Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1994, 5:51 PM EDT for Cheboygan County, Presque Isle County, Michigan. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1994, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1994, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cheboygan County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Sault Ste Marie, MI (KY62), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 1320 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KAPN 282151 RRA SVRAPN MIC031-141-MIZ514-509-282245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 551 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALPENA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH LOWER MICHIGAN ...CHEBOYGAN COUNTY AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON COASTAL WATERS FROM... ... MACKINAC BRIDGE TO CHEBOYGAN ...CHEBOYGAN TO HAMMOND BAY IN NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN ...PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON COASTAL WATERS FROM... ...HAMMOND BAY TO ROGERS CITY AT 548 PM...RADAR AND REPORTS FROM WEATHER SPOTTERS INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM MACKINAW CITY SOUTH TO JUST SOUTH OF INDIAN RIVER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE VILLAGE OF ALOHA AND THROUGH CHEBOYGAN BY 605 PM. THESE STORMS PRODUCED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN EMMET COUNTY EARLIER. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BDM/EAH &
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, Jun 28, 5:16 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
MIZ015-282200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI 516 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 CORRECTED TYPO ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO MACKINAC COUNTY... AT 455 PM EDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED ON SHORE IN MACKINAC COUNTY FROM NAUBINWAY T0 BREVORT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORHTEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL REACH ST IGNACE AND MACKINAC ISLAND BY AROUND 530...AND CEDARVILLE BY AROUND 6 PM. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN MACKINAC COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER. P. BAK/L.WILLETTE
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 5:16 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
MIZ015-282200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI 516 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 CORRECTED TYPO ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO MACKINAC COUNTY... AT 455 PM EDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED ON SHORE IN MACKINAC COUNTY FROM NAUBINWAY T0 BREVORT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORHTEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL REACH ST IGNACE AND MACKINAC ISLAND BY AROUND 530...AND CEDARVILLE BY AROUND 6 PM. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN MACKINAC COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER. P. BAK/L.WILLETTE
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 5:30 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-036-042-509-514-282230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 530 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR IOSCO AND ARENAC COUNTIES... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF NORTHEAST AND EXTREME NORTH LOWER MICHIGAN... A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR IOSCO AND ARENAC COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF STANDISH AND TAWAS CITY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF NORTHEAST AND EXTREME NORTH LOWER MICHIGAN INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF EMMET... CHARLEVOIX... CHEBOYGAN... ALCONA... ALPENA... MONTMORENCY... OSCODA... AND PRESQUE ISLE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN ALL AREAS AND FOR TORNADOS IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA. AT 525 PM...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM A POINT 7 MILES WEST OF THE MACKINAC BRIDGE SOUTH ACROSS THE COMMUNITIES OF BLISS...PLEASANT VIEW...ALANSON AND BOYNE FALLS. THE LINE EXTENDED FURTHER SOUTH...JUST WEST AND PARALLEL TO INTERSTATE 75. PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST AND EXTREME NORTH LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. MEADE
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 5:32 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-036-042-509-514-282230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 530 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR IOSCO AND ARENAC COUNTIES... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF NORTHEAST AND EXTREME NORTH LOWER MICHIGAN... A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR IOSCO AND ARENAC COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF STANDISH AND TAWAS CITY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF NORTHEAST AND EXTREME NORTH LOWER MICHIGAN INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF EMMET... CHARLEVOIX... CHEBOYGAN... ALCONA... ALPENA... MONTMORENCY... OSCODA... AND PRESQUE ISLE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN ALL AREAS AND FOR TORNADOS IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA. AT 525 PM...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM A POINT 7 MILES WEST OF THE MACKINAC BRIDGE SOUTH ACROSS THE COMMUNITIES OF BLISS...PLEASANT VIEW...ALANSON AND BOYNE FALLS. THE LINE EXTENDED FURTHER SOUTH...JUST WEST AND PARALLEL TO INTERSTATE 75. PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST AND EXTREME NORTH LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FOR THEIR VCOMMUNITIES. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. MEADE
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 5:42 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-040-041-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 542 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 1000 PM... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR THE REST OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM FOR CLARE... GLADIWN...ROSCOMMON...AND OGEMAW COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALSO UNTIL 1000 PM FOR OTSEGO AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES. AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR OUT OF HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ABOUT VANDERBILT IN NORTHERN OTSEGO COUTY SOUTH TOWARD THE CLARE AREA IN EXTREME SOUTHERN CLARE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ROUGHLY 10 MILES NORTHEAST FROM GRAYLING IN CRAWFORD COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVES THROUGH LOVELLS IN NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY BY 550 PM. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH...WHICH WOULD PLACE THEM AT THE EASTERN BORDERS OF OTSEGO...CRAWFORD...AND ROSCOMMON COUNTIES AND THROUGH CENTRAL GLADWIN COUNTY BY 630 PM. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE WATCH AREA. THIS WOULD MEAN THE POSSIBLY OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND EVEN TORNADOES. IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING...MOVE INDSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AND KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LIGHTNING IS A KILLER...DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES DURING A THUNDERSTORM AND ONLY USE THE PHONE WHEN IT IS AN EMERGENCY. HURLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 5:43 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-040-041-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 542 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 1000 PM... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR THE REST OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM FOR CLARE... GLADIWN...ROSCOMMON...AND OGEMAW COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALSO UNTIL 1000 PM FOR OTSEGO AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES. AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR OUT OF HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ABOUT VANDERBILT IN NORTHERN OTSEGO COUTY SOUTH TOWARD THE CLARE AREA IN EXTREME SOUTHERN CLARE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ROUGHLY 10 MILES NORTHEAST FROM GRAYLING IN CRAWFORD COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVES THROUGH LOVELLS IN NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY BY 550 PM. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH...WHICH WOULD PLACE THEM AT THE EASTERN BORDERS OF OTSEGO...CRAWFORD...AND ROSCOMMON COUNTIES AND THROUGH CENTRAL GLADWIN COUNTY BY 630 PM. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE WATCH AREA. THIS WOULD MEAN THE POSSIBLY OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND EVEN TORNADOES. IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING...MOVE INDSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AND KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LIGHTNING IS A KILLER...DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES DURING A THUNDERSTORM AND ONLY USE THE PHONE WHEN IT IS AN EMERGENCY. HURLEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Arenac | 47 min |
| Jun 28, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Emmet | 69 min |
| Jun 28, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Cheboygan, Presque Isle | 43 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.