Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1993, 12:13 AM EDT for Benzie County, Michigan. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1993, 12:13 AM EDT (04:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1993, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Benzie County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKG 060414 RRA SVRMKG MIC019-060515- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI 1213 AM EDT TUE JUL 6 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MUSKEGON MI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN ...BENZIE COUNTY AT 1212 AM EDT... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF WELDON IN BENZIE COUNTY...25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRAVERSE CITY. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH THE COMMUNITY OF HONOR BY 1225 AM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A ST|RONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. JSB
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, Jul 5, 11:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
MIZ039-048-060>062-064>068-509-514-060630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 1100 PM EDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF EXTREME NORTH AND NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EXTREME NORTH AND NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 300 AM TUESDAY MORNING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CHARLEVOIX...CHEBOYGAN...EMMET MONTMORENCY...PRESQUE ISLE...ALPENA AND OSCODA. SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE CHARLEVOIX...PETOSKEY...MACKINAW CITY...CHEBOYGAN ROGERS CITY...ALPENA...ATLANTA AND MIO. AT 1100 PM...THERE WAS NO SEVERE WEATHER IN EXTREME NORTH OR NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN...BUT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. EVERYONE IN EXTREME NORTH AND NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN ENERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. REMEMBER ALL THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. DS/CN
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 11:25 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
MIZ043>047-063-060400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 1125 PM EDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 300 AM EDT. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF CLARE...GLADWIN...ROSCOMMON...OGEMAW...CRAWFORD...AND OTSEGO. SOME OF THE WELL KNOWN COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTIES INCLUDE: IN CLARE COUNTY...THE COMMUNITIES OF CLARE...HARRISON...LAKE GEORGE...AND FARWELL. IN GLADWIN COUNTY...THE COMMUNITIES OF GLADWIN AND BEAVERTON. IN ROSCOMMON COUNTY...THE COMMUNITY OF ROSCOMMON AND THE HOUGHTON LAKE/ HIGGINS LAKE VICINITY. IN OGEMAW COUNTY...THE COMMUNITIES OF WEST BRANCH AND ROSE CITY. IN CRAWFORD COUNTY...THE COMMUNITIES OF GRAYLING AND FREDERIC. IN OTSEGO COUNTY...THE COMMUNITIES OF GAYLORD AND OTSEGO LAKE. AT 1125 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR FROM HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARDS NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF HOUGHTON LAKE AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST CRAWFORD COUNTY BY 1230 AM EDT. AT 1125 PM THERE WERE NO SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS IN EFFECT IN NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER DOES EXIST UNTIL 300 AM. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST CRAWFORD COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM IN YOUR HOME...AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. STAY AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO SPAWN TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...AND FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN PLEASE STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS. KEITH DICKS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 11:33 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
MIZ043>047-063-060400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 1125 PM EDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 300 AM EDT. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF CLARE...GLADWIN...ROSCOMMON...OGEMAW...CRAWFORD...AND OTSEGO. SOME OF THE WELL KNOWN COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTIES INCLUDE: IN CLARE COUNTY...THE COMMUNITIES OF CLARE...HARRISON...LAKE GEORGE...AND FARWELL. IN GLADWIN COUNTY...THE COMMUNITIES OF GLADWIN AND BEAVERTON. IN ROSCOMMON COUNTY...THE COMMUNITY OF ROSCOMMON AND THE HOUGHTON LAKE/ HIGGINS LAKE VICINITY. IN OGEMAW COUNTY...THE COMMUNITIES OF WEST BRANCH AND ROSE CITY. IN CRAWFORD COUNTY...THE COMMUNITIES OF GRAYLING AND FREDERIC. IN OTSEGO COUNTY...THE COMMUNITIES OF GAYLORD AND OTSEGO LAKE. AT 1125 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR FROM HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARDS NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF HOUGHTON LAKE AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST CRAWFORD COUNTY BY 1230 AM EDT. AT 1125 PM THERE WERE NO SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS IN EFFECT IN NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER DOES EXIST UNTIL 300 AM. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST CRAWFORD COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM IN YOUR HOME...AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. STAY AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO SPAWN TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...AND FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN PLEASE STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS. KEITH DICKS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 11:50 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
