Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1995, 7:32 PM EDT for Arenac County, Iosco County, Michigan. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1995, 7:32 PM EDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1995, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Arenac County, MI, Iosco County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 353 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KAPN 272332 RRA SVRAPN MIC011-069-280030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 732 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALPENA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL LOWER PENINSULA ...NORTHERN ARENAC COUNTY ...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE COUNTIES JUST MENTIONED IN NORTHEAST LOWER PENINSULA ...SOUTHERN IOSCO COUNTY AT 727 PM EDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED AT PT LOOKOUT JUST SOUTH OF ALABASTER AND EAST OF AU GRES. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH AND WILL AFFECT TWINING BY 750 PM. THIS STORM WILL HIT WHITTEMORE BY 815 PM. AT 724 PM SPOTTERS REPORTED 3/4 INCH HAIL IN WHITTEMORE. DESTRUCTIVE WIND AND HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A STURDY SHELTER NOW. HOLLINGSWORTH/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, Jun 27, 5:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
MIZ034-035-040-041-272220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 525 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA... AT 515 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. THE AREA EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF TRAVERSE CITY ACROSS THE HOUGHTON LAKE...CLARE AND GLADWIN AREA. THE AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 10 MPH WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE HARRISON AND ROSCOMMON VILLAGE AREAS BY 535 PM THEN INTO THE GRAYLING AREA IN CRAWFORD COUNTY AROUND 600 PM. PERSONS IN THE HOUGHTON LAKE AREA AND THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSCOMMON... CLARE...AND HARRISON SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS AND AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. KD
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
MIZ034-035-040-041-272220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 525 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA... AT 515 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. THE AREA EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF TRAVERSE CITY ACROSS THE HOUGHTON LAKE...CLARE AND GLADWIN AREA. THE AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 10 MPH WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE HARRISON AND ROSCOMMON VILLAGE AREAS BY 535 PM THEN INTO THE GRAYLING AREA IN CRAWFORD COUNTY AROUND 600 PM. PERSONS IN THE HOUGH TON LAKE AREA AND THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSCOMMON... CLARE...AND HARRISON SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS AND AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. KD
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:39 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
MIZ034-035-040-041-272330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 639 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA... AT 635 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY FROM HOUGHTON LAKE SOUTH THROUGH CLARE AND GLADWIN COUNTIES. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS APPROACHING SOUTHEAST OGEMAW COUNTY ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WEST BRANCH. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH WITH INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN CLARE COUNTY...ROSCOMMON COUNTY AND OGEMAW COUNTY SHOULD MOVE INDOORS TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AND ALL PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES ARE AT RISK. SINCE 530 PM THUNDERSTORMS IN ROSCOMMON COUNTY HAVE KNOCKED DOWN SEVERAL TREES ON RESERVE ROAD AND ON THE NORTH SHORE OF HOUGHTON LAKE AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. PERSONS IN CRAWFORD AND OTSEGO COUNTIES WILL SEE THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 800 PM WHILE PERSONS IN GLADWIN COUNTY MAY SEE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN 700 AND 730 PM...CONTINUING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK SHELTER AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AS WELL AS TORRENTIAL RAINFALLS. KEITH DICKS
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:41 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
MIZ034-035-040-041-272330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 639 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA... AT 635 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY FROM HOUGHTON LAKE SOUTH THROUGH CLARE AND GLADWIN COUNTIES. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS APPROACHING SOUTHEAST OGEMAW COUNTY ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WEST BRANCH. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH WITH INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN CLARE COUNTY...ROSCOMMON COUNTY AND OGEMAW COUNTY SHOULD MOVE INDOORS TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AND ALL PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES ARE AT RISK. SINCE 530 PM THUNDERSTORMS IN ROSCOMMON COUNTY HAVE KNOCKED DOWN SEVERAL TREES ON RESERVE ROAD AND ON THE NORTH SHORE OF HOUGHTON LAKE AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. PERSONS IN CRAWFORD AND OTSEGO COUNTIES WILL SEE THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 800 PM WHILE PERSONS IN GLADWIN COUNTY MAY SEE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN 700 AND 730 PM...CONTINUING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK SHELTER AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AS WELL AS TORRENTIAL RAINFALLS. KEITH DICKS
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 7:30 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
MIZ034-035-040-041-280030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 730 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA... AT 730 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING MAINLY FROM EXTREMEM SOUTHWEST OGEMAW COUNTY EASTWARD ALONG THE SOUTHERN OGEMAW...GLADWIN AND ARENAC COUNTY LINES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS OGEMAW COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM EDT THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN OGEMAW COUNTY AND THE COMMUNITIES IN AND AROUND WEST BRANCH...PRESCOTT AND ROSE CITY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED BETWEEN HIGGINS LAKE AND THE VILLAGE OF ROSCOMMON IN ROSCOMMON COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN ROSCOMMON AND HIGGINS LAKE SHOULD MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. ALSO...PERSONS BETWEEN THE HIGGINS LAKE AND GRAYLING AREA IN CRAWFORD COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MOVE TO A PLACE O SAFETY INDOORS SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. KEITH DICKS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Iosco | 29 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.