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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 2012, 8:59 PM EDT for Missaukee County, Wexford County, Michigan. It was in force for 34 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 2012, 8:59 PM EDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2012, 9:33 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Missaukee County, MI, Wexford County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 9:01 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Manton, MI | |
| Jul 25, 9:03 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 3 S Manton, MI | |
| Jul 25, 9:03 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Manton, MI |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 395 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1012 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 413 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 572 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
979 WFUS53 KAPX 260059 TORAPX MIC113-165-260145- /O.NEW.KAPX.TO.W.0005.120726T0059Z-120726T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 859 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MISSAUKEE COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... NORTHEASTERN WEXFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... * UNTIL 945 PM EDT * AT 855 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MANTON...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE CITY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAKE CITY...JENNINGS...MOREY...STITTSVILLE AND MERRITT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR! 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 4446 8487 4421 8486 4433 8545 4451 8542 TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 297DEG 33KT 4439 8532 $$
2 follow-up statements
887 WWUS34 KAPX 260111 SVSAPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 911 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 MIC113-165-260145- /O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120726T0145Z/ WEXFORD MI-MISSAUKEE MI- 911 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MISSAUKEE AND EAST CENTRAL WEXFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM EDT... AT 909 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MERRITT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4433 8543 4447 8536 4441 8487 4421 8486 TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 297DEG 33KT 4435 8520 WIND...HAIL <50MPH <.50IN $$
903 WWUS34 KAPX 260133 SVSAPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 933 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 MIC113-165-260143- /O.CAN.KAPX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120726T0145Z/ WEXFORD MI-MISSAUKEE MI- 933 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MISSAUKEE AND EAST CENTRAL WEXFORD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT. LAT...LON 4433 8543 4447 8536 4441 8487 4421 8486 TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 297DEG 33KT 4426 8495 WIND...HAIL <50MPH <.50IN $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 83 min | |
| Jul 25, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Missaukee, Wexford | 65 min |
| Jul 25, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Manistee, Missaukee, Wexford | 60 min |
| Jul 25, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Gladwin | 44 min |
| Jul 25, 10:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | APX | Missaukee, Wexford | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 10:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Arenac | 29 min |
| Jul 25, 10:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | APX | Manistee | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 11:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | APX | Gladwin | 3 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.