Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 1993, 7:41 PM EDT for Iosco County, Michigan. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 1993, 7:41 PM EDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 1993, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Iosco County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1254 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 388 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Apr 24, 5:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
MIZ069-070-083-242150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI 550 PM EDT SUN APR 24 1993 ...MACKINAC BRIDGE TO SEE THUNDERSTORMS 6PM UNTIL 630 PM... AT 540 PM RADAR CONFIRMED STROUNG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN BEAVER ISLAND AND CROSS VILLAGE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONSIST OF DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...1/4 INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. PERSONS TRAVELING THE MACKINAC BRIDGE SHOULD SLOW THEIR SPEED OR DELAY TRAVELING OVER THE BRIDGE UNTIL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS OVER. THE REMAINDER OF THE UPPER PENINSULA WILL SEE A FEW SHOWERS THIS EVENING AND STEADY TEMPERATURES AROUND 40 DEGREES. WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. KESSLER
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 6:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
MIZ069-070-083-242230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI 602 PM EDT SUN APR 24 1993 ...MACKINAC BRIDGE TO SEE THUNDERSTORMS 6PM UNTIL 630 PM... AT 540 PM RADAR CONFIRMED STROUNG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN BEAVER ISLAND AND CROSS VILLAGE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONSIST OF DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...1/4 INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. PERSONS TRAVELING THE MACKINAC BRIDGE SHOULD SLOW THEIR SPEED OR DELAY TRAVELING OVER THE BRIDGE UNTIL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS OVER. THE REMAINDER OF THE UPPER PENINSULA WILL SEE A FEW SHOWERS THIS EVENING AND STEADY TEMPERATURES AROUND 40 DEGREES. WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. KESSLER
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 6:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
MIZ069-070-083-242230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI 602 PM EDT SUN APR 24 1993 ...MACKINAC BRIDGE TO SEE THUNDERSTORMS 6PM UNTIL 630 PM... AT 540 PM RADAR CONFIRMED STROUNG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN BEAVER ISLAND AND CROSS VILLAGE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONSIST OF DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...1/4 INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. PERSONS TRAVELING THE MACKINAC BRIDGE SHOULD SLOW THEIR SPEED OR DELAY TRAVELING OVER THE BRIDGE UNTIL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS OVER. THE REMAINDER OF THE UPPER PENINSULA WILL SEE A FEW SHOWERS THIS EVENING AND STEADY TEMPERATURES AROUND 40 DEGREES. WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. KESSLER
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 6:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
MIZ039-048-060>062-064>068-509-514-250000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 607 PM EDT TUE APR 20 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 605 PM...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. ONE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BOYNE FALLS... AROUND 45 MILES TO SOUTH OF THE MACKINAC BRIDGE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL MOVE CLOSE TO INDIAN RIVER BY 630 PM... AND NEAR CHEBOYGAN BY 650 PM. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AS IT PASSES OVERHEAD. IF YOU LIVE AROUND WOLVERINE... INDIAN RIVER... OR CHEBOYGAN... SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. ALL THUNDERSTORMS POSE A LIGHTNING HAZARD TO THOSE THAT ARE OUTDOORS. CAMPBELL
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 6:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
MIZ039-048-060>062-064>068-509-514-250100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 6050 PM EDT TUE APR 20 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 6050 PM...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STORMS WERE 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALPENA AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH NORHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN NEAR THE TOWNS OF MIO AND LUZERNE BY 630 PM. THEY WILL REACH FAIRVIEW AND COMINS BETWEEN 630 AND 700 PM. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE AREA. IF YOU LIVE AROUND MIO...LUZERNE...FAIRVIEW AND COMINS...BE ALERT FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS...STAY INDOORS AND STAY AWAYS FROM WINDOWS. DS
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 6:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
MIZ039-048-060>062-064>068-509-514-250100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 625 PM EDT TUE APR 20 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 550 PM...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STORMS WERE 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALPENA AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN NEAR THE TOWNS OF MIO AND LUZERNE BY 630 PM. THEY WILL REACH FAIRVIEW AND COMINS BETWEEN 630 AND 700 PM. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE AREA. IF YOU LIVE AROUND MIO...LUZBERNE...FAIRVIEW AND COMINS...BE ALERT FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS...STAY INDOORS AND STAY AWAYS FROM WINDOWS. DS ...CORRECTION DUE TO TYPO...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Grand Traverse | 65 min |
| Apr 24, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Missaukee | 58 min |
| Apr 24, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Montmorency | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alpena | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.