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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 10, 1992Alcona County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 1992, 1:33 PM EDT for Alcona County, Michigan. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 10, 1992, 1:33 PM EDT (17:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 1992, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Alcona County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Sault Ste Marie, MI (KY62), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 209 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Sault Ste Marie, MI at 12:00Z on 1992-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Sault Ste Marie, MI at 12:00Z on 1992-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -135 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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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 10, 11:38 AM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
MIZ039-048-060>062-064>068-101630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...COR FEW TYPOS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI
1130 AM EDT MON AUG 10 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIO...

AT 1125 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIO...OR 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALPENA. THE
STORM WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL MOVING NEAR CURTISVILLE
BY 1135 AM AND NEAR GLENNIE BY 1145 AM.

PERSONS IN OR NEAR THAT AREA SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.
DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE OR ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES UNLESS IN A EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. REMEMBER
ALL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE
WEATHER KILLER IN THE U.S.

STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION
OR RADIO STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
RC
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 12:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
MIZ039-048-060>062-064>068-101700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI
1205 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BARTON CITY...

AT 1200 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BARTON CITY OR 30 MILES SOUTH OF ALPENA.THE
STORM WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL MOVING ALONG THE LAKE
HURON SHORELINE NEAR GREENBUSH BY 1220 PM.

PERSONS IN OR NEAR THAT AREA SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.
DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE OR ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES UNLESS IN A EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. REMEMBER...
ALL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THIS IS THE NUMBER VONE
WEATHER KILLER IN THE U.S.

MARINERE ALONG THE COASTLINE OF NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN FROM HARRISVILLE
TO OSCODA SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.
RC
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 12:50 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
MIZ039-048-060>062-064>068-101800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI
1250 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM BUILDING NEAR COMINS...

AT 1245 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
COMINS...OR 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALPENA. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST
AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING NEAR HUBBARD LAKE BY 200 PM. THE
STORM THAT WAS NEAR GREENBUSH AT 1220 PM HAD MOVED OUT INTO LAKE HURON
AND DECREASED IN INTENSITY.

PERSONS IN OR NEAR COMINS SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.
DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE OR ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES UNLESS IN A EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. REMEMBER...
ALL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE
WEATHER KILLER IN THE U.S.

STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION
AND RADIO STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
RC
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 1:28 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
MIZ045-046-101830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI
128 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST ROSCOMMON COUNTY...

AT 120 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF DEVELOPING
THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST ROSCOMMON COUNTY...JUST
EAST OF THE TOWN OF ROSCOMMON...ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
HOUGHTON LAKE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT
ABOUT 30 MPH AND WERE ENTERING OGEMAW COUNTY.

PERSONS IN THE TOWN OF ROSE CITY IN OGEMAW COUNTY...ABOUT 30
MILES NORTHEAST OF HOUGHTON LAKE...SHOULD MOVE INDOORS
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
INTO THE ROSE CITY AREA BY 200 PM.

THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL
HAIL AS THEY PASS OVERHEAD. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES AND REMA<IN OFF TELEPHONES.

KEITH
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 1:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOscoda26 min
Aug 10, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco58 min
Aug 10, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco69 min
Aug 10, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco29 min

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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.