Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1995, 3:49 PM EDT for Alcona County, Iosco County, Michigan. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1995, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1995, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Alcona County, MI, Iosco County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 1002 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -254 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 370 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAPN 131951 RRA SVRAPN MIC001-069-MIZ509-132045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 349 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALPENA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST LOWER PENINSULA ...ALCONA COUNTY...IOSCO COUNTY AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON COASTAL WATERS FROM... ...ALABASTER TO HARRISVILLE AT 350 PM RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM LINCOLN IN ALCONA COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO THE GLENNIE AREA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL HIT OSCODA BY 405 PM AND TAWAS CITY AND WHITTEMORE BY 415 PM. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH NO dADVANCE WARNING...SO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. WOOD/HOLLINGSWORTH
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, 12:25 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 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, 2 hours 29 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, 2 hours 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
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 2:58 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
MIZ008-015-132000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI 258 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CHIPPEWA AND MACKINAC COUNTIES OF EAST UPPER MICHIGAN UNTIL 4 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CHIPPEWA AND MACKINAC COUNTIES OF EAST UPPER MICHIGAN UNTIL 400 PM. SOME COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE SAULT STE. MARIE... BRIMLEY... ST. IGNACE... KINROSS AND CEDARVILLE. AT 250 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST UPPER MICHIGAN WERE DIMINIHING. THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS PASSED. HOWEVER...THE STORMS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES... STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BAK
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:02 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
MIZ008-015-132000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI 302 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 1995 CORRECTED TYPO ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CHIPPEWA AND MACKINAC COUNTIES OF EAST UPPER MICHIGAN UNTIL 4 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CHIPPEWA AND MACKINAC COUNTIES OF EAST UPPER MICHIGAN UNTIL 400 PM. SOME COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE SAULT STE. MARIE... BRIMLEY... ST. IGNACE... KINROSS AND CEDARVILLE. AT 250 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST UPPER MICHIGAN WERE DIMINISHING. THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS PASSED. HOWEVER...THE STORMS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES... STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BAK
Local storm report, Jul 13, 3:13 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI
312 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995
TIME (EDT) ...LOCATION............ STATE.... EVENT/REMARKS.........
...
DATE ...COUNTY..............
1256 EDT CURTIS
07/13/95 MACKINAC COUNTY MI 67 MPH MEASURED
THUNDERSTORM GUST
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN
AND AROUND CURTIS
1420 EDT MACKINAC BRIDGE MI TRAILER TIPPED OVER ON
07/13/95 MACKINAC COUNTY BRIDGE BY WIND
OXThe 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, 2:08 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, 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.