALPENA MI-
630 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ALPENA AND PRESQUE ISLE COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...

AT 630 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND
OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

LAT...LON 4514 8344 4519 8353 4526 8357 4527 8361
      4536 8360 4535 8351 4536 8350 4534 8348
      4528 8338 4523 8341 4520 8338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 230DEG 42KT 4530 8338

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 10:44 PM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryAPX7 hr
Jun 6, 4:11 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXMissaukee, Wexford47 min
Jun 6, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX55 min
Jun 6, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Crawford, Iosco, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Roscommon47 min
Jun 6, 5:02 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXAlcona, Iosco, Ogemaw, Oscoda43 min
Jun 6, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Arenac, Gladwin, Iosco71 min
Jun 6, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlpena, Montmorency, Otsego, Presque Isle60 min
Jun 6, 5:17 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXArenac43 min
Jun 6, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX63 min
Jun 6, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX115 min
Jun 6, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa, Mackinac35 min
Jun 6, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX54 min
Jun 6, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX56 min
Jun 6, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX54 min
Jun 6, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan, Emmet33 min
Jun 6, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX60 min
Jun 6, 7:58 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXMissaukee, Roscommon37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.