Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Gaylord, MI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI
748 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 1988

A VERY ACTIVE COLD FRONT WILL BE SLOWLY MOVING ACROSS LOWER
MICHIGAN TODAY. CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT...SOME MAY BE SEVERE. THESE STORMS CAN AND DO FORM
VERY RAPIDLY.

EVERYONE SHOULD STAY ALERT...ESPECIALLY THOSE PLANNING OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES...KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE ON THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO
MOVE QUICKLY TO A PLACE OF $SAFETY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI
1140 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 1988

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

AT 1135 AM EDT A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING
TOWARD THE HOUGHTON LAKE/HIGGINS LAKE AREA. THESE STORMS
SHOULD BE IN THE HOUGHTON LAKE/HIGGINS LAKE AREA BETWEEN 1200 PM EDT
AND 100 PM EDT.

BE ALERT AND BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND
GUSTY WINDS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI
1200 NOON EDT FRI AUG 5 1988

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT NORTH AND CENTRAL LOWER
MICHIGAN...

AT 1155 AM EDT WEATHER RADAR AT ALPENA INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
WITH HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL ADVANCING EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL
AND NORTH LOWER MICHIGAN AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WERE IN A LINE
20 TO 25 MILES WIDE FROM NORTH MECOSTA COUNTY NORTH NORTHEAST TO NEAR
HOUGHTON LAKE IN ROSCOMMON COUNTY...TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF GAYLORD
IN OTSEGO COUNTY.

NO SEVER WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED AS OF NOONTIME...HOWEVER THIS IS A
DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION AND YOU SHOULD ALREADY BE PREPARED TO TAKE
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER APPROACH...TAKE SHELTER AT
ONCE. REPORT ANY DAMAGE OR INJURIES TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE THREAT HAS PASSED. MONITOR YOUR LOCAL RADIO
STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
KAMINSKE