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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Jul 17, 1994, 6:59 PM EDT for Kalkaska County, Michigan. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 1994, 6:59 PM EDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 1994, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kalkaska County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Sault Ste Marie, MI (KY62), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 1232 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMKG 172259
TORMKG
MIC079-172330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI
659 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF LOWER MICHIGAN
KALKASKA
AT 700PM... KALKASKA COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR
BEAR LAKE... 25 MILES EAST OF THE CITY OF KALKASKA AND IN THE
RURAL AREA 15 MILES SOUTH OF THE CITY OF KALKASKA.
NO TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. HOWEVER... CONDITIONS
ARE PRESENT FOR TORNADOS TO DEVELOP AT ANY MOMENT.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER IF
AVAILABLE...OTHERWISE GO TO A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.
IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM..GO TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
RESIDENTS IN KALKASKA COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR TORNADO
DEVELOPMENT DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.
DUBRISHWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jul 17, 5:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
MIZ034-040-172245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 542 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO ROSCOMMON AND CLARE COUNTY... AT 535 PM EDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO ROSCOMMON AND CLARE COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED IN EXTREME NORTHWEST CLARE COUNTY JUST ON THE CLARE...MISSAUKKEE COUNTY LINE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH AND WILL ENTER SOUTHWEST ROSCOMMON COUNTY AND THE SOUTHWEST SHORE OF HOUGHTON LAKE AT 545 PM EDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY HAVE PRODUCED A TORNADO IN OSCEOLA COUNTY AT ABOUT 500 PM AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST. PERSONS IN WESTERN ROSCOMMON COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY FOR THE NEXT HOUR AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KEITH DICKS NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 5:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
MIZ034-040-172245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 542 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO ROSCOMMON AND CLARE COUNTY... AT 535 PM EDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO ROSCOMMON AND CLARE COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED IN EXTREME NORTHWEST CLARE COUNTY JUST ON THE CLARE...MISSAUKKEE COUNTY LINE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH AND WILL ENTER SOUTHWEST ROSCOMMON COUNTY AND THE SOUTHWEST SHORE OF HOUGHTON LAKE AT 545 PM EDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY HAVE PRODUCED A TORNADO IN OSCEOLA COUNTY AT ABOUT 500 PM AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST. PERSONS IN WESTERN ROSCOMMON COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY FOR THE NEXT HOUR AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KEITH DICKS NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 4:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Osceola | 78 min |
| Jul 17, 5:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Kalkaska | 64 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.