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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Detroit, MI

July 17, 1994Gladwin County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Jul 17, 1994, 8:36 PM EDT for Gladwin County, Michigan. It was in force for 39 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 17, 1994, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 1994, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Gladwin County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1994-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 134 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1994-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
134 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1196 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KHTL 180036
TORHTL
MIC051-180115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI
836 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUGHTON LAKE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN
 
   ...NORTHERN GLADWIN COUNTY
 
SPOTTERS AND SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD...
OCCASIONALLY CONTACTING THE GROUND AT M30 AND RIDGE ROAD IN NORTHWEST
GLADWIN COUNTY NEAR THE TITTABAWASSEE STATE FOREST.
 
PERSONS IN THE VILLAGE OF SECORD SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AS THIS
STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH.
 
 
 
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

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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.