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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 28, 1994Muskegon County, Michigan

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 1994-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1920 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 1994-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 1:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXPresque Isle35 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.