Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2009, 8:47 PM EDT for Hillsdale County, Michigan. It was in force for 31 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, 2009, 8:47 PM EDT (00:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2009, 9:18 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Hillsdale County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 786 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 376 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KIWX 090047
TORIWX
MIC059-090130-
/O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0008.090609T0047Z-090609T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
847 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL HILLSDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 845 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BEAR LAKE...OR 3 MILES SOUTH OF HILLSDALE...AND MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
OSSEO AND SHADYSIDE...
PITTSFORD...
PRATTVILLE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 4190 8436 4190 8435 4176 8436 4184 8470
4195 8467 4195 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 278DEG 26KT 4187 8461
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIWX 090102
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
902 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2009
MIC059-090130-
/O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090609T0130Z/
HILLSDALE MI-
902 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL HILLSDALE COUNTY...
AT 900 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PITTSFORD...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF
HILLSDALE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 4190 8436 4190 8435 4179 8436 4184 8454
4195 8452 4195 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 278DEG 26KT 4187 8441
$$000
WWUS53 KIWX 090118
SVSIWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
918 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2009
MIC059-090128-
/O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090609T0130Z/
HILLSDALE MI-
918 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HILLSDALE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 917 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF
THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4190 8436 4190 8435 4179 8436 4184 8454
4195 8452 4195 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 278DEG 26KT 4185 8426
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Hillsdale | 26 min |
| Jun 8, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch, Hillsdale | 66 min |
| Jun 8, 9:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Branch | 27 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.