Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1994, 11:06 PM EDT for Huron County, Michigan. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 1994, 11:06 PM EDT (03:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 1994, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Huron County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 513 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
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, Apr 26, 9:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
MIZ047-048-053-060-270215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI 916 PM EDT TUE APR 26 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 200 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. THESE COUNTIES ARE BAY... MIDLAND... SAGINAW AND SHIAWASSEE. AT 914 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM BIG RAPIDS TO JUST NORTH OF GRAND RAPIDS. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF MIDLAND AND SHIAWASSEE COUNTIES BETWEEN 1000 PM AND 1030 PM. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 9:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
MIZ016>083-270600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 925 PM EDT TUE APR 26 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT. THE WATCH COVERS AN AREA ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM OSCODA TO CADILLAC AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BAY CITY TO MARSHALL. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BAY CITY... SAGINAW... MIDLAND... LANSING... GRAND RAPIDS... MUSKEGON... BATTLE CREEK... KALAMAZOO... AND BENTON HARBOR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE HAIL WITH A DIAMETER OF AT LEAST 3/4 INCH... OR WINDS OF AT LEAST 58 MILES AN HOUR. IF ANY THUNDERSTORM SHOULD APPROACH... TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. EVEN N4ON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN KILL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL- CONSTRUCTED HOUSE OR BUILDING. WTB
Local storm report, Apr 26, 10:48 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Midland | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Gladwin | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 10:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Bay | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 12:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 12:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lapeer | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 1:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Livingston | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 2:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Oakland, Wayne | 41 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.