Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1994, 8:09 PM EDT for Antrim County, Grand Traverse County, Michigan. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1994, 8:09 PM EDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1994, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Antrim County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 284 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
- 1468 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 920 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.3
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, Jul 4, 7:23 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-040-041-050030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE 724 PM EDT MON JUL 4 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...WHICH INCLUDES OTSEGO...CRAWFORD... ROSCOMMON...OGEMAW...CLARE...AND GLADWIN COUNTIES. A FEW COMMUNITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE GAYLORD...GRAYLING...HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH...HARRISON...AND GLADWIN. AT 720 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR OUT OF HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ONSHORE FROM LAKE MICHIGAN AND INTO THE LUDINGTON AND MANISTEE AREAS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS WOULD PLACE THEM INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...INCLUDING THE GAYLORD...GRAYLING... HOUGHTON LAKE...HARRISON...AND CLARE AREAS...BY 900 PM. THOSE PvLANNING ON PARTICIPATING IN ANY OUTDOOR HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES TONIGHT SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS... ESPECIALLY IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS...FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. HURLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 7:24 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-040-041-050030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE 724 PM EDT MON JUL 4 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...WHICH INCLUDES OTSEGO...CRAWFORD... ROSCOMMON...OGEMAW...CLARE...AND GLADWIN COUNTIES. A FEW COMMUNITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE GAYLORD...GRAYLING...HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH...HARRISON...AND GLADWIN. AT 720 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR OUT OF HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ONSHORE FROM LAKE MICHIGAN AND INTO THE LUDINGTON AND MANISTEE AREAS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS WOULD PLACE THEM INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...INCLUDING THE GAYLORD...GRAYLING... HOUGHTON LAKE...HARRISON...AND CLARE AREAS...BY 900 PM. THOSE PLANNING ON PARTICIPATING IN ANY OUTDOOR HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES TONIGHT SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS... ESPECIALLY IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS...FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. HURLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 7:45 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-036-042-509-514-040400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 745 PM EDT MON JUL 4 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF EXTREME NORTH AND NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF EXTREME NORTH AND NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT. INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE THE COUNTIES OF...CHEBOYGAN...CHARLEVOIX...PRESQUE ISLE... EMMET...MONTMORENCY...ALPENA...ALCONA...OSCODA...IOSCO AND ARENAC. SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE...CHEBOYGAN...PETOSKEY...ALPENA ...ROGERS CITY...CHARLEVOIX...ATLANTA...MIO...OSCODA AND STANDISH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. . REMEMBER...WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRESENT...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS...AVOID USING ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND THE TELEPHONE. DO NOT BATHE OR SHOWER DURING A THUNDERSTORM. DS
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 7:49 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-036-042-509-514-040400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 745 PM EDT MON JUL 4 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF EXTREME NORTH AND NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF EXTREME NORTH AND NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT. INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE THE COUNTIES OF...CHEBOYGAN...CHARLEVOIX...PRESQUE ISLE... EMMET...MONTMORENCY...ALPENA...ALCONA...OSCODA...IOSCO AND ARENAC. SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE...CHEBOYGAN...PETOSKEY...ALPENA ...ROGERS CITY...CHARLEVOIX...ATLANTA...MIO...OSCODA AND STANDISH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. . REMEMBER...WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRESENT...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS...AVOID USING ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND THE TELEPHONE. DO NOT BATHE OR SHOWER DURING A THUNDERSTORM. DS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Missaukee, Wexford | 68 min |
| Jul 4, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Cheboygan | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 10:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Oscoda | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 10:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Osceola | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 10:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Muskegon, Oceana | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 11:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Newaygo | 58 min |
| Jul 4, 11:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Mecosta | 69 min |
| Jul 5, 12:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Missaukee | 65 min |
| Jul 5, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Antrim | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Leelanau | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Kalkaska | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Lake, Mason | 58 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.