Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2008, 3:21 PM EDT for Arenac County, Iosco County, Ogemaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 39 min. 3 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 8, 2008, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2008, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Arenac County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 3:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sterling, MI | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTYWIDE |
| Jun 8, 3:46 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Au Gres, MI | SEVERAL REPORTS OF A FUNNEL CLOUD. |
| Jun 8, 3:48 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Au Gres, MI |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -380 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1210 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 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 KAPX 081921
TORAPX
MIC011-069-129-082000-
/O.NEW.KAPX.TO.W.0007.080608T1921Z-080608T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
321 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
IOSCO COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
OGEMAW COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
ARENAC COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 319 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR STERLING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
OMER AROUND 330 PM EDT...
MAPLE RIDGE AROUND 335 PM EDT...
TWINING AND TURNER AROUND 340 PM EDT...
NATIONAL CITY AROUND 350 PM EDT...
TAWAS CITY AROUND 355 PM EDT...
TAWAS POINT STATE PARK AND EAST TAWAS AROUND 400 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 4433 8333 4424 8346 4427 8347 4427 8350
4423 8355 4406 8357 4404 8366 4399 8369
4400 8383 4391 8392 4391 8404 4399 8405
4399 8415 4403 8417 4416 8417 4417 8425
4423 8428 4449 8388 4450 8331
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 236DEG 43KT 4399 8403
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS34 KAPX 081936
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
335 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
MIC011-069-129-082000-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080608T2000Z/
IOSCO MI-OGEMAW MI-ARENAC MI-
335 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR ARENAC...
OGEMAW AND IOSCO COUNTIES...
AT 331 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STANDISH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
OMER AROUND 340 PM EDT...
AU GRES...TWINING AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TURNER AROUND 345 PM
EDT...
10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NATIONAL CITY AND 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
WHITTEMORE AROUND 350 PM EDT...
8 MILES SOUTH OF TAWAS POINT STATE PARK...9 MILES SOUTH OF TAWAS
CITY AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF EAST TAWAS AROUND 400 PM EDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4433 8333 4424 8346 4427 8347 4427 8350
4423 8355 4406 8357 4404 8366 4399 8369
4400 8383 4391 8392 4391 8404 4399 8405
4399 8415 4403 8417 4416 8417 4417 8425
4423 8428 4449 8388 4450 8331
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 242DEG 45KT 4400 8389
$$000
WWUS34 KAPX 081944
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
342 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
MIC011-069-129-082000-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080608T2000Z/
IOSCO MI-OGEMAW MI-ARENAC MI-
342 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR ARENAC...
OGEMAW AND IOSCO COUNTIES...
AT 339 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OMER...OR 7 MILES WEST OF AU GRES...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
RADAR INDICATES THAT THE ROTATION IN THIS STORM HAS STRENGTHENED IN
THE PAST FEW MINUTES. IT WILL PASS ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF AU GRES
BY 355 PM.
* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NATIONAL CITY AROUND 355 PM EDT...
8 MILES SOUTH OF TAWAS POINT STATE PARK...9 MILES SOUTH OF TAWAS
CITY AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF EAST TAWAS AROUND 400 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 4433 8333 4424 8346 4427 8347 4427 8350
4423 8355 4406 8357 4404 8366 4399 8369
4400 8383 4391 8392 4391 8404 4399 8405
4399 8415 4403 8417 4416 8417 4417 8425
4423 8428 4449 8388 4450 8331
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 242DEG 45KT 4404 8378
$$000
WWUS34 KAPX 082000
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
400 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
MIC011-069-129-082010-
/O.EXP.KAPX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080608T2000Z/
IOSCO MI-OGEMAW MI-ARENAC MI-
400 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ARENAC...OGEMAW AND IOSCO COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...
AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO HAD WEAKENED AND EXITED THE
AREA. THE WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
AT 348 PM...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN AU GRES WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 4433 8333 4424 8346 4427 8347 4427 8350
4423 8355 4406 8357 4404 8366 4399 8369
4400 8383 4391 8392 4391 8404 4399 8405
4399 8415 4403 8417 4416 8417 4417 8425
4423 8428 4449 8388 4450 8331
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 242DEG 45KT 4414 8350
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Missaukee, Roscommon | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Gladwin, Ogemaw, Roscommon | 54 min |
| Jun 8, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Arenac, Gladwin, Iosco, Ogemaw | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 65 min | |
| Jun 8, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona, Oscoda | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 3:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Alcona | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 55 min |
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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.