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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Gaylord, MI

April 26, 1994Mecosta County, Newaygo County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1994, 8:53 PM EDT for Mecosta County, Newaygo County, Michigan. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 1994, 8:53 PM EDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 1994, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Mecosta County, MI, Newaygo County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 199 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1994-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 513 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1994-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
513 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2058 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMKG 270053 RRA
SVRMKG
MIC107-123-270145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI
853 PM EDT TUE APR 26 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 WEST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN
 
   ...SOUTHERN MECOSTA COUNTY...SOUTHERN NEWAYGO COUNTY
 
AT 850 PM... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER TWIN
LAKE...10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUSKEGON. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS
MOVING AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH NEWAYGO BY 9 PM AND STANWOOD B
9 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED HAIL ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND 51
MILE AN HOUR WINDS WHEN IT PASSED THROUGH THE MUSKEGON COUNTY AIRPORT.
 
 
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 SHELTVER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
JSB
 
 
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMuskegon38 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.