Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1994, 9:23 PM EDT for Mecosta County, Michigan. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 1994, 9:23 PM EDT (01:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 1994, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mecosta County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 1388 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1124 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKG 200125 RRA SVRMKG MIC107-200215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI 923 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MUSKEGON MI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN ...SOUTHERN MECOSTA COUNTY AT 923 PM EDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN SOUTHEAST NEWAYGO COUNTY NEAR CROTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST MECOSTA COUNTY NEAR MORLEY BY 938 PM AND TO MECOSTA BY 1020 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGINGv WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, Aug 19, 7:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
MIZ007-008-200130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI 727 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF NEWBERRY... AT 725 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER DEER PARK...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF NEWBERRY...ON THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORE IN LUCE COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR BRINGING IT JUST NORTH OF THE TAHQUAMENON FALLS STATE PARK BETWEEN 800 AND 830 PM THIS EVENING. THE STORM WILL PASS BETWEEN PARADISE AND WHITEFISH POINT AND INTO WHITEFISH BAY AROUND 900 PM THIS EVENING. THIS STORM CONTAINS VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. CAMPERS NEAR THE LITTLE TWO HEARTED LAKES...BETSY AND SHEEPHEAD LAKES...ANDRUS LAKE AND THE WHITEFISH POINT ROAD SHOULD PREPARE FOR THIS STORM BY SEEKING SHELTER IN A STRONG REINFORCED BUILDING. L. WILLETTE
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 8:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
MIZ007-008-200135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI 821 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED INTO LAKE SUPERIOR... AT 820 PM THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS ON THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE OF LUCE AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES HAS MOVED INTO LAKE SUPERIOR NORTH OF WHITEFISH POINT. THIS STORM NO LONGER PRESENTS A DANGER TO PERSONS NEAR TAHQUAMENON FALLS...PARADISE OR WHITEFISH POINT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT IN EAST UPPER MICHIGAN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. L. WILLETTE
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 8:24 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
MIZ040-041-200130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 824 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTH CLARE COUNTY... AT 820 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN CLARE 3 MILES SOUTH OF THE CLARE AND ROSCOMMON COUNTY LINE... ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF THE TOWN OF HARRISON. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL PASS OVER THE TOWN OF MEREDITH... ON THE CLARE AND GLADWIN COUNTY LINES BY 835 PM EDT. PERSONS BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF LEOTA IN CLARE COUNTY AND MEREDITH IN NORTHWEST GLADWIN COUNTY SHOULD MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY...STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS AND ONLY USE THE TELEPHONE IN AN EMERGENCY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AS IT PASSES OVERHEAD. KEITH NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Muskegon, Newaygo | 49 min |
| Aug 19, 10:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona, Iosco | 55 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.