Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2008, 3:52 PM EDT for Alcona County, Michigan. It was in force for 38 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 8, 2008, 3:52 PM EDT (19:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2008, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Alcona County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 081953
TORAPX
MIC001-082030-
/O.NEW.KAPX.TO.W.0008.080608T1952Z-080608T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
352 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ALCONA COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 347 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF CURTISVILLE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GLENNIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GLENNIE...
MILEN TOWNSHIP...
CURRAN...
BARTON CITY...
MIKADO...
HUBBARD LAKE...
LINCOLN...
SPRUCE...
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 4451 8342 4452 8389 4456 8389 4486 8372
4486 8331 4479 8328 4477 8329 4474 8329
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 231DEG 52KT 4450 8380
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS34 KAPX 082002
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
402 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
MIC001-082030-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080608T2030Z/
ALCONA MI-
402 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR ALCONA
COUNTY...
AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLENNIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BARTON CITY AROUND 415 PM EDT...
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MIKADO AND 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUBBARD LAKE
AROUND 420 PM EDT...
LINCOLN AROUND 425 PM EDT...
6 MILES SOUTH OF BLACK RIVER...7 MILES SOUTH OF NEGWEGON STATE PARK
AND 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRUCE AROUND 430 PM EDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4451 8342 4452 8389 4456 8389 4486 8372
4486 8331 4479 8328 4477 8329 4474 8329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 234DEG 41KT 4454 8371
$$000
WWUS34 KAPX 082015
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
414 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
MIC001-082030-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080608T2030Z/
ALCONA MI-
414 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR ALCONA
COUNTY...
AT 412 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BARTON CITY...OR 7 MILES EAST OF GLENNIE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
RADAR INDICATES THAT THE STORM ROTATION HAS BEEN WEAKENING.
HOWEVER...THIS REMAINS A DANGEROUS STORM. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH
REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUBBARD LAKE AROUND 420 PM EDT...
LINCOLN AROUND 425 PM EDT...
7 MILES SOUTH OF BLACK RIVER...7 MILES SOUTH OF NEGWEGON STATE PARK
AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRUCE AROUND 430 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 4451 8342 4452 8389 4456 8389 4486 8372
4486 8331 4479 8328 4477 8329 4474 8329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 234DEG 41KT 4462 8355
$$000
WWUS34 KAPX 082031
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
430 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
MIC001-082040-
/O.EXP.KAPX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080608T2030Z/
ALCONA MI-
430 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ALCONA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO HAD WEAKENED. THE WARNING
HAS THEREFORE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4451 8342 4452 8389 4456 8389 4486 8372
4486 8331 4479 8328 4477 8329 4474 8329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 234DEG 41KT 4462 8353
$$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, 3:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Arenac, Iosco, Ogemaw | 39 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.