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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 25, 1995Oscoda County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1995, 1:18 PM EDT for Oscoda County, Michigan. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 1995, 1:18 PM EDT (17:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1995, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Oscoda County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 1995-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 463 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, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 1995-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
463 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
405 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 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 
WUUS1 KAPN 251718 RRA
SVRAPN
MIC135-251800-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI
118 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALPENA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST LOWER PENINSULA
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN OSCODA COUNTY
 
AT 114 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES WEST OF MIO. SPOTTERS REPORT FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. THIS THUNDERSTORM
IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE WEST...AND WILL AFFECT SOUTHWEST OSCODA COUNTY
FOR THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. HAIL 3/4 INCH DIAMETER AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50
MPH MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME.
 
SHOBE2

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, Jun 25, 12:42 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
MIZ034-035-251745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI
1242 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 1995

...SHOWERS AND JPOSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA...

AT 1235 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED TWO DEVELOPING AREAS OF
RAIN SHOWERS...AND A POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM...OVER A PORTION OF
ROSCOMMON COUNTY.  THE DEVELOPING AREA IS ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST
OF HOUGHTON LAKE OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF THE VILLAGE OF ROSCOMMON.
ANOTHER AREA OF DEVELOPMENT IS ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOUGHTON
LAKE OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF THE TOWN OF ROSE CITY IN NORTH CENTRAL
OGEMAW COUNTY.

PERSONS IN NORTHEAST ROSCOMMON COUNTY AND NORTHCENTRAL AND WESTERN
OGEMAW COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS
FOR THE NEXT HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP FROM THESE AREAS OF
RAINSHOWERS WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT BUILD UP THIS AFTERNOON. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS
ALSO POSSIBLE.

FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORM ACIVITY
OVER NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN PLEASE STAY TUNED TO LOCAL
TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS.

KEITH DICKS

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 12:44 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
MIZ034-035-251745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI
1242 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 1995

...SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA...

AT 1235 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED TWO DEVELOPING AREAS OF
RAIN SHOWERS...AND A POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM...OVER A PORTION OF
ROSCOMMON COUNTY.  THE DEVELOPING AREA IS ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST
OF HOUGHTON LAKE OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF THE VILLAGE OF ROSCOMMON.
ANOTHER AREA OF DEVELOPMENT IS ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOUGHTON
LAKE OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF THE TOWN OF ROSE CITY IN NORTH CENTRAL
OGEMAW COUNTY.

PERSONS IN NORTHEAST ROSCOMMON COUNTY AND NORTHCENTRAL AND WESTERN
OGEMAW COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS
FOR THE NEXT HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP FROM THESE AREAS OF
RAINSHOWERS WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT BUILD UP THIS AFTERNOON. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS
ALSO POSSIBLE.

FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORM ACIVITY
OVER NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN PLEASE STAY TUNED TO LOCAL
TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS.

KEITH DICKS

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NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 12:55 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
MIZ034-035-251800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI
1255 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH A PORTION OF THE AREA...

AT 1255 PM EDT WEATHER RRADAR AND STORM SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED
THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST ROSCOMMON
COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OGEMAW COUNTY. IN
ROSCOMMON COUNTY THE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF THE
VILLAGE OF ROSCOMMON WHILE IN OGEMAW COUNTY THE THUNDERSTORM WAS
ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF THE TOWN OF ROSE CITY. VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT
WAS NOTED ON THESE STORMS.

PERSONS IN NORTHEAST ROSCOMMON COUNTY AND NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL
OGEMAW COUNTY SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS. STAY
AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND ONLY USE THE TELEPHONE IN AN
EMERGENCY. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT DEADLY
LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH
ROSCOMMON AND OGEMAW COUNTIES. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO LIKELY
WITH THESE STORMS.

FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORM ACIVITY
OVER NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN PLEASE STAY TUNED TO LOCAL
TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS.

KEITH DICKS
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 12:59 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
MIZ034-035-251800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI
1255 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH A PORTION OF THE AREA...

AT 1255 PM EDT WEATHER RRADAR AND STORM SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED
THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST ROSCOMMON
COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OGEMAW COUNTY. IN
ROSCOMMON COUNTY THE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF THE
VILLAGE OF ROSCOMMON WHILE IN OGEMAW COUNTY THE THUNDERSTORM WAS
ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF THE TOWN OF ROSE CITY. VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT
WAS NOTED ON THESE STORMS.

PERSONS IN NORTHEAST ROSCOMMON COUNTY AND NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL
OGEMAW COUNTY SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS. STAY
AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND ONLY USE THE TELEPHONE IN AN
EMERGENCY. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT DEADLY
LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH
ROSCOMMON AND OGEMAW COUNTIES. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO LIKELY
WITH THESE STORMS.

FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORM ACIVITY
OVER NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN PLEASE STAY TUNED TO LOCAL
TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS.
x
KEITH DICKS

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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.