Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1994, 5:06 PM EDT for Emmet County, Michigan. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1994, 5:06 PM EDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1994, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Emmet County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Sault Ste Marie, MI (KY62), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 1320 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 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 282108 RRA SVRAPN MIC047-MIZ514-282215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 506 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALPENA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH LOWER MICHIGAN ...EMMET COUNTY AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON COASTAL WATERS FROM... ... PETOSKEY TO CROSS VILLAGE ... CROSS VILLAGE TO MACKINAC BRIDGE AT 505 PM...A DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CROSS VILLAGE. ANOTHER VERY STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF HARBOR SPRINGS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BY 520 PM...ONE STORM WILL BE 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MACKINAW CITY. THE OTHER STORM WILL BE BETWEEN PELLSTON AND CROSS VILLAGE. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF HAIL AN STRONG WINDS. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 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, 4:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-040-041-282115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 400 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 1000 PM... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR THE REST OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM COVERING A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF ROSCOMMON...OGEMAW...CLARE...AND GLADWIN AND THE COMMUNITIES OF HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH...HARRISON...AND GLADWIN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 1000 PM FOR THE REST OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...WHICH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF OTSEGO AND CRAWFORD AND THE COMMUNITIES OF GAYLORD AND GRAYLING. AT 355 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR OUT OF HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...EXTENDING FROM TRAVERSE CITY SOUTH TOWARD THE CADILLAC AREA. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...WITH THE LINE OF STORMS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS WOULD PLACE THE LINE OF STORMS AT THE WESTERN BORDERS OF OTSEGO... CRAWFORD...ROSCOMMON...AND CLARE COUNTIES BY 430 PM. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE WATCH AREA. THIS WOULD MEAN THE POSSIBLY OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND EVEN TORNADOES. IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING...MOVE INDSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AND KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LIGHTNING IS A KILLER...DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES DURING A THUNDERSTORM AND ONLY USE THE PHONE WHEN IT IS AN EMERGENCY. HURLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 4:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-040-041-282115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 400 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 1000 PM... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR THE REST OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM COVERING A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF ROSCOMMON...OGEMAW...CLARE...AND GLADWIN AND THE COMMUNITIES OF HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH...HARRISON...AND GLADWIN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 1000 PM FOR THE REST OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...WHICH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF OTSEGO AND CRAWFORD AND THE COMMUNITIES OF GAYLORD AND GRAYLING. AT 355 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR OUT OF HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...EXTENDING FROM TRAVERSE CITY SOUTH TOWARD THE CADILLAC AREA. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...WITH THE LINE OF STORMS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS WOULD PLACE THE LINE OF STORMS AT THE WESTERN BORDERS OF OTSEGO... CRAWFORD...ROSCOMMON...AND CLARE COUNTIES BY 430 PM. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE WATCH AREA. THIS WOULD MEAN THE POSSIBLY OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND EVEN TORNADOES. IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING...MOVE INDSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AND KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LIGHTNING IS A KILLER...DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES DURING A THUNDERSTORM AND ONLY USE THE PHONE WHEN IT IS AN EMERG>ENCY. HURLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 4:45 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-040-041-282200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 445 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 1000 PM... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR THE REST OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM FOR CLARE... GLADIWN...ROSCOMMON...AND OGEMAW COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALSO UNTIL 1000 PM FOR OTSEGO AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES. AT 440 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR OUT OF HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREAS...EXTENDING FROM ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF TRAVERSE CITY TO ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF HARRISON IN NORTHERN CLARE COUNTY. THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...WITH THE LINE OF STORMS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS WOULD PLACE THE STORMS OVER THE GAYLORD...GRAYLING...HOUGHTON LAKE...AND CLARE AREAS BY 450 PM. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE WATCH AREA. THIS WOULD MEAN THE POSSIBLY OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND EVEN TORNADOES. IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING...MOVE INDSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AND KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LIGHTNING IS A KILLER...DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES DURING A THUNDERSTORM AND ONLY USE THE PHONE WHEN IT IS AN EMERGENCY. HURLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 4:45 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-040-041-282200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 445 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 1000 PM... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR THE REST OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM FOR CLARE... GLADIWN...ROSCOMMON...AND OGEMAW COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALSO UNTIL 1000 PM FOR OTSEGO AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES. AT 440 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR OUT OF HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREAS...EXTENDING FROM ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF TRAVERSE CITY TO ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF HARRISON IN NORTHERN CLARE COUNTY. THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...WITH THE LINE OF STORMS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS WOULD PLACE THE STORMS OVER THE GAYLORD...GRAYLING...HOUGHTON LAKE...AND CLARE AREAS BY 450 PM. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE WATCH AREA. THIS WOULD MEAN THE POSSIBLY OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND EVEN TORNADOES. IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING...MOVE INDSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AND KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LIGHTNING IS A KILLER...DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES DURING A THUNDERSTORM AND ONLY USE THE PHONE WHEN IT IS AN EMERGENCY. HURLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 5:04 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
MIZ015-282200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI 504 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO MACKINAC COUNTY... AT 455 PM EDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED ON SHORE IN MACKINAC COUNTY FROM NAUBINWAY T0 BREVORT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORHTEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL REACH ST IGNACE AND MACKINAC ISLAND BY AROUND 530...AND CEDARVILLE BY AROUND 6 PM. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN MACKINAC COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER. P. BAK/L.WILLETTE
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 5:04 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
MIZ015-282200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI 504 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO MACKINAC COUNTY... AT 455 PM EDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED ON SHORE IN MACKINAC COUNTY FROM NAUBINWAY T0 BREVORT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORHTEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL REACH ST IGNACE AND MACKINAC ISLAND BY AROUND 530...AND CEDARVILLE BY AROUND 6 PM. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN MACKINAC COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER. P. BAK/L.WILLETTE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Arenac | 47 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.