Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1992, 5:21 PM EDT for Oscoda County, Michigan. It was in force for 69 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
- Jun 17, 1992, 5:21 PM EDT (21:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1992, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Oscoda County, MI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 6:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Oscoda, 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 (KY62), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 2250 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 399 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 KAPN 172121
SVRAPN
MIC135-172230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI
521 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF LOWER MICHIGAN
OSCODA
AT 520 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOUGHTON LAKE... OR AROUND
10 MILES WEST OF LUZERNE.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 55 MILES AN HOUR
... AND WILL BE MOVING INTO OSCODA COUNTY... AROUND LUZERNE...
BY 530 PM.
IF YOU ARE IN LUZERNE... RED OAK... MIO... OR FAIRVIEW...
TAKE SHELTER NOW IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS
STORM.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND SOMETIMES DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.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, Jun 17, 2:12 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
MIZ069-070-083-171915 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI 215 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST UPPER MICHIGAN... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CHIPPEWA...LUCE AND MACKINAC COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SAULT STE MARIE...NEWBERRY AND ST IGNACE...UNTIL 9 PM EDT. AT 205 PM EDT MARQUETTE RADAR INDICATED A FEW LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS OVER EAST UPPER MICHIGAN. HOWEVER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES...MAY DEVELOP OVER EAST UPPER MICHIGAN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THIS IS AN ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS IN THE WATCH AREA. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN EAST UPPER MICHIGAN SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES DURING THIS PERIOD. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS OR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. MR
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
MIZ039-048-060>062-064>068-171900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 240 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 9 PM... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF LOWER MICHIGAN MICHIGAN UNTIL 9 PM... AND INCLUDES ALL THE COUNTIES IN EXTREME NORTHERN AND NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE THE COMMUNITIES OF CHARLEVOIX... CHEBOYGAN... ATLANTA... ALPENA ... OSCODA... AND STANDISH. AT 239 PM... THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN... AND PARTS OF WEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THIS AREA EXTENDED SOUTH FROM JUST WEST OF BEAVER ISLAND... 45 MILES WEST OF THE MACKINAC BRIDGE... TO NEAR REED CITY... ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOUGHTON LAKE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE PETOSKEY AND PELLSTON AREAS BY 330 PM. IF YOU ARE IN NORTHEAST OR EXTREME NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... GET READY NOW FOR POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. EVERYONE SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR QUICKLY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. CAMPBELL
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
MIZ039-048-060>062-064>068-171900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT.. CORRECTED FIRST PARA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 246 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 9 PM... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 9 PM... AND INCLUDES ALL THE COUNTIES IN EXTREME NORTHERN AND NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE THE COMMUNITIES OF CHARLEVOIX... CHEBOYGAN... ATLANTA... ALPENA ... OSCODA... AND STANDISH. AT 239 PM... THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN... AND PARTS OF WEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THIS AREA EXTENDED SOUTH FROM JUST WEST OF BEAVER ISLAND... 45 MILES WEST OF THE MACKINAC BRIDGE... TO NEAR REED CITY... ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOUGHTON LAKE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE PETOSKEY AND PELLSTON AREAS BY 330 PM. IF YOU ARE IN NORTHEAST OR EXTREME NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... GET READY NOW FOR POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. EVERYONE SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR QUICKLY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. CAMPBELL
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
MIZ069-070-083-172120 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI 320 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST UPPER MICHIGAN... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CHIPPEWA...LUCE AND MACKINAC COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SAULT STE MARIE...NEWBERRY AND ST IGNACE...UNTIL 9 PM EDT. AT 305 PM EDT MARQUETTE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER SEUL CHOIX PT. MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO THE COMMUNITY OF CURTIS BY 330 PM AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER IS BEING REPORTED OVER EAST UPPER MICHIGAN AT THIS TIME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES...MAY YET DEVELOP OVER EAST UPPER MICHIGAN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THIS IS AN ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS IN THE WATCH AREA. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN EAST UPPER MICHIGAN SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES DURING THIS PERIOD. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS OR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. MR
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
MIZ069-070-083-172120 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECT SECOND PARAGRAPH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI 324 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST UPPER MICHIGAN... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CHIPPEWA...LUCE AND MACKINAC COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SAULT STE MARIE...NEWBERRY AND ST IGNACE...UNTIL 9 PM EDT. AT 305 PM EDT MARQUETTE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER SEUL CHOIX PT...55 MILES WEST OF THE MACKINAC BRIDGE...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO THE COMMUNITY OF CURTIS...50 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE MACKINAC BRIDGE...BY 330 PM AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER IS BEING REPORTED OVER EAST UPPER MICHIGAN AT THIS TIME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES ...MAY YET DEVELOP OVER EAST UPPER MICHIGAN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THIS IS AN ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS IN THE WATCH AREA. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN EAST UPPER MICHIGAN SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES DURING THIS PERIOD. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION ANnD RADIO STATIONS OR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. MR
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 4:54 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
MIZ069-070-083-172300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI 500 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST UPPER MICHIGAN... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CHIPPEWA...LUCE AND MACKINAC COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SAULT STE MARIE...NEWBERRY AND ST IGNACE...UNTIL 9 PM EDT. AT 450 PM EDT MARQUETTE AND ALPENA WEATHER RADARS INDICATED A MASS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COVERED PRATICALLY ALL OF EAST UPPER MICHIGAN. THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING AT BOTH SAULT STE MARIE AND NEWBERRY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER IS BEING REPORTED OVER EAST UPPER MICHIGAN AT THIS TIME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES...MAY YET DEVELOP OVER EAST UPPER MICHIGAN DURING EVENING HOURS. THIS IS AN ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS IN THE WATCH AREA. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN EAST UPPER MICHIGAN SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES DURING THIS PERIOD. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS OR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. MR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Oscoda | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Mecosta, Osceola | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Cheboygan | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Oceana | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Osceola | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Lake, Mason | 31 min |
| Jun 17, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Grand Traverse, Wexford | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Muskegon | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 5:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Antrim | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 5:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Newaygo | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona | 57 min |
| Jun 17, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alpena | 67 min |
| Jun 17, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Presque Isle | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 6:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Arenac, Iosco | 44 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.