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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Gaylord, MI
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 11:04 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 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.
- 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
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
$$
ARNOTT2 follow-up statements
840
WWUS34 KAPX 261741
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
141 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010
MIC069-129-261815-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-101026T1815Z/
IOSCO MI-OGEMAW MI-
141 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN OGEMAW AND
NORTHWESTERN IOSCO COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM EDT...
AT 139 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SELKIRK...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEST
BRANCH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RIFLE RIVER STATE PARK...LUPTON...ROSE TOWNSHIP...LONG LAKE AND
SOUTH BRANCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4424 8402 4427 8413 4433 8416 4451 8414
4451 8362
TIME...MOT...LOC 1741Z 212DEG 38KT 4438 8403
WIND...HAIL <50MPH <.50IN
$$
ARNOTT275
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
$$
ARNOTTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 9:08 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 30 min | |
| Oct 26, 11:34 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 41 min | |
| Oct 26, 11:43 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 62 min | |
| Oct 26, 12:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 90 min | |
| Oct 26, 12:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Gladwin | 42 min |
| Oct 26, 1:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Arenac, Gladwin, Iosco, Ogemaw | 38 min |
| Oct 26, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 95 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.