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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 4, 1988Oscoda County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 1988, 3:31 PM EDT for Oscoda County, Michigan. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 4, 1988, 3:31 PM EDT (19:31 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 1988, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI
Area: Whole counties

County Oscoda County, MI

The radar

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

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, Aug 4, 3:06 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 3:07 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 4, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Montmorency, Presque Isle	56 min
Aug 4, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Alcona, Alpena	62 min
Aug 4, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Montmorency, Oscoda	58 min
Aug 4, 7:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Alpena, Presque Isle	53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 1988 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.