Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 1992, 5:51 PM EDT for Clare County, Roscommon County, Michigan. It was in force for 33 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, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1992, 6:24 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clare County, MI, Roscommon County, MI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 6:09 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Clare, 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 264 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 945 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHTL 172151 TORHTL MIC035-143-172245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 551 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUGHTON LAKE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN ...NORTHERN CLARE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN ...ROSCOMMON COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL IN CLARE COUNTY REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND ON ROGERS ROAD NORTH OF M-61 IN HAMILTON TOWNSHIP IN NORTHERN CLARE COUNTY. THE TORNADO WAS UPROOTING LARGE TREES AS IT MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 45 MPH. PERSONS IN HOUGHTON LAKE AND PRUDENVILLE IN ROSCOMMON COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY FROM THIS TORNADO. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Clare, Roscommon | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Clare, Crawford, Roscommon | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Clare, Roscommon | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Crawford | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 6:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Midland | 29 min |
| Jun 17, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Bay | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saginaw | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 6:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Saginaw | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee, Shiawassee, Tuscola | 40 min |
| Jun 17, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Huron | 54 min |
| Jun 17, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Livingston | 40 min |
| Jun 17, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Shiawassee | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee, Tuscola | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Oakland | 44 min |
| Jun 17, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lapeer, Sanilac | 68 min |
| Jun 17, 7:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Huron | 33 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.