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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Gaylord, MI

May 20, 2022Presque Isle County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at May 20, 2022, 4:36 PM EDT for Presque Isle County, Michigan. It was in force for 24 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: May 20, 2022, 4:36 PM EDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2022, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Presque Isle County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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
May 20, 4:45 PM EDT	HAIL 2.75	Posen, MI	BASEBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN POSEN.
May 20, 4:50 PM EDT	HAIL 3	2 Nnw Presque Isle, MI	DELAYED REPORT OF 3IN HAIL NEAR PRESQUE ISLE.
May 20, 4:57 PM EDT	HAIL 2	3 Wnw Presque Isle, MI	REPORT OF HEN EGG SIZED HAIL IN BLACK BASS BAY. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

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
May 20, 1:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 82 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -240 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1211 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

780 
WFUS53 KAPX 202036
TORAPX
MIC141-202100-
/O.NEW.KAPX.TO.W.0003.220520T2036Z-220520T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
436 PM EDT Fri May 20 2022

The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Presque Isle County in northern Michigan...

* Until 500 PM EDT.
    
* At 435 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Metz, or 10 miles south of Rogers City, moving
  east at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.

  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.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Posen around 445 PM EDT.
  Thompsons Harbor State Park around 450 PM EDT.
  Presque Isle Light and Presque Isle around 455 PM EDT.

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 4523 8389 4527 8392 4531 8387 4541 8363
      4539 8358 4539 8354 4530 8336
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 252DEG 51KT 4527 8385 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN

$$

Cornish

2 follow-up statements

465 
WWUS53 KAPX 202048 RRA
SVSAPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
448 PM EDT Fri May 20 2022

MIC141-202100-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-220520T2100Z/
Presque Isle MI-
448 PM EDT Fri May 20 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY...
    
At 447 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Posen, or 8 miles west of Presque Isle Light, moving
east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and baseball size hail.

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.

This dangerous storm will be near...
  Presque Isle Light around 455 PM EDT.

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 4525 8371 4525 8373 4528 8376 4532 8373
      4538 8363 4539 8358 4539 8354 4532 8341
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 249DEG 45KT 4530 8365 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.75 IN

$$

Cornish

624 
WWUS53 KAPX 202054
SVSAPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
454 PM EDT Fri May 20 2022

MIC141-202100-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-220520T2100Z/
Presque Isle MI-
454 PM EDT Fri May 20 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY...
    
At 454 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Thompsons Harbor State Park, or near Presque Isle
Light, moving east at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and baseball size hail.

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.

This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Presque Isle County.

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 4528 8359 4528 8365 4530 8368 4533 8367
      4536 8362 4538 8358 4539 8354 4532 8341
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 250DEG 46KT 4532 8356 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.75 IN

$$

Cornish

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 20, 1:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Cheboygan	23 min
May 20, 11:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	APX	Chippewa	54 min
May 20, 12:22 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		53 min
May 20, 1:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		52 min
May 20, 2:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Benzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau	49 min
May 20, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		50 min
May 20, 2:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Charlevoix	26 min
May 20, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska	44 min
May 20, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		58 min
May 20, 2:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Cheboygan, Emmet, Mackinac	53 min
May 20, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	APX	Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Montmorency, Otsego	55 min
May 20, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		42 min
May 20, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Chippewa, Mackinac	53 min
May 20, 3:38 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	APX	Antrim, Otsego	22 min
May 20, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	APX	Cheboygan, Montmorency, Presque Isle	50 min
May 20, 3:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	APX	Montmorency, Otsego	24 min
May 20, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		24 min
May 20, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	APX	Alpena, Presque Isle	38 min
May 20, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		67 min
May 20, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		93 min
May 20, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		38 min
May 20, 5:49 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		56 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.