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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Gaylord, MI

July 14, 1995Alcona County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1995, 4:44 PM EDT for Alcona County, Michigan. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 14, 1995, 4:44 PM EDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 1995, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI
Area: Whole counties

County Alcona County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 84 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1198 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -239 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 443 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.7

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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

Local storm report, Jul 14, 10:55 AM EDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA, MI
1055 AM EDT FRI JUL 14 1995

UPDATED LOCAL STORM REPORTS FROM NORTH AND NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN
FOR JULY 13, 1995 (ALL TIMES EDT)

TIME (EDT)    CITY/LOCATION             EVENT/REMARKS

345 PM        ALCONA COUNTY
              BLACK RIVER (20SE OF APN)  G60 MPH, POWER LINES/TREES DOWN,
                                         3" OF RAIN 40 MINUTES

415 PM        ARENAC COUNTY
              ALGER (18NW OF STANDISH)   5 MI PATH EXTENSIVE DAMAGE,
                                         EST. 50 HOMES DAMAGED,
                                         SVRL CARS DAMAGED, HUNDREDS
                                         OF TREES DOWN.
430 PM        ISOCO/ALCONA CO LN
              EST. 3 MI N OF OSCODA (40S OF APN)   3 BLOCK AREA TREES
                              2-3` DIAMETER DOWN.

430 PM        ARENAC CO.
              STERLING (5NW OF STANDISH)  STRAIGHTLINE WND DAMAGE
                              40 ACRE AREA TREES DOWN/POWER OUTAGES
                              6-8" DIAMETER TREES DOWN

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Local storm report, Jul 14, 10:56 AM EDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA, MI
1055 AM EDT FRI JUL 14 1995

UPDATED LOCAL STORM REPORTS FROM NORTH AND NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN
FOR JULY 13, 1995 (ALL TIMES EDT)

TIME (EDT)    CITY/LOCATION             EVENT/REMARKS

345 PM        ALCONA COUNTY
              BLACK RIVER (20SE OF APN)  G60 MPH, POWER LINES/TREES DOWN,
                                         3" OF RAIN 40 MINUTES

415 PM        ARENAC COUNTY
              ALGER (18NW OF STANDISH)   5 MI PATH EXTENSIVE DAMAGE,
                                         EST. 50 HOMES DAMAGED,
                                         SVRL CARS DAMAGED, HUNDREDS
                                         OF TREES DOWN.
430 PM        ISOCO/ALCONA CO LN
              EST. 3 MI N OF OSCODA (40S OF APN)   3 BLOCK AREA TREES
                              2-3` DIAMETER DOWN.

430 PM        ARENAC CO.
              STERLING (5NW OF STANDISH)  STRAIGHTLINE WND DAMAGE
                              40 ACRE AREA TREES DOWN/POWER OUTAGES
                              6-8" DIAMETER TREES DOWN

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 11:23 AM EDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before

MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-036-042-509-514-142130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI
1123 AM EDT FRI JUL 14 1995

...A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF EXTREME NORTHERN AND
NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN FOR THIS AFTERNOON...

A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALCONA...ALPENA...ARENAC...
CHEBOYGAN...ISOCO...MONTMORENCY...OSCODA AND PRESQUE ISLE COUNTIES
FOR THIS AFTERNOON. OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO BETWEEN 95
AND 100 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINED EFFECT OF THE AIR
TEMPERATURES AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL MAKE HEAT INDICES EXCEED
105 DEGREES IN SOME LOCATIONS.

WHEN THE HEAT INDEX RANGES FROM 105 TO 130 DEGREES...HEAT DISORDERS
SUCH AS SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS OR HEAT EXHAUSTION IS LIKELY...AND
HEATSTROKE IS POSSIBLE WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE AND/OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES.

IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS THIS AFTERNOON...ENSURE YOU TAKE PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...AND TAKE BREAKS IN A SHADE OR COOL BUILDING.

WOOD

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 11:27 AM EDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before

MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-036-042-509-514-142130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR TYPO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI
1127 AM EDT FRI JUL 14 1995

...A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF EXTREME NORTHERN AND
NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN FOR THIS AFTERNOON...

A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALCONA...ALPENA...ARENAC...
CHEBOYGAN...IOSCO...MONTMORENCY...OSCODA AND PRESQUE ISLE COUNTIES
FOR THIS AFTERNOON. OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO BETWEEN 95
AND 100 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINED EFFECT OF THE AIR
TEMPERATURES AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL MAKE HEAT INDICES EXCEED
105 DEGREES IN SOME LOCATIONS.

WHEN THE HEAT INDEX RANGES FROM 105 TO 130 DEGREES...HEAT DISORDERS
SUCH AS SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS OR HEAT EXHAUSTION IS LIKELY...AND
HEATSTROKE IS POSSIBLE WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE AND/OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES.

IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS THIS AFTERNOON...ENSURE YOU TAKE PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...AND TAKE BREAKS IN A SHADE OR COOL BUILDING.

WOOD

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 11:28 AM EDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before

MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-036-042-509-514-142130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR TYPO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI
1127 AM EDT FRI JUL 14 1995

...A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF EXTREME NORTHERN AND
NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN FOR THIS AFTERNOON...

A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALCONA...ALPENA...ARENAC...
CHEBOYGAN...IOSCO...MONTMORENCY...OSCODA AND PRESQUE ISLE COUNTIES
FOR THIS AFTERNOON. OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO BETWEEN 95
AND 100 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINED EFFECT OF THE AIR
TEMPERATURES AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL MAKE HEAT INDICES EXCEED
105 DEGREES IN SOME LOCATIONS.

WHEN THE HEAT INDEX RANGES FROM 105 TO 130 DEGREES...HEAT DISORDERS
SUCH AS SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS OR HEAT EXHAUSTION IS LIKELY...AND
HEATSTROKE IS POSSIBLE WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE AND/OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES.

IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS THIS AFTERNOON...ENSURE YOU TAKE PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...AND TA:KE BREAKS IN A SHADE OR COOL BUILDING.

WOOD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Iosco	49 min
Jul 14, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Alcona	24 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.