Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1994, 9:28 PM EDT for Manistee County, Mason County, Michigan. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 1994, 9:28 PM EDT (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1994, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Manistee County, MI, Mason County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1385 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS1 KMKG 240128 RRA
SVRMKG
MIC101-105-240230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI
928 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF LOWER MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN MANISTEE...
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF LOWER MICHIGAN
NORTHERN MASON...
...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE
COUNTIES JUST MENTIONED
AT 925 PM EDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR MOVING
ONSHORE OVER NORTHERN MASON AND SOUTHERN MANISTEE COUNTIES IN THE
VICINITY OF BAG SABLE POINT. COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE DUBLIN AND IRONS. WINDS GUSTS OF 60 MPH
AND LARGE HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER IF
AVAILABLE...OTHERWISE GO TO A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 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.
BOLENWhat 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 23, 7:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-036-042-509-514-240130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 738 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST AND EXTREME NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST AND EXTREME NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF CHARLEVOIX...PELLSTON...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY...ALPENA ...ATLANTA...ALCONA...MIO...TAWAS CITY...AND STANDISH. AT 735 PM...A LINE OF SHOWERS...WITH EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS... EXTENDED FROM ROGERS CITY TO NEAR HILLMAN. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND BY 800 PM WILL EXTEND FROM PRESQUE ISLE HARBOR TO LEWISTON. BY 830 PM...THE LINE WILL EXTEND FROM ALPENA TO MIO. INTENSE LIGHTNING...PEA SIZE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNPDERSTORM WATCH INDICATES THAT ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...AND HAIL GREATER THAN 3/4 OF AN INCH. NORCROSS
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 8:40 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-040-041-240200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 840 PM EDT SAT JULY 23 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE THE COUNTIES OF CLARE...GLADWIN...ROSCOMMON...OGEMAW...CRAWFORD...AND OTSEGO. A FEW WELL KNOWN COMMUNITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE HARRISON...GLADWIN... HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH...GRAYLING...AND GAYLORD. AT 835 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR OUT OF HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR MANISTEE NORTHEAST TOWARD THE ALPENA AREA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WERE LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES TO THE WEST OF OTSEGO LAKE IN WESTERN OTSEGO COUNTY...JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF JOHANNESBURG IN EASTERN OTSEGO COUNTY...AND 15 MILES TO WEST OF FREDERIC IN EASTERN KALKASKA COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF FREDERIC IN NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY AND WATERS IN SOUTHERN OTSEGO COUNTY BY 850 PM. IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING YOUR AREA...GET INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HURLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 9:15 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-036-042-509-514-240300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 915 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR EXTREME NORTHERN AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CHARLEVOIX...EMMET... CHEBOYGAN...PRESQUE ISLE...ALPENA AND MONTMORENCY COUNTIES. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR OSCODA...ALCONA ...IOSCO AND ARENAC COUNTIES...AND INCLUDED THE COMMUNITIES OF MIO... GREENBUSH...NATIONAL CITY...AND STERLING. AT 910 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORM COVERING NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN FROM CHEBOYGAN SOUTH TO WOLVERINE...THEN SOUTHEAST TO LEWISTON...CURRAN...HUBBARD LAKE AND BLACK RIVER. THE AREA WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR ...WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED BETWEEN ATLANTA...TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEWISTON WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST TO CURRAN...MIO AND LUZERNE BY 945 PM AND WEAKEN. THE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE OUTDOOR WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. WOOD
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 9:16 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
MIZ022-240215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 916 PM EDT SAT JULY 23 1994 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR OTSEGO COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED FOR OTSEGO COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN TERMINATED. AT 915 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR OUT OF HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED THAT ALL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAD MOVED SOUTH AND INTO KALKASKA...CRAWFORD...AND OSCODA COUNTIES. RAIN SHOWRES WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...HOWEVER... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY. THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT FOR OTSEGO COUNTY REGARDING THIS LATEST SEVERE WEATHERn WATCH. HURLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 9:16 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
MIZ022-240215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 916 PM EDT SAT JULY 23 1994 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR OTSEGO COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED FOR OTSEGO COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN TERMINATED. AT 915 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR OUT OF HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED THAT ALL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAD MOVED SOUTH AND INTO KALKASKA...CRAWFORD...AND OSCODA COUNTIES. RAIN SHOWRES WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...HOWEVER... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY. THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT FOR OTSEGO COUNTY REGARDING THIS LATEST SEVERE WEATHERn WATCH. HURLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 9:18 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-036-042-509-514-240300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 915 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR EXTREME NORTHERN AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CHARLEVOIX...EMMET... CHEBOYGAN...PRESQUE ISLE...ALPENA AND MONTMORENCY COUNTIES. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR OSCODA...ALCONA ...IOSCO AND ARENAC COUNTIES...AND INCLUDED THE COMMUNITIES OF MIO... GREENBUSH...NATIONAL CITY...AND STERLING. AT 910 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORM COVERING NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN FROM CHEBOYGAN SOUTH TO WOLVERINE...THEN SOUTHEAST TO LEWISTON...CURRAN...HUBBARD LAKE AND BLACK RIVER. THE AREA WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR ...WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED BETWEEN ATLANTA...TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEWISTON WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST TO CURRAN...MIO AND LUZERNE BY 945 PM AND WEAKEN. THE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE OUTDOOR WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. WOOD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Chippewa, Mackinac | 40 min |
Nearby
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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.