Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1994, 6:57 PM EDT for Arenac County, Michigan. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1994, 6:57 PM EDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1994, 7:31 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Arenac County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1873 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1033 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KAPN 062259 RRA SVRAPN MIC011-070000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 657 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALPENA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN ...ARENAC COUNTY ...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE COUNTIES JUST MENTIONED AT 655 PM EDT...3 REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE RECEIVED IN THE VICINITY OF STANDISH. WE ARE CLOSELY MONITORING THIS STORM FOR TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH THE SAGINAW BAY BY 720 PM EDT. THIS STORM WILL PASS SOUTH OF OMER AND AU GRES. RADAR ALSO INDICATED THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER. 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.
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 6, 5:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
MIZ028-034-035-062215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 519 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE GRADUALLY MOVING INTO WEST PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 515 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR OUT OF HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED AN EXPANDING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF ALPENA TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CADILLAC. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE VILLAGE OF ROSCOMMON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH...WHILE THE MAIN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY...NORTHERN OGEMAW COUNTY...AND NORTHERN ROSCOMMON COUNTY CAN EXPECT THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO LINGER FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...BRINGING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS... DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSCOMMON...ROSE CITY...AS WELL AS THE HOUGHTON LAKE/HIGGINS LAKE AREAS. IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACH YOUR AREA...GET INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HURLEY NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
MIZ042-062350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 546 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 ...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED AT 540 PM EDT... AT 540 PM EDT...A SPOTTER JUST SOUTH OF STERLING REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CLOSELY MONITORING THIS STORM FOR SIGNS OF TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. IT WILL BE MOVING NEAR OMER BY 610 PM AND AU GRES BY 640. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU SEE SIGNS OF THREATENING WEATHER...MOVE INTO A STURDY SHELTER. HELGESON
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:10 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
MIZ030-024-042-036-029-023-070015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 610 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PART OF NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN AND A PART EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...ARENAC...ALCONA... IOSCO...AND OSCODA COUNTIES. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AT 608 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTH OF ALPENA EXTENDING SOUTHEAST PAST HOUGHTON LAKE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS AND ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP OVER THE WATCH AREA ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE...DAMAGING HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THESE SAME AREAS UNTIL AT LEAST 800 PM BECAUSE THEY EXTEND SO FAR TO THE SOUTHWEST. SOME MINOR LOCAL FLOODINMAY ALSO OCCUR. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOMETIMES PRODUCE TORNADOES...SO IF SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHING MOVE TO THE LOWEST PLACE OF YOUR RESIDENCE AND GET UNDER A STURDY PIECE OF FURNITURE. HELGESON
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:12 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
MIZ030-024-042-036-029-023-070015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 610 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PART OF NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN AND A PART EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...ARENAC...ALCONA... IOSCO...AND OSCODA COUNTIES. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AT 608 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTH OF ALPENA EXTENDING SOUTHEAST PAST HOUGHTON LAKE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS AND ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP OVER THE WATCH AREA ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE...DAMAGING HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THESE SAME AREAS UNTIL AT LEAST 800 PM BECAUSE THEY EXTEND SO FAR TO THE SOUTHWEST. SOME MINOR LOCAL FLOODIXNMAY ALSO OCCUR. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOMETIMES PRODUCE TORNADOES...SO IF SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHING MOVE TO THE LOWEST PLACE OF YOUR RESIDENCE AND GET UNDER A STURDY PIECE OF FURNITURE. HELGESON
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:18 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
MIZ030-024-042-036-029-023-070015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 618 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PART OF NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN AND A PART EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...ARENAC...ALCONA... IOSCO...AND OSCODA COUNTIES. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AT 608 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTH OF ALPENA EXTENDING SOUTHWEST PAST HOUGHTON LAKE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS AND ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP OVER THE WATCH AREA ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE...DAMAGING HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THESE SAME AREAS UNTIL AT LEAST 800 PM BECAUSE THEY EXTEND SO FAR TO THE SOUTHWEST. SOME MINOR LOCAL FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ANYWHERE IN THE WATCH AREA UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOMETIMES PRODUCE TORNADOES...SO IF SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHING MOVE TO THE LOWEST PLACE OF YOUR RESIDENCE AND GET UNDER A STURDY PIECE OF FURNITURE. HELGESON
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:20 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
MIZ030-024-042-036-029-023-070015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 618 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PART OF NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN AND A PART EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...ARENAC...ALCONA... IOSCO...AND OSCODA COUNTIES. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AT 608 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTH OF ALPENA EXTENDING SOUTHWEST PAST HOUGHTON LAKE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS AND ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP OVER THE WATCH AREA ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE...DAMAGING HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THESE SAME AREAS UNTIL AT LEAST 800 PM BECAUSE THEY EXTEND SO FAR TO THE SOUTHWEST. SOME MINOR LOCAL FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ANYWHERE IN THE WATCH AREA UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOMETIMES PRODUCE TORNADOES...SO IF SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHING MOVE TO THE LOWEST PLACE OF YOtUR RESIDENCE AND GET UNDER A STURDY PIECE OF FURNITURE. HELGESON
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, 10:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Iosco | 66 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 |
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.