Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1994, 2:36 PM EDT for Arenac County, Michigan. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1994, 2:36 PM EDT (18:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1994, 3:23 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Arenac County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 983 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KAPN 281837 RRA SVRAPN MIC011-281945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 236 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALPENA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN ...ARENAC COUNTY ...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE COUNTIES JUST MENTIONED AT 236 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED A DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES NORTH OF BAY CITY BETWEEN ALGER AND STANDISH. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. BY 300 PM IT WILL BE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF OMER AND BY 320 PM IT WILL BE JUST NORTH OF TWINING ON THE ARENAC AND IOSCO COUNTY LINE. THIS STORM HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 3/4 INCH HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. HELGESON
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, Jun 28, 1:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
MIZ041-281900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 130 PM EDT TUE JUN 1281994 ...A THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST GLADWIN COUNTY... AT 125 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST GLADWIN COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF BEAVERTON OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOUGHTON LAKE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH WHICH WOULD PLACE THE STORM IN AN AREA OF WIXOM LAKE BY 200 PM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED IN ITS PATH...AS WELL AS FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HAIL. WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GET INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES DURING A THUNDERSTORM AND ONLY USE THE TELEPHONE IF IT IS AN EMERGENCY.
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
MIZ041-281900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 130 PM EDT TUE JUN 1281994 ...A THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST GLADWIN COUNTY... AT 125 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST GLADWIN COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF BEAVERTON OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOUGHTON LAKE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH WHICH WOULD PLACE THE STORM IN AN AREA OF WIXOM LAKE BY 200 PM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED IN ITS PATH...AS WELL AS FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HAIL. WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GET INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES DURING A THUNDERSTORM AND ONLY USE THE TELEPHONE IF IT IS AN EMERGENCY.
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:08 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-036-042-509-514-282010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 208 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING... AT 204 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING FROM WOLVERINE TO LEWISTON MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. BY 300 PM...THESE STORMS WILL BE FROM ONAWAY TO BETWEEN ATLANTA AND HILLMAN. ALSO...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH SOME HAIL WILL MOVE INTO ARENAC COUNTY BETWEEN ATLANTA AND STANDISH...NEAR ALGER BY 245 PM AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DANGEROUS...SO MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THEM. HELGESON
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:08 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-036-042-509-514-282010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 208 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING... AT 204 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING FROM WOLVERINE TO LEWISTON MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. BY 300 PM...THESE STORMS WILL BE FROM ONAWAY TO BETWEEN ATLANTA AND HILLMAN. ALSO...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH SOME HAIL WILL MOVE INTO ARENAC COUNTY BETWEEN ATLANTA AND STANDISH...NEAR ALGER BY 245 PM AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DANGEROUS...SO MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THEM. HELGESON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Emmet | 69 min |
| Jun 28, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Cheboygan, Presque Isle | 54 min |
| Jun 28, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Cheboygan, Presque Isle | 43 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.