Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 1994, 8:30 PM EDT for Crawford County, Roscommon County, Michigan. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1994, 8:30 PM EDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1994, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crawford County, MI, Roscommon County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Sault Ste Marie, MI (KY62), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 633 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 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 KHTL 060030 TORHTL MIC039-143-060115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 830 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUGHTON LAKE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN ...SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY...NORTHERN ROSCOMMON COUNTY WEATHER RADAR AND SPOTTERS REPORTED SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS AND ONE POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ON THE CRAWFORD...ROSCOMMON COUNTY LINE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. ONE FUNNEL WAS REPORTED NEAR EXIT 244 ON I-75 WITH OTHER REPORTS IN SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY SOUTH OF GRAYLING IN BEAVER CREEK TOWNSHIP NEAR FLETCHER ROAD. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DEADLY STORM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. KEITH 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 5, 8:01 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
MIZ016>055-060100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 800 PM EDT TUE JUL5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 563 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTH HALF OF LOWER MICHIGAN AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT... AT 757 PM EDT... RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS... RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN FROM LUDINGTON TO JUST WEST OF ALPENA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTH HALF OF LOWER MICHIGAN AND WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH AREA ARE THE COMMUNITIES OF PETOSKEY...ALPENA ...GAYLORD...TRAVERSE CITY...CADILLAC...HOUGHTON LAKE...MT PLEASANT ...LUDINGTON...MUSKEGON...BIG RAPIDS...MIDLAND...AND SAGINAW. AS STORMS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THIS EVENING... THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL... DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND SEVERE WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH. HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA... MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS IN THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. WAGENMAKER
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:01 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
MIZ016>055-060100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 800 PM EDT TUE JUL5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 563 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTH HALF OF LOWER MICHIGAN AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT... AT 757 PM EDT... RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS... RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN FROM LUDINGTON TO JUST WEST OF ALPENA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTH HALF OF LOWER MICHIGAN AND WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH AREA ARE THE COMMUNITIES OF PETOSKEY...ALPENA ...GAYLORD...TRAVERSE CITY...CADILLAC...HOUGHTON LAKE...MT PLEASANT ...LUDINGTON...MUSKEGON...BIG RAPIDS...MIDLAND...AND SAGINAW. AS STORMS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THIS EVENING... THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL... DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND SEVERE WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH. HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA... MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS IN THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. WAGENMAKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 6:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Ogemaw | 30 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.