Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1995, 12:57 PM EDT for Mackinac County, Michigan. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1995, 12:57 PM EDT (16:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1995, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mackinac County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Sault Ste Marie, MI (KY62), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 1042 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -245 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSSM 131657 RRA SVRSSM MIC097-131800- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI 1257 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAULT STE MARIE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST MICHIGAN ...MACKINAC COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF THE GREAT LAKES... AT 1255 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN MACKINAC COUNTY... 10 MILES WEST OF ENGADINE... 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAULT STE. MARIE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS PART OF A LARGER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... IN ENGADINE... CURTIS... GARNET AND REXTON... SHOULD EXPECT GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. TAKE COVER NOW. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD GET INTO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. MOE NNNN
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, Jul 13, 10:58 AM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-036-042-509-514-132030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 1054 AM EDT THU JUL 13 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST AND EXTREME NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 4 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 4 PM FOR ALCONA... ALPENA...ARENAC...CHARLEVOIX...CHEBOYGAN...EMMET...PRESQUE ISLE... MONTMORENCY...OSCODA...AND IOSCO COUNTIES IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN ...INCLUDING THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS. SOME COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE PETOSKEY...INDIAN RIVER AND ROGERS CITY. AT 1054 AM...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO PARTS OF THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL UPPER PENINSULA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AND WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH THIS MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. WOOD AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET INTO THE MID 30S BY MIDNIGHT. FROST WILL BEGIN TO FORM AFTER MIDNIGHT AND BE QUITE WIDESPREAD BY MORNING. BY SUNRISE TUESDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE LOW 30S NEAR LAKES MICHIGAN AND HURON TO AS LOW AS 28 DEGREES OVER INLAND AREAS FROM PELLSTON TO HUBBARD LAKE TO STERLING. IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR PLANT LIFE THAT DOES NOT CARE FOR TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING...PROTECT THEM OR BRING THEM INSIDE BY SUNSET TONIGHT. HELGESON
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 10:59 AM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-036-042-509-514-132030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 1054 AM EDT THU JUL 13 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST AND EXTREME NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 4 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 4 PM FOR ALCONA... ALPENA...ARENAC...CHARLEVOIX...CHEBOYGAN...EMMET...PRESQUE ISLE... MONTMORENCY...OSCODA...AND IOSCO COUNTIES IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN ...INCLUDING THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS. SOME COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE PETOSKEY...INDIAN RIVER AND ROGERS CITY. AT 1054 AM...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO PARTS OF THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL UPPER PENINSULA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AND WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH THIS MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA W EATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. WOOD
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 11:22 AM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-131630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 1122 AM EDT THU JUL 13 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ROSCOMMON...OGEMAW... CRAWFORD AND OTSEGO COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH... GRAYLING AND GAYLORD. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURING IN NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. HOWEVER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER NOON THEN MOVE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 55 TO 60 MPH AND MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OFTEN DO PRODUCE TORNADOS WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF YOU LIVE IN NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA YOU ARE URGED TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE VERY FAST AND MAY BE UPON YOU WITH LITTLE WARNING. IF YOU ARE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS AFTERNOON YOU SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF LOCAL CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 12:05 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
MIZ016>018-023-024-029-030-036-042-509-514-132030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 1205 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995 ...A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST AND EXTREME NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN FOR THIS AFTERNOON... AT 12 PM TEMPERATURES WERE ALREADY IN THE 90S IN SOME LOCATIONS IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THE HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ...SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. SHOWERS WHICH DO MOVE INTO THE AREA WILL PROVIDE A BRIEF BREAK TO THE HOT AND HUMID WEATHER. HEAT INDICES WILL LIKELY EXCEED TO 100 DEGREE MARK FOR DURATION OF THE AFTERNOON THROUGHOUT MOST OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 90 TO 105 DEGREES CAN MAKE SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS...AND HEAT EXHAUSTION POSSIBLE WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE AND/OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO BE OUTDOORS TAKE PLENTY OF LIQUIDS...AND IF POSSIBLE TAKE BREAKS FROM THE HEAT IN A SHADE. WOOD
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 12:07 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
MIZ016>018-023-024-029-030-036-042-509-514-132030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 1205 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995 ...A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST AND EXTREME NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN FOR THIS AFTERNOON... AT 12 PM TEMPERATURES WERE ALREADY IN THE 90S IN SOME LOCATIONS IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THE HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ...SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. SHOWERS WHICH DO MOVE INTO THE AREA WILL PROVIDE A BRIEF BREAK TO THE HOT AND HUMID WEATHER. HEAT INDICES WILL LIKELY EXCEED TO 100 DEGREE MARK FOR DURATION OF THE AFTERNOON THROUGHOUT MOST OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 90 TO 105 DEGREES CAN MAKE SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS...AND HEAT EXHAUSTION POSSIBLE WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE AND/OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO BE OUTDOORS TAKE PLENTY OF LIQUIDS...AND IF POSSIBLE TAKE BREAKS FROM THE HEAT IN A SHADE. WOOD
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 12:25 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
MIZ008-015-131730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI 1225 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST UPPER MICHIGAN UNTIL 400 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST UPPER MICHIGAN UNTIL 400 PM. COUNTIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE MACKINAC AND CHIPPEWA. SOME COMMUNITIES INCLUDED ARE SAULT STE. MARIE... BRIMLEY... ST. IGNACE... KINROSS AND CEDARVILLE. THE WATCH ALSO INCLUDES AREAS TO THE WEST AND SOUTH OF EAST UPPER MICHIGAN. AT 1220 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MUNISING TO MENOMINEE AND WEST OF THAT LINE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM GRAND MARAIS TO MANISTIQUE BY 115 PM AND BY 145 PM EXTEND FROM WHITEFISH BAY TO BEAVER ISLAND. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HIT THE SAULT STE. MARIE AND ST. IGNACE AREAS AROUND 215 PM. THE TUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER IN THE WESTERN UPPER PENISULA BETWEEN 1000 AM AND NOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE. PERSONS IN EAST UPPER MICHIGAN SHOULD PREPARE FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS... LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. BOATERS ON THE GREAT LAKES SHOULD ALSO SEEK SAFE HARBOR IN ADVANCE OF THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES... STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MOE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 1:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet | 61 min |
| Jul 13, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Mackinac | 51 min |
| Jul 13, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Leelanau | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Antrim, Kalkaska | 54 min |
| Jul 13, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Cheboygan, Presque Isle | 65 min |
| Jul 13, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alpena, Montmorency | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Missaukee, Wexford | 43 min |
| Jul 13, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona | 50 min |
| Jul 13, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alpena | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Lake, Osceola | 50 min |
| Jul 13, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona, Iosco | 56 min |
| Jul 13, 4:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Alcona | 43 min |
| Jul 13, 4:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Arenac | 60 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.