Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 1994, 3:06 AM EDT for Muskegon County, Michigan. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 28, 1994, 3:06 AM EDT (07:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 1994, 4:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Muskegon County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 1920 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 879 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 13.8
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 28, 1:22 AM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-040-041-280700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 122 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM FOR NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 600 AM FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. THE WATCH AREA COVERS THE COUNTIES OF OTSEGO... CRAWFORD...ROSCOMMON...OGEMAW...CLARE...AND GLADWIN. A FEW WELL KNOWN COMMUNITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE GAYLORD...GRAYLING...HOUGHTON LAKE...ROSCOMMON...WEST BRANCH...CLARE...HARRISON...AND GLADWIN. AT 120 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR OUT OF HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WEST CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL REACH THE GRAYLING AREA BY 130 AM EDT. AT THE SAME TIME...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN FROM MUSKEGON TO MANISTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FURTHER DEVELOP AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH...AND WILL REACH THE WESTERN BORDERS OF ROSCOMMON AND CLARE COUNTIES BETWEEN 200 AND 230 AM EDT. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER...LARGE HAIL THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER OR GREATER... AD POSSIBLY TORNADOES. THIS CAN BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION...BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO RELOCATE TO A STURDY SHELTER SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. HURLEY
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 1:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-036-042-509-514-280705- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 135 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 600 AM EDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR CHARLEVOIX...EMMET...CHEBOYGAN... PRESQUE ISLE...ALPENA...MONTMORENCY...OSCODA...ALCONA...IOSCO...AND ARENAC COUNTIES IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 600 AM. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF MACKINAW CITY...ATLANTA...GLENNIE AND EAST TAWAS. AT 130 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS COVERING NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN FROM MACKINAW CITY...TO LACHINE ...TO FAIRVIEW. THUNDERSTORMS WERE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE AREA...WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MILLERSBURG...HAWKS AND HILLMAN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR. BY 215 AM THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE WATERS OF LAKE HURON AND EXTEND SOUTHWEST ACROSS SOUTH POINT...GLENNIE AND HALE. BY 245 AM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MAINLY BE OVER THE WATER OF LAKE HURON. HOWEVER THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. AT 132 AM WIND EQUIPMENT LOCATED IN GAYLORD REPORTED WIND SPEEDS AVERAGING 31 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. YOU SHOULD STAY ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. WOOD
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 1:38 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-036-042-509-514-280705- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 135 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 600 AM EDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR CHARLEVOIX...EMMET...CHEBOYGAN... PRESQUE ISLE...ALPENA...MONTMORENCY...OSCODA...ALCONA...IOSCO...AND ARENAC COUNTIES IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 600 AM. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF MACKINAW CITY...ATLANTA...GLENNIE AND EAST TAWAS. AT 130 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS COVERING NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN FROM MACKINAW CITY...TO LACHINE ...TO FAIRVIEW. THUNDERSTORMS WERE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE AREA...WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MILLERSBURG...HAWKS AND HILLMAN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR. BY 215 AM THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE WATERS OF LAKE HURON AND EXTEND SOUTHWEST ACROSS SOUTH POINT...GLENNIE AND HALE. BY 245 AM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MAINLY BE OVER THE WATER OF LAKE HURON. HOWEVER THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. AT 132 AM WIND EQUIPMENT LOCATED IN GAYLORD REPORTED WIND SPEEDS AVERAGING 31 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. YOU SHOULD STAY ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A R"EINFORCED SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. WOOD
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 2:53 AM EDT, 13 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 1:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Presque Isle | 35 min |
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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.