Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1994, 5:25 PM EDT for Alcona County, Iosco County, Oscoda County, Michigan. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 1994, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1994, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Alcona County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Oscoda County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Sault Ste Marie, MI (KY62), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 460 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, May 11, 4:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-036-042-509-514-112100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 405 PM EDT WED MAY 11 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON... AT 400 PM RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROGERS CITY... OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALPENA... AND JUST NORTH OF JOHANNESBURG... OR 45 MILES WEST OF ALPENA. THE STORM NEAR JOHANNESBURG HAS PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. THE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL EXTEND FROM PRESQUE ISLE TO HILLMAN... ATLANTA... AND LEWISTON BY 420 PM... AND WILL EXTEND FROM ALPENA TO FLETCHER POND BY 450 PM. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. HOLLINGSWORTH
Special weather statement, May 11, 4:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-036-042-509-514-112100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 405 PM EDT WED MAY 11 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON... AT 400 PM RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROGERS CITY... OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALPENA... AND JUST NORTH OF JOHANNESBURG... OR 45 MILES WEST OF ALPENA. THE STORM NEAR JOHANNESBURG HAS PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. THE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL EXTEND FROM PRESQUE ISLE TO HILLMAN... ATLANTA... AND LEWISTON BY 420 PM... AND WILL EXTEND FROM ALPENA TO FLETCHER POND BY 450 PM. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. HOLLINGSWORTH
Special weather statement, May 11, 4:46 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-112200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 446 PM EDT WED MAY 11 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR GRAYLING... AT 442 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CRAWFORD COUNTY... ABOUT 5 TO 10 MILES NORTH OF THE COMMUNITY OF GRAYLING. GRAYLING IS 20 MILES NORTH OF HOUGHTON LAKE. PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THE STORM JUST NORTH OF GRAYLING AT 443 PM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL REACH THE EAST CRAWFORD COUNTY BORDER... 15 MILES EAST OF GRAYLING... BY 515 PM. THES STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL... STRONG GUSTY WINDS... AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS THEY PASS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THEY HAVE PASSED. FRUEHAUF
Special weather statement, May 11, 4:49 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-112200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 446 PM EDT WED MAY 11 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR GRAYLING... AT 442 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CRAWFORD COUNTY... ABOUT 5 TO 10 MILES NORTH OF THE COMMUNITY OF GRAYLING. GRAYLING IS 20 MILES NORTH OF HOUGHTON LAKE. PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THE STORM JUST NORTH OF GRAYLING AT 443 PM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL REACH THE EAST CRAWFORD COUNTY BORDER... 15 MILES EAST OF GRAYLING... BY 515 PM. THES STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL... STRONG GUSTY WINDS... AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS THEY rPASS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THEY HAVE PASSED. FRUEHAUF
Special weather statement, May 11, 5:09 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-112200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 510 PM EDT WED MAY 11 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR GRAYLING AND WEST BRANCH... AT 506 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM GRAYLING... 20 MILES NORTH OF HOUGHTON LAKE... TO LUZERNE... 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOUGHTON LAKE. ADDITIONALLY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED 5 MILES NORTH OF WEST BRANCH. WEST BRANCH IS 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOUGHTON LAKE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL REACH THE SOUTHEAST CRAWFORD COUNTY LINE BY 535 PM. THE STORM NEAR WEST BRANCH WILL REACH SELKIRK... 10 MILES EAST OF WEST BRANCH... BY 525 PM. THES STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL... STRONG GUSTY WINDS... AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS THEY PASS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A CAR WITH A METAL ROOF OR STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THEY HAVE PASSED. FRUEHAUF
Special weather statement, May 11, 5:10 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-112200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 510 PM EDT WED MAY 11 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR GRAYLING AND WEST BRANCH... AT 506 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM GRAYLING... 20 MILES NORTH OF HOUGHTON LAKE... TO LUZERNE... 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOUGHTON LAKE. ADDITIONALLY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED 5 MILES NORTH OF WEST BRANCH. WEST BRANCH IS 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOUGHTON LAKE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL REACH THE SOUTHEAST CRAWFORD COUNTY LINE BY 535 PM. THE STORM NEAR WEST BRANCH WILL REACH SELKIRK... 10 MILES EAST OF WEST BRANCH... BY 525 PM. THES STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL... STRONG GUSTY WINDS... AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS THEY PASS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A CAR WITH A METAL ROOF OR STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THEY HAVE PASSED. FRUEHAUF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alpena, Montmorency | 34 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.