Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1994, 10:09 PM EDT for Iosco County, Michigan. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1994, 10:09 PM EDT (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1994, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Iosco County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 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
- 3529 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 747 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KAPN 060211 RRA SVRAPN MIC069-060315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 1009 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALPENA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN ...IOSCO COUNTY ...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE COUNTIES JUST MENTIONED... AT 1007 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR HALE.... 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALPENA. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL HIT TAWAS CITY BY 1030 PM AND JUST SOUTH OF OSCODA BY 1045 PM. HAIL TO 1 INCH AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. PERS0NS IN HALE... TAWAS CITY... AND AROUND OSCODA SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. MARINERS FROM OSCODA TO ALABASTER SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR NOW. 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. HOLLINGSWORTH
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, 6:16 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
MIZ016-017-019-514-052315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED HEADING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 613 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 610 PM RADAR INDICATED INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORMS FROM LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY TO NORWOOD. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL HIT INDIAN RIVER AND WOLVERINE BY 645 PM AND CHEYBOYGAN AND TOWER BY 710 PM. TORRENTIAL RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. MARINERS FROM THE STRAITS OF MACKINAC TO NORWOOD AND PERSONS IN EMMET... CHARLEVOIX.... AND CHEYBOYGAN COUNTIES SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER lAPPROACHES. HOLLINGSWORTH
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 7:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-040-041-060015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 717 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 715 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR FROM HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES WEST OF THE CITY OF GRAYLING IN CRAWFORD COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL HIT THE GRAYLING AREA BY 745 PM EDT. PERSONS BETWEEN THE CITIES OF FREDERIC AND GRAYLING IN CRAWFORD COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE APPROACH OF THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS WHEN THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASS OVERHEAD. SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEVADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND STATEMENTS ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS PLEASE STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS. KEITH DICKS NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-036-042-509-514-060200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 800 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF CHARLEVOIX... EMMET... CHEBOYGAN... PRESQUE ISLE... MONTMORENCY... ALPENA... OSCODA... ALCONA... IOSCO... AND ARENAC. AT 755 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN OTSEGO COUNTY AND WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH INTO MONTMORENCY COUNTY AFTER 820 PM. THE STORM WILL HIT LEWISTON AROUND 825 PM AND ATLANTA AT 835 PM. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF PETOSKEY TO EAST JORDAN. THESE STORMS WILL HIT INDIAN RIVER AND WOLVERINE BY 815 PM... AND ONAWAY AROUND 855 PM. ANY OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. PERSONS IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. HOLLINGSWORTH
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-036-042-509-514-060200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 800 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF CHARLEVOIX... EMMET... CHEBOYGAN... PRESQUE ISLE... MONTMORENCY... ALPENA... OSCODA... ALCONA... IOSCO... AND ARENAC. AT 755 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN OTSEGO COUNTY AND WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH INTO MONTMORENCY COUNTY AFTER 820 PM. THE STORM WILL HIT LEWISTON AROUND 825 PM AND ATLANTA AT 835 PM. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF PETOSKEY TO EAST JORDAN. THESE STORMS WILL HIT INDIAN RIVER AND WOLVERINE BY 815 PM... AND ONAWAY AROUND 855 PM. ANY OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. PERSONS IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. HOLLINGSWORTH
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:09 PM EDT, 2 hours before
MIZ022-028-034-035-040-041-060115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 809 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE AREA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE CLARE...GLADWIN...HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH... GRAYLING AND GAYLORD...AND THE COUNTIES OF CLARE...GLADWIN...OGEMAW... ROSCOMMON...CRAWFORD AND OTSEGO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING. AT 805 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CRAWFORD AND OTSEGO COUNTIES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT THERE UNTIL 830 PM. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED OR INDICATED BY RADAR. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...HAIL OF 3/4 INCH OR GREATER... TORRENTIAL RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY EVEN A TORNADO CAN OCCUR FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE INDOORS TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OF YOUR HOME IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SITUATION IN NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. KEITH DICKS NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:09 PM EDT, 2 hours before
MIZ022-028-034-035-040-041-060115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 809 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE AREA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE CLARE...GLADWIN...HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH... GRAYLING AND GAYLORD...AND THE COUNTIES OF CLARE...GLADWIN...OGEMAW... ROSCOMMON...CRAWFORD AND OTSEGO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING. AT 805 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CRAWFORD AND OTSEGO COUNTIES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT THERE UNTIL 830 PM. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED OR INDICATED BY RADAR. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...HAIL OF 3/4 INCH OR GREATER... TORRENTIAL RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY EVEN A TORNADO CAN OCCUR FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE INDOORS TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OF YOUR HOME IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SITUATION IN NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. KEITH DICKS NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Montmorency | 61 min |
| Jul 5, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Oscoda | 63 min |
| Jul 5, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona, Alpena | 64 min |
| Jul 5, 9:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Alpena, Presque Isle | 41 min |
| Jul 5, 9:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Oscoda | 61 min |
| Jul 5, 11:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Iosco | 56 min |
| Jul 6, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Missaukee | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona | 67 min |
| Jul 6, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Iosco | 88 min |
| Jul 6, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Osceola, Wexford | 68 min |
| Jul 6, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Arenac | 63 min |
| Jul 6, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Arenac | 34 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.