Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 1992, 3:06 PM EDT for Iosco 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
- Aug 10, 1992, 3:06 PM EDT (19:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 1992, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Iosco County, MI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 3:25 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Iosco, 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
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 3350 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 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 101906
SVRAPN
MIC069-102015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI
306 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF LOWER MICHIGAN
IOSCO
...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE
COUNTY JUST MENTIONED
AT 300 PM TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN IOSCO COUNTY. THE
FIRST WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF TAWAS CITY...OR 50 MILES
SOUTH OF ALPENA. THE SECOND...AND THE MOST SEVERE WAS LOCATED 5
MILES NORTH OF HALE...OR 40 MILES SOUTH OF ALPENA. BOTH STORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AROUND 35 MPH AND WILL BE ON THE LAKE HURON COASTLINE
NEAR THE CITY OF OSCODA BY 325 PM.
MARINERS ALONG THE COASTLINE FROM OSCODA SOUTH TO TAWAS CITY
SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.
IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM..GO TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE WINDS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR
OR GREATER...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN
THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN( AND SOMETIMES DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
RCWhat 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, 3 hours 28 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, 3 hours 1 minute 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, 2 hours 16 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, 1 hour 38 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 NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona | 57 min |
| Aug 10, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Oscoda | 26 min |
| Aug 10, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Iosco | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Iosco | 29 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.