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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 1994, 6:45 PM EDT for Ogemaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1994, 6:45 PM EDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1994, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ogemaw County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 1873 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1033 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHTL 062245 TORHTL MIC129-062315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 645 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUGHTON LAKE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST MICHIGAN ...EASTERN OGEMAW COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT PERSONEL IN OGEMAW COUNTY REPORTED A TORNADO DAMAGING TREES IN EASTERN OGEMAW COUNTY AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROAD AND MORRISON ROAD 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEST BRANCH IN OGEMAW COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH AND PERSONS IN THE VILLAGE OF SELKIRK SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. KEITH DICKS NNNN
What 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 6, 4:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
MIZ055-060>062-062105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI 403 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE COUNTIES OF SHIAWASSEE... GENESEE... LAPEER... AND SANDUSKY. AT 400 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. ONE SHOWER WAS NEAR JUDDVILLE IN NORTHEAST SHIAWASSEE COUNTY... WITH ANOTHER SHOWER OVER I-75 NEAR THE GENESEE AND OAKLAND COUNTY BORDER. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL... AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS. REMEMBER ALL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTNING. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA... GET INTO A STURDY HOME OR BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM METAL OBJECTS AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION KIH 29 UNDER FREQUENCY 162.475 MHZ. CARUSO
Local storm report, Jul 6, 4:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT, MI
315 PM EST WED JUL 06 1994
TIME LOCATION AND EVENT
(EDT)
235 PM EDT........QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY ST. CLAIR COUNTY
SHERIFF DEPARTMENT IN LAKEPORT AND JUST SOUTH OF
LAKEPORT...60 NNE DOWNTOWN DETROIT.Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
MIZ047>049-053>055-060>062-062340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI 535 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PART OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE COUNTIES OF SHIAWASSEE... GENESEE... LAPEER... AND SANILAC IN EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. SOME LARGER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IN THIS WATCH INCLUDE OWOSSO... FLINT... LAPEER... AND SANDUSKY. AT 530 PM EDT... RADAR INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. HOWEVER...RADAR DID SHOW A THUNDERSTORM OVER STERLING IN ARENAC COUNTY OF NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. THIS STORM MAY DEVELOP SOUTHWESTWARD INTO GLADWIN COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND MAY AFFECT NORTHERN BAY COUNTY BY AROUND 600 PM. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA... FOR YOUR PROTECTION... GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER... SUCH AS A HOME OR BUILDING. STAY OUT OF WATER... AND REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE ENDED. CARUSO
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
MIZ047>049-053>055-060>062-062340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI 535 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PART OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE COUNTIES OF SHIAWASSEE... GENESEE... LAPEER... AND SANILAC IN EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. SOME LARGER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IN THIS WATCH INCLUDE OWOSSO... FLINT... LAPEER... AND SANDUSKY. AT 530 PM EDT... RADAR INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. HOWEVER...RADAR DID SHOW A THUNDERSTORM OVER STERLING IN ARENAC COUNTY OF NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. THIS STORM MAY DEVELOP SOUTHWESTWARD INTO GLADWIN COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND MAY AFFECT NORTHERN BAY COUNTY BY AROUND 600 PM. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA... FOR YOUR PROTECTION... GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER... SUCH AS A HOME OR BUILDING. STAY OUT OF WATER... AND REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE ENDED. CARUSO
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:13 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
MIZ047>049-053>055-060>062-070015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI 613 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR THE COUNTIES OF SHIAWASSEE... GENESEE... LAPEER... AND SANILAC... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE COUNTIES OF HURON... TUSCOLA... SAGINAW... BAY... AND MIDLAND UNTIL MIDNIGHT... A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REMAINDER OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT. SOME COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THE NEW WATCH AREA ARE BAD AXE... CARO... SAGINAW... BAY CITY... AND MIDLAND. AT 610 PM...RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST SAGINAW COUNTY NEAR HEMLOCK... SOUTHWEST TO NEAR GRAND RAPIDS. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING AND MAY BECOME SEVERE. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. CARUSO
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:14 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
MIZ047>049-053>055-060>062-070015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI 613 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR THE COUNTIES OF SHIAWASSEE... GENESEE... LAPEER... AND SANILAC... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE COUNTIES OF HURON... TUSCOLA... SAGINAW... BAY... AND MIDLAND UNTIL MIDNIGHT... A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REMAINDER OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT. SOME COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THE NEW WATCH AREA ARE BAD AXE... CARO... SAGINAW... BAY CITY... AND MIDLAND. AT 610 PM...RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST SAGINAW COUNTY NEAR HEMLOCK... SOUTHWEST TO NEAR GRAND RAPIDS. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING AND MAY BECOME SEVERE. IF YOUh PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. CARUSO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 8:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Crawford, Roscommon | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 9:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Ogemaw | 68 min |
| Jul 5, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Crawford, Roscommon | 64 min |
| Jul 5, 10:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Gladwin | 67 min |
| Jul 5, 10:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Ogemaw | 35 min |
| Jul 5, 10:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Ogemaw | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 12:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Tuscola | 58 min |
| Jul 6, 1:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Sanilac | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Sanilac | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Sanilac | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saint Clair | 54 min |
| Jul 6, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Wayne | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Monroe, Wayne | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 5:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Ogemaw | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Bay | 62 min |
| Jul 6, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Midland | 33 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.