Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1995, 2:08 PM EDT for Leelanau County, Michigan. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1995, 2:08 PM EDT (18:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1995, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Leelanau County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 5664 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKG 131809 RRA SVRMKG MIC089-131845- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI 208 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MUSKEGON MI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN ...LEELANAU COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. AT 207 PM...WEATHJER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OFF NORTHPORT AND SUGARLOAF. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH...AND WILL PASS THROUGH NORTHPORT AND SUGARLOAF BY 215 PM EDT. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. HTS
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, 11:22 AM EDT, 2 hours 46 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, 2 hours 3 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, 2 hours 1 minute 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, 1 hour 43 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
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 1:20 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
MIZ008-015-131830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI 120 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 115 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING THROUGH THE UPPER MICHIGAN AREA FROM GRAND MARAIS TO PORT INLAND. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED INTO LAKE SUPERIOR AND LAKE MICHIGAN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH AND WILL EXIT THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN FROM SUGAR ISLAND TO DRUMMOND ISLAND BY 400 PM EDT. THE 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
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 1:49 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-131845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 149 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR OTSEGO...CRAWFORD... ROSCOMMON AND OGEMAW COUNTIES AND THE COMMUNITIES OF GAYLORD...GRAYLING...HOUGHTON LAKE AND WEST BRANCH. AT 135 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG OR POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR THE STRAITS OF MACKINAC SOUTHWEST TO NEAR GREEN BAY WISCONSIN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 50 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO OTSEGO COUNTY AND THE GAYLORD AREA BY 245 PM THEN INTO CRAWFORD COUNTY BY 315 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AS THEY MOVE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO PRODUCE TORNADOS WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. THESE STORMS ARE VERY DANGEROUS AND PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS VERY CLOSELY THIS AFTERNOON. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY. KEITH NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Mackinac | 63 min |
| 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, 2:21 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.