Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1987, 5:07 PM EDT for Gladwin County, Michigan. It was in force for 58 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 1987, 5:07 PM EDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1987, 6:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gladwin County, MI
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 5:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Gladwin, MI |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Sault Ste Marie, MI (KSSM), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 276 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
- 44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -493 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1000 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 1:26 PM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE ANN ARBOR MI 125 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 372 IN EFFECT FOR EAST UPPER AND MOST OF WEST LOWER TIL 800 PM EDT... A DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS OVER EASTERN WISCONSIN. THIS LINE REACHES FROM NEAR GREEN BAY SOUTHWARD TO NEAR CHICAGO. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AND HOUR AND SHOULD BE REACHING THE MICHIGAN SHORELINE BETWEEN 315 PM EDT AND 345 PM EDT. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP A WEATHER EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR TO YOUR LOCAL COMMERCIAL RADIO ANDr TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES. KEYES
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 2:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE ANN ARBOR MI 225 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 372 IN EFFECT FOR EAST UPPER AND MOST OF WEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 800 PM EDT... AT 220 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A NORTH TO SOUTH LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE LENGTH OF LAKE MICHIGAN. SEVERAL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD REACH THE MICHIGAN SHORELINE BY 345 PM. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP A WEATHER EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR TO YOUR LOCAL COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES. DWD
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 3:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE ANN ARBOR MI 305 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 1987 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 374 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR ALL OF LOWER MICHIGAN AND FOR EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 374 REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 372. THAT IS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 372 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AT 255 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A NORTH TO SOUTH LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE LENGTH OF LAKE MICHIGAN. SEVERAL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WERE BEGINNING TO REACH THE MICHIGAN SHORELINE. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP A WEATHER EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR TO YOUR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS...FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES. DWD
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 4:18 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE ANN ARBOR MI 415 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 1987 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 374 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR ALL OF LOWER MICHIGAN AND FOR EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN... AT 405 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN...AND NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND ADJACENT LAKE HURON. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. REMEMBER...ALL OF LOWER MICHIGAN AND EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN ARE UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1100 PM THIS EVENING. THIS MEANS CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT SUCH THAT SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS IN GENERAL...AND LARGE HAIL. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP A WEATHER EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROAC STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..O.OR TO YOUR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS...FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES. DWD
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 4:21 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI
415 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 1987
...TORNADO WATCH ON EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL
1100 PM EDT TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS..TORNADOES..LARGE HAIL..
DAMAGING WINDS..AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED AS STORMS PASS
OVERHEAD. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALLS MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AREAS AND UNDERPASSES..ESPECIALLY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND PLACES
PRONE TO FLOODING.
AT 410 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING LINE OF HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH OF GRAND RAPIDS TO NEAR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH
OF HOUGHTON LAKE WITH MOVEMENT GENERALLY NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES
AN HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF NEWLY DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORMS IS JUST
BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AT THIS TIME.
PERSONS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION CLOSELY AS THIS IS A POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS WEATHER SYSTEM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES COULD
SPAWN WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING SO..IF YOU SEE THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACH..TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND COMMERCIAL
RADIO STATIONS FOR UQPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS WEATHER
SITUATION.
DICKSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Roscommon | 60 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.