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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Gaylord, MI

July 8, 2016Arenac County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2016, 3:03 PM EDT for Arenac County, Michigan. It was in force for 27 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 8, 2016, 3:03 PM EDT (19:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2016, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.0 in

County Arenac County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 8, 3:07 PM EDTHAIL 1.5Standish, MI.
Jul 8, 3:07 PM EDTHAIL 1.5Standish, MI
Jul 8, 3:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sse Standish, MISEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN FROM WORTH TO NORTHEAST OF STANDISH.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 8, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC2 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 145 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2016-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 130 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2016-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
130 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
865 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

701 
WFUS53 KAPX 081903
TORAPX
MIC011-081930-
/O.NEW.KAPX.TO.W.0002.160708T1903Z-160708T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
303 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN ARENAC COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT
    
* AT 302 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STANDISH...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STANDISH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4399 8404 4400 8405 4398 8386 4396 8388
      4391 8391 4391 8404
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 263DEG 49KT 4397 8389 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

AJS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 8:31 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX59 min
Jul 8, 9:36 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX84 min
Jul 8, 10:16 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX89 min
Jul 8, 10:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXLeelanau72 min
Jul 8, 10:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Charlevoix, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Otsego67 min
Jul 8, 11:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Crawford, Kalkaska, Otsego66 min
Jul 8, 11:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Leelanau61 min
Jul 8, 11:30 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX30 min
Jul 8, 11:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa, Mackinac56 min
Jul 8, 11:54 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX66 min
Jul 8, 12:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Otsego59 min
Jul 8, 12:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMontmorency, Otsego56 min
Jul 8, 12:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Charlevoix56 min
Jul 8, 12:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGrand Traverse, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Wexford47 min
Jul 8, 12:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGrand Traverse, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Wexford44 min
Jul 8, 1:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan, Montmorency, Otsego, Presque Isle59 min
Jul 8, 1:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Charlevoix, Otsego55 min
Jul 8, 1:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX62 min
Jul 8, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan23 min
Jul 8, 1:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Alpena, Montmorency62 min
Jul 8, 1:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford, Montmorency, Oscoda, Otsego59 min
Jul 8, 1:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX117 min
Jul 8, 1:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMissaukee, Roscommon65 min
Jul 8, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXArenac, Gladwin61 min
Jul 8, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Alpena, Montmorency, Oscoda58 min
Jul 8, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Iosco, Ogemaw, Oscoda60 min
Jul 8, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXArenac, Gladwin54 min
Jul 8, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX62 min
Jul 8, 5:00 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.