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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2012, 6:46 PM EDT for Gladwin County, Michigan. It was in force for 26 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
- Mar 12, 2012, 6:46 PM EDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2012, 7:12 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Gladwin County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 4:22 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 1981 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
984
WFUS53 KAPX 122246
TORAPX
MIC051-122330-
/O.NEW.KAPX.TO.W.0002.120312T2246Z-120312T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
646 PM EDT MON MAR 12 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN GLADWIN COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT
* AT 642 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLEMAN...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLARE...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
RHODES AROUND 720 PM EDT.
LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM AS IT CROSSES THE FAR SOUTHEAST CORNER OF GLADWIN COUNTY.
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 4381 8454 4382 8454 4383 8451 4394 8421
4395 8416 4394 8415 4383 8416 4382 8417
4382 8436 4381 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 241DEG 33KT 4375 8455
$$
LAWRENCE2 follow-up statements
686
WWUS34 KAPX 122255
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
655 PM EDT MON MAR 12 2012
MIC051-122330-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120312T2330Z/
GLADWIN MI-
655 PM EDT MON MAR 12 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN GLADWIN
COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM EDT...
AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF COLEMAN...OR 14 MILES
EAST OF CLARE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RHODES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4381 8454 4383 8451 4394 8421 4395 8416
4394 8415 4383 8416 4382 8417 4382 8436
4381 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 240DEG 35KT 4380 8443
WIND...HAIL <50MPH <.50IN
$$
LAWRENCE543
WWUS34 KAPX 122312
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
712 PM EDT MON MAR 12 2012
MIC051-122322-
/O.CAN.KAPX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120312T2330Z/
GLADWIN MI-
712 PM EDT MON MAR 12 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GLADWIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
WHILE STORM HAS WEAKENED...IT REMAINS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING.
LAT...LON 4381 8454 4383 8451 4394 8421 4395 8416
4394 8415 4383 8416 4382 8417 4382 8436
4381 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 240DEG 35KT 4388 8423
WIND...HAIL <50MPH <.50IN
$$
LAWRENCEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 10:55 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | APX | Arenac | 4 days |
| Mar 12, 5:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Arenac, Gladwin, Ogemaw, Roscommon | 19 min |
| Mar 12, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona, Iosco, Ogemaw | 36 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.