Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1995, 5:46 PM EDT for Alcona County, Michigan. It was in force for 24 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1995, 5:46 PM EDT (21:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1995, 6:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Alcona County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAPN 142148 RRA SVRAPN MIC001-MIZ509-142245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 546 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALPENA HAS EXTENDED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST LOWER PENINSULA ...SOUTHERN ALCONA COUNTY AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON COASTAL WATERS FROM... ...HARRISVILLE TO THE ALCONA/IOSCO COUNTY LINE AT 545 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EXTENDING FROM MIKADO...EAST INTO THE WATERS OF LAKE HURON. SPOTTERS IN MIKADO REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH NO ADVANCE WARNING...SO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. SHOBE2/WOOD &
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 14, 5:34 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-036-042-509-514-152330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 534 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL NORTHEAST AND EXTREME NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALCONA...ALPENA...ARENAC... CHEBOYGAN...IOSCO...MONTMORENCY...OSCODA...EMMET...CHARLEVOIX AND PRESQUE ISLE COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE WATCH ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES MENTIONED ABOVE. AT 530 PM...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HIGH WINDS...AND QUATER-SIZED HAIL. AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES...MORE STORMS OF THIS MAGNITUDE OR GREATER ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY EVEN PRODUCE A TORNADO. TORNADOES DEVELOP QUICKLY WITH LITTLE OR NO FOREWARNING SO BE PERPARvED TO SEEK SHELTER IN THE BASEMENT OR A FIRST FLOOR INTERIOR ROOM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES. SHOBE1
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:38 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
MIZ015-142345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI 538 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MACKINAC COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST FOR MACKINAC COUNTY IN EAST UPPER MICHIGAN. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF ENGADINE...ST IGNACE...BREVORT... HESSEL...CEDARVILLE...AND DETOUR VILLAGE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN LOWER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN AT THIS TIME. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES...SOME OF WHICH MAY MOVE INTO MACKINAC COUNTY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS |FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OX
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:42 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-036-042-509-514-152330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 542 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST AND EXTREME NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALCONA...ALPENA...ARENAC... CHEBOYGAN...IOSCO...MONTMORENCY...OSCODA...EMMET...CHARLEVