Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Gaylord, MI

Issued

Jul 11, 1987, 6:44 PM EDT (22:44 UTC)

Expired

Jul 11, 1987, 7:45 PM EDT

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS Gaylord, MI

Area

Whole counties

County Presque Isle County, MI

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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TTAA00 KAPN 112244
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MIC141-112345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI
644 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTHEAST MICHIGAN
          ...EASTERN PRESQUE ISLE
 
AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN ROGERS CITY AND MIDDLE ISLAND.
 
AT 645PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL PRESQUE
ISLE COUNTY OF NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.
 
{ Basis }
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PARTH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI
620 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 1987

AT 615 PM EDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER NORTHWEST
LOWER MICHIGAN.
THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM JUST WEST
OF PELLISTON TO MESICK. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35
TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN BY
645 PM AND WILL CONTAIN STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS 7LIGHTNING...AND
HEAVY RAIN.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI
620 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 1987

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTHERN MICHIGAN...

WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SOME HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING
FROM JUST EAST OF WHITEFISH POINT IN EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN
TO TRAVERSE CITY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH.
VERY STRONG GUSTY WIND AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE
EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.
PERSONS IN CHIPPEWA...MACKINAC...AND LUCE COUNTIES IN THE
UPPER PENINSULA...AND CHARLEVOIX...EMMET...AND CHEBOYGAN COUNTIES
SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND BE PR?EPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

RNE

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987

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.