Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 1994, 2:47 PM EDT for Jackson County, Michigan. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 1994, 2:47 PM EDT (18:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1994, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -251 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1200 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 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 KLAN 131858 COR TORLAN MIC075-131915- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI 259 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 CORRECTION TO TIME THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LANSING HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN ...NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY AT 244 PM EDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO IN NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES NORTH OF JACKSON...NEAR U.S. HIGHWAY 127 AND HORN ROAD. SOME DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL AFFECT AREAS NORTHEAST OF JACKSON THROUGH 305 PM EDT. 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. BORIS
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, Jun 13, 2:24 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
MIZ052-059-066-067-073-074-080-081-131930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI 224 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 800 PM EDT. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF GRATIOT...CLINTON...EATON...INGHAM... CALHOUN...JACKSON...BRANCH...AND HILLSDALE. SOME CITIES AND TOWNS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ITHACA...LANSING...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON... COLDWATER...AND HILLSDALE. AT 215 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTH OF LANSING SOUTHWEST THROUGH BATTLE CREEK AND NORTH OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE LINE WERE LOCATED FROM SOUTHWEST INGHAM COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO BATTLE CREEK. THESE STORMS WERE TRACKING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN INGHAM...AND NORTHERN JACKSON AND BRANCH COUNTIES THROUGH 250 PM. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS... HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS...LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BORIS
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:24 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
MIZ052-059-066-067-073-074-080-081-131930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI 224 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 800 PM EDT. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF GRATIOT...CLINTON...EATON...INGHAM... CALHOUN...JACKSON...BRANCH...AND HILLSDALE. SOME CITIES AND TOWNS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ITHACA...LANSING...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON... COLDWATER...AND HILLSDALE. AT 215 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTH OF LANSING SOUTHWEST THROUGH BATTLE CREEK AND NORTH OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE LINE WERE LOCATED FROM SOUTHWEST INGHAM COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO BATTLE CREEK. THESE STORMS WERE TRACKING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN INGHAM...AND NORTHERN JACKSON AND BRANCH COUNTIES THROUGH 250 PM. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS... HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS...LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BORIS
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:25 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
MIZ051-056-057-058-064-065-071-072-132000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 225 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 800 PM THIS EVENING... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 800 PM EDT. AT 225 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM IONIA TO HASTINGS TO DECATUR. THIS LINE WILL REACH FROM NASHVILLE TO HICKORY CORNERS BY 330 PM. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS...LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DCZ
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:31 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
MIZ051-056-057-058-064-065-071-072-132000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 225 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 800 PM THIS EVENING... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 800 PM EDT. AT 225 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM IONIA TO HASTINGS TO DECATUR. THIS LINE WILL REACH FROM NASHVILLE TO HICKORY CORNERS BY 330 PM. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO...4OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS...LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DCZ
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:45 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
MIZ050-515-132045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI 245 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUSKEGON COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR THE COUNTY OF MUSKEGON. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF TWIN LAKE... WHITEHALL... AND RAVENNA. AT 245 PM... RAINFALL WAS NOT OCCURRING OVER MUSKEGON COUNTY. HOWEVER... CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORM MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH 3/4 INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OVER 58 MILES AN HOUR. IF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES... BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER ON SHORT NOTICE IN THE INTERIOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS... AND DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE UNTIL THUNDER AND ASSOCIATED LIGHTNING STRIKES HAVE ENDED FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES. DUBRISH
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:45 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
MIZ050-515-132045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI 245 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUSKEGON COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR THE COUNTY OF MUSKEGON. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF TWIN LAKE... WHITEHALL... AND RAVENNA. AT 245 PM... RAINFALL WAS NOT OCCURRING OVER MUSKEGON COUNTY. HOWEVER... CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORM MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH 3/4 INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OVER 58 MILES AN HOUR. IF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES... BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER ON SHORT NOTICE IN THE INTERIOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS... AND DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE UNTIL THUNDER AND ASSOCIATED LIGHTNING STRIKES HAVE ENDED FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES. DUBRISH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Van Buren | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Van Buren | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kalamazoo | 30 min |
| Jun 13, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Calhoun | 14 min |
| Jun 13, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Jackson | 34 min |
Nearby
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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.