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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Gaylord, MI

May 28, 1995Iosco County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1995, 5:38 PM EDT for Iosco County, Michigan. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 1995, 5:38 PM EDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1995, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Iosco County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 123 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, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 1995-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 1995-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 322 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
702 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
322 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
488 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAPN 282140
SVRAPN
MIC069-MIZ509-282215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI
538 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALPENA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST LOWER PENINSULA
 
   ...EASTERN IOSCO COUNTY
 
  AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON COASTAL WATERS FROM...
 
   ...OSCODA  TO  ALABASTER
 
AT 535 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES OF OSCODA AND TAWAS CITY.
 
THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...AND WILL BE MOVING
OFF SHORE BETWEEN AU SABLE POINT AND TAWAS CITY BY 545 PM.
 
 
DESTRUCTIVE WIND AND HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
WILL OCCUR WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A STURDY SHELTER
NOW. MARINERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.
 
 p
 
SHOBE1/NORCROSS

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, May 28, 1:44 PM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-040-041-281845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI
144 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL
LOWER MICHIGAN...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF NORTH
CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN INCLUDING CLARE AND GLADWIN COUNTIES AND THE
COMMUNITIES OF CLARE...FARWELL...HARRISON...GLADWIN AND BEAVERTON.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL IN EXCESS OF 3/4 OF AN INCH...DAMAGING WINDS
OVER 55 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS OF OVER 70 MPH...AND FREQUENT DEADLY
LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO
CAN PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING.

AT 140 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
JUST ENTERING EXTREME SOUTHWEST CLARE COUNTY NEAR THE EIGHT POINT LAKE
AREA. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL
MOVE OVER THE EIGHT POINT LAKE AREA...LAKE VILLAGE AND FARWELL BETWEEN
200 PM AND 230 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THIS STORM IS NOT SEVERE AT THIS TIME
BUT WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.

PERrSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA ARE STONGLY URGED TO MONITOR LOCAL
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS
FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.

KEITH DICKS

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Special weather statement, May 28, 3:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-040-041-282030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI
315 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CENTRAL
LOWER MICHIGAN...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CLARE AND GLADWIN
COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM. INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE THE COMMUNITIES OF
CLARE AND HARRISON IN CLARE COUNTY AND GLADWIN AND BEAVERTON IN
GLADWIN COUNTY.

AT 310 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR AT HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF THE CLARE AND GLADWIN COUNTY BORDER...
ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MERIDETH AND A MILE NORTHEAST OF SKEELS.
THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL PASS ABOUT
2 MILES SOUTH OF WEST BRANCH BY 345 PM. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND PEA
SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES THROUGH NORTH
CENTRAL GLADWIN COUNTY AND INTO SOUTHWEST OGEMAW COUNTY.

THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH
AND HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER ARE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT
DEVELOP OVER CLARE AND GLADWIN COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON.

WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE INTO tAN INTERIOR ROOM
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

HURLEY
Special weather statement, May 28, 4:49 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
MIZ040-041-282200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI
450 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR A
PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR CLARE AND GLADWIN
COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM...WHICH INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF CLARE AND
HARRISON IN CLARE COUNTY AND GLADWIN AND BEAVERTON IN GLADWIN COUNTY.

AT 445 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR AT HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 2 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF FARWELL IN EXTREME
SOUTHERN CLARE COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH AND WILL MOVE OVER THE INTERSECTION OF US-27 AND US-10...ABOUT
3 MILES NORTH OF CLARE NEAR DOVER...BY 455 PM. BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHT CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES THROUGH SOUTHERN
CLARE COUNTY. THERE IS ALSO THE CHANCE THAT THIS STORM MAY BECOME
SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AND HAIL 3/4
INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER.

THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE WHEN A
THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...GET INDOORS IMMEDIATELY AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

HURLEY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 4:18 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXAlcona, Oscoda27 min
May 28, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.