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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2011, 8:31 PM EDT for Crawford County, Roscommon County, Michigan. It was in force for 19 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 22, 2011, 8:31 PM EDT (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2011, 8:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crawford County, MI, Roscommon County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
759 WFUS53 KAPX 230031 TORAPX MIC039-143-230100- /O.NEW.KAPX.TO.W.0002.110623T0031Z-110623T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 831 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... NORTH CENTRAL ROSCOMMON COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... * UNTIL 900 PM EDT * AT 825 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF HOUGHTON LAKE...7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROSCOMMON. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ROSCOMMON AND SOUTH BRANCH TOWNSHIP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS REPORTED ON THE GROUND. 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 4457 8465 4457 8438 4439 8459 4442 8480 TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 220DEG 21KT 4445 8465 $$
1 follow-up statement
218 WWUS34 KAPX 230050 SVSAPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 850 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011 MIC039-143-230100- /O.CAN.KAPX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110623T0100Z/ CRAWFORD MI-ROSCOMMON MI- 850 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL ROSCOMMON AND SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER DAMAGE...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD. LAT...LON 4457 8465 4457 8438 4439 8459 4442 8480 TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 220DEG 21KT 4454 8454 WIND...HAIL <50MPH <.50IN $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 8:32 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | APX | Cheboygan, Emmet, Presque Isle | 7 hr |
| Jun 22, 8:46 PM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | APX | 21 hr |
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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.