Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1994, 8:37 PM EDT for Missaukee County, Wexford County, Michigan. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1994, 8:37 PM EDT (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1994, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Missaukee County, MI, Wexford County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMKG 050039 RRA SVRMKG MIC113-165-050145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI 837 PM EDT MON JUL 4 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MUSKEGON MI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN ...MISSAUKEE COUNTY...EASTERN WEXFORD COUNTY AT 835 PM EDT... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE TOWN OF MANTON OR 10 MILES NORTH OF CADILLAC. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN MISSAUKEE COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF MOREY BY 900 PM. RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. FELVER
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, 1 hour 14 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, 1 hour 13 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, 52 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, 48 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, 8:17 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-040-041-050115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 817 PM EDT MON JUL 4 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT. INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE THE COMMUNITIES OF CLARE...GLADWIN...HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH... GRAYLING AND GAYLORD. AT 813 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR FROM HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES WEST OF TRAVERSE CITY IN LEELANAU COUNTY TO 40 MILES WEST OF THE CITY OF CLARE IN CLARE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE HOUGHTON LAKE AREA BY 900 PM AND THE GRAYLING AND GAYLORD AREAS BY 915 PM EDT THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA ARE STRONGLY URGED TO MONITOR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE INDOORS TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY. KEIT
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 8:17 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-040-041-050115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 817 PM EDT MON JUL 4 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT. INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE THE COMMUNITIES OF CLARE...GLADWIN...HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH... GRAYLING AND GAYLORD. AT 813 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR FROM HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES WEST OF TRAVERSE CITY IN LEELANAU COUNTY TO 40 MILES WEST OF THE CITY OF CLARE IN CLARE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE HOUGHTON LAKE AREA BY 900 PM AND THE GRAYLING AND GAYLORD AREAS BY 915 PM EDT THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA ARE STRONGLY URGED TO MONITOR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE INDOORS TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY. KEIT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Antrim, Grand Traverse | 51 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.