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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Gaylord, MI

October 26, 2010Iosco County, Ogemaw County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 2010, 1:28 PM EDT for Iosco County, Ogemaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 27 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
Oct 26, 2010, 1:28 PM EDT (17:28 UTC)
Expired
Oct 26, 2010, 1:55 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Iosco County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:30 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
Oct 26, 11:04 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 2010-10-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 2010-10-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 342 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
486 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
342 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
405 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.

243 
WFUS53 KAPX 261728
TORAPX
MIC069-129-261815-
/O.NEW.KAPX.TO.W.0005.101026T1728Z-101026T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
128 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN IOSCO COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
  EASTERN OGEMAW COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT

* AT 125 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WEST BRANCH...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SELKIRK...ROSE CITY...RIFLE RIVER STATE PARK...ROSE TOWNSHIP...
  LUPTON...LONG LAKE AND SOUTH BRANCH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4419 8407 4416 8414 4417 8416 4423 8422
      4432 8422 4451 8414 4451 8362
TIME...MOT...LOC 1728Z 216DEG 54KT 4427 8411

$$


ARNOTT
2 follow-up statements
840 
WWUS34 KAPX 261741
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
141 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

MIC069-129-261815-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-101026T1815Z/
IOSCO MI-OGEMAW MI-
141 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN OGEMAW AND
NORTHWESTERN IOSCO COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM EDT...

AT 139 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SELKIRK...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEST
BRANCH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RIFLE RIVER STATE PARK...LUPTON...ROSE TOWNSHIP...LONG LAKE AND
  SOUTH BRANCH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4424 8402 4427 8413 4433 8416 4451 8414
      4451 8362
TIME...MOT...LOC 1741Z 212DEG 38KT 4438 8403
WIND...HAIL <50MPH <.50IN

$$


ARNOTT
275 
WWUS34 KAPX 261755
SVSAPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
155 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

MIC069-129-261804-
/O.CAN.KAPX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-101026T1815Z/
IOSCO MI-OGEMAW MI-
155 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN OGEMAW AND NORTHWESTERN IOSCO
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING. 

LAT...LON 4424 8402 4427 8413 4433 8416 4451 8414
      4451 8362
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 212DEG 38KT 4450 8393
WIND...HAIL <50MPH <.50IN

$$


ARNOTT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 9:08 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX30 min
Oct 26, 11:34 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX41 min
Oct 26, 11:43 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX62 min
Oct 26, 12:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX90 min
Oct 26, 12:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGladwin42 min
Oct 26, 1:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXArenac, Gladwin, Iosco, Ogemaw38 min
Oct 26, 1:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX95 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.