Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 1991, 6:08 PM EST for Newaygo County, Michigan. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 1991, 6:08 PM EST (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1991, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Newaygo County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 1516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMKG 272308
TORMKG
MIC123-280015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI
608 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF LOWER MICHIGAN
NEWAYGO
AT 602 PM EST...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY A HAM OPERATOR
OVER DIAMOND LAKE IN NEWAYGO COUNTY OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST
OF MUSKEGON. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS FUNNEL CLOUD IS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER IF
AVAILABLE...OTHERWISE GO TO A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
IMFWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Mar 27, 4:38 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
MIC035-039-051-129-137-143-272245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 438 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE LOWER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN...INCLUDING ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. COUNTIES INCLUDED IN NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN ARE CLARE...GLADWIN...ROSCOMMON...OGEMAW...CRAWFORD AND OTSEGO. AT 430 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY PRODUCING STRONG DAMAGING WINDS... HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 45 MPH. PERSONS IN NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN ARE STRONGLY URGED TO KEEP AN EYE ON WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOP FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY PASS OVERHEAD. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOS. THESE STORMS ARE DEVELOPING AND MOVING RAPIDLY AND LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING MAY OCCUR BEFORE A TORNADO FORMS. AGAIN...IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. KEITH NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 4:55 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
MIZ065-064-066-048-067-068-272300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT-RANGE WEATHER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 455 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH: MONTMORENCY...ALPENA...OSCODA... ALCONA AND IOSCO. AT 450 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WEST-CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...JUST SOUTH OF TRAVERSE CITY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EXTREME NORTHERN AND NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN FROM HILLMAN...20 MILES WEST OF ALPENA...WEST TO NEAR PETOSKEY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING OVER ROGERS CITY AND MILLERSBURG BY 515 PM. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA...PREPARE YOURSELF FOR POSSIBLE TORNADOES...AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL. CAMPBELL
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 4:57 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
MIC035-039-051-129-137-143-272245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT RANGE WEATHER FORECAST...COR TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI HEADER... 438 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE LOWER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN...INCLUDING ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. COUNTIES INCLUDED IN NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN ARE CLARE...GLADWIN...ROSCOMMON...OGEMAW...CRAWFORD AND OTSEGO. AT 430 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY PRODUCING STRONG DAMAGING WINDS... HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 45 MPH. PERSONS IN NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN ARE STRONGLY URGED TO KEEP AN EYE ON WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOP FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY PASS OVERHEAD. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOS. THESE STORMS ARE DEVELOPING AND MOVING RAPIDLY AND LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING MAY OCCUR BEFORE A TORNADO FORMS. AGAIN...IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. KEITH NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 5:29 PM EST, 39 minutes before
MIZ065-064-066-048-067-068-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT-RANGE WEATHER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 530 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT... A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING. IN NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH: MONTMORENCY...ALPENA...OSCODA...ALCONA...AND IOSCO. AT 520 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER WEST-CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... SOUTH FROM PETOSKEY...TO NEAR TRAVERSE CITY. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER EXTREME NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...JUST SOUTH OF CHEBOYGAN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN FROM THE SOUTH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR HALE...AROUND 50 MILES SOUTH OF ALPENA...AND NEAR ROSE CITY...30 MILES EAST OF HOUGHTON LAKE. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE MOVING OVER MIO...GLENNIE...AND GREENBUSH...BY 6 P2M. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA...PREPARE YOURSELF FOR POSSIBLE TORNADOES...AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL. CAMPBELL
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 5:55 PM EST, 13 minutes before
MIZ065-064-066-048-067-068-280030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT-RANGE WEATHER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 600 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT... A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING. IN NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA: MONTMORENCY...ALPENA...OSCODA...ALCONA... AND IOSCO. AT 600 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE CLOSER TO NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWEST FROM 10 MILES EAST OF CHEBOYGAN...TO NEAR TRAVERSE CITY...WHERE SOME HAIL WAS REPORTED DURING THE PAST HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING NORTH OF OSCODA... 40 MILES SOUTH OF ALPENA...AND NEAR FAIRVIEW...AROUND 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALPENA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE MOVING OVER ALPENA AND HUBBARD LAKE BY 615 PM. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE IN ;OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA...PREPARE YOURSELF FOR POSSIBLE TORNADOES...AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL. CAMPBELL
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 6:08 PM EST, 0 minutes before
MIC035-039-051-129-137-143-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT RANGE WEATHER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 601 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE LOWER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN...INCLUDING ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. COUNTIES INCLUDED IN NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN ARE CLARE...GLADWIN...ROSCOMMON...OGEMAW...CRAWFORD AND OTSEGO. AT 600 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS FROM TRAVERSE CITY TO JUST WEST OF GRAND RAPIDS. THESE STORMS PRODUCED 70 MPH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS WELL AS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVED THROUGH WESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 TO 50 MPH. PERSONS IN CLARE AND ROSCOMMON COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE STORMS AS THEY WILL MOVE THROUGH THESE COUNTIES BETWEEN 630 AND 700 PM EST. IF YOU SEE SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHING TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. SECONDS CAN SAVE LIVES. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES. LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING MAY OCCUR BEFORE A TORNADO FORMS. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION ORR RADIO STATION. KEITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 4:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Benzie, Grand Traverse, Manistee | 67 min |
| Mar 27, 5:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana | 61 min |
| Mar 27, 6:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | APX | Missaukee, Osceola, Wexford | 65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.