MIZ039-048-060>062-064>068-509-514-060700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 1150 PM EDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF EXTREME NORTH AND NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EXTREME NORTH AND NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 300 AM TUESDAY MORNING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CHARLEVOIX...CHEBOYGAN...EMMET MONTMORENCY...PRESQUE ISLE...ALPENA AND OSCODA. SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE CHARLEVOIX...PETOSKEY...MACKINAW CITY...CHEBOYGAN ROGERS CITY...ALPENA...ATLANTA AND MIO. AT 1150 PM...THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF RAIN...ALONG WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM THE MACKINAC BRIDGE SOUTH ALONG I 75 TO GAYLORD. THE AREA WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN THE WATCH AREA AT 1150 PM. . THE AREA WILL REACH THE TOWNS OF CHEBOYGAN AND WOLVERINE BY MIDNIGHT AND IT WILL MOVE INTO THE VICINITY OF HAMMOND BAY AND ONAWAY BETWEEN 1230 AND 100 AM. EVERYONE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN ENERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. REMEMBER ALL THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. DS
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 11:52 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
MIZ039-048-060>062-064>068-509-514-060700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 1150 PM EDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF EXTREME NORTH AND NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EXTREME NORTH AND NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 300 AM TUESDAY MORNING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CHARLEVOIX...CHEBOYGAN...EMMET MONTMORENCY...PRESQUE ISLE...ALPENA AND OSCODA. SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE CHARLEVOIX...PETOSKEY...MACKINAW CITY...CHEBOYGAN ROGERS CITY...ALPENA...ATLANTA AND MIO. AT 1150 PM...THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF RAIN...ALONG WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM THE MACKINAC BRIDGE SOUTH ALONG I 75 TO GAYLORD. THE AREA WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN THE WATCH AREA AT 1150 PM. . THE AREA WILL REACH THE TOWNS OF CHEBOYGAN AND WOLVERINE BY MIDNIGHT AND IT WILL MOVE INTO THE VICINITY OF HAMMOND BAY AND ONAWAY BETWEEN 1230 AND 100 AM. EVERYONE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN ENERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. REMEMBER ALL THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN8. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. DS
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 12:10 AM EDT, 3 minutes before
MIZ043>047-063-060440- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 1205 PM EDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 300 AM EDT. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF CLARE...GLADWIN...ROSCOMMON...OGEMAW...CRAWFORD...AND OTSEGO. SOME OF THE WELL KNOWN COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTIES INCLUDE: IN CLARE COUNTY...THE COMMUNITIES OF CLARE...HARRISON...LAKE GEORGE...AND FARWELL. IN GLADWIN COUNTY...THE COMMUNITIES OF GLADWIN AND BEAVERTON. IN ROSCOMMON COUNTY...THE COMMUNITY OF ROSCOMMON AND THE HOUGHTON LAKE/ HIGGINS LAKE VICINITY. IN OGEMAW COUNTY...THE COMMUNITIES OF WEST BRANCH AND ROSE CITY. IN CRAWFORD COUNTY...THE COMMUNITIES OF GRAYLING AND FREDERIC. IN OTSEGO COUNTY...THE COMMUNITIES OF GAYLORD AND OTSEGO LAKE. AT 1205 AM EDT WEATHER RADAR FROM HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MUSKEGON TO PELLSTON...WITH THE LEADING EDGE ABOUT 45 MILES WEST OF HOUGHTON LAKE. MOVEMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL STORM CELLS WAS TO THE NORTEAST AT AROUND 40 TO 45 MPH...WITH THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER DOES EXIST UNTIL 300 AM. PERSONS IN NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM IN YOUR HOME...AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. STAY AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO SPAWN TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE SEVEhRE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...AND FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN PLEASE STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS. HURLEY/DICKS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 11:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Manistee | 52 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.