Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1988, 11:40 PM EDT for Alpena County, Montmorency County, Presque Isle County, Michigan. It was in force for 65 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 15, 1988, 11:40 PM EDT (03:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1988, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Alpena County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Presque Isle 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 16, 12:15 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Alpena, 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 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 898 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
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 15, 8:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI 840 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 1988 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN LUCE AND THE WESTERN HALF OF MACKINAC COUNTY... AT 830 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN LUCE AND THE WESTERN HALF OF MACKINAC COUNTIES MOVING EAST ATD 40 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN ...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE IN.TO THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF MACKINAC...LUCE AND THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF CHIPPEWA COUNTY DURING THE NEAXT HOUR OR TWO. IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. LDH
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 8:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI 840 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 1988 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN LUCE AND THE WESTERN HALF OF MACKINAC COUNTY... AT 830 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN LUCE AND THE WESTERN HALF OF MACKINAC COUNTIES MOVING EAST ATD 40 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN ...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO ;THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF MACKINAC...LUCE AND THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF CHIPPEWA COUNTY DURING THE NEAXT HOUR OR TWO. IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. LDH
Local storm report, Jul 15, 10:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI 1010 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 1988 PRELIMINARY REPORT OF WIND DAMAGE 16/1300Z 15/2100 EDT EMMET COUNTY EXTREME NORTHERN LOWER PENINSULA VICINITY CARP LAKE METAL ROOF BLOWN OFF OF POLE BUILDING AND SHREDDED...DEBRIS SCATTERED ABOUT IN TREES AND YARDS...UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF 2X4S THROUGH WALL OF HOUSE. SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG US-31 BETWEEN MACKINAW CITY AND CARP LAKE...TWISTED OF 8 FEET ABOVE GROUND...UTILITY LINES DOWN...OTHER POSSIBLE WIND DAMAGE. LHW
Local storm report, Jul 15, 10:54 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
STORM REPORT ...CORRECTION FOR TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI 1055 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 1988 PRELIMINARY REPORT OF WIND DAMAGE 16/0100Z 15/2100 EDT EMMET COUNTY EXTREME NORTHERN LOWER PENINSULA VICINITY CARP LAKE METAL ROOF BLOWN OFF OF POLE BUILDING AND SHREDDED...DEBRIS SCATTERED ABOUT IN TREES AND YARDS...UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF 2X4S THROUGH WALL OF HOUSE. SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG US-31 BETWEEN MACKINAW CITY AND CARP LAKE...TWISTED OF 8 FEET ABOVE GROUND...UTILITY LINES DOWN...OTHER POSSIBLE WIND DAMAGE. LHW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Presque Isle | 74 min |
| Jul 15, 10:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alpena, Presque Isle | 56 min |
| Jul 16, 12:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona | 60 min |
| Jul 16, 1:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona, Alpena | 63 min |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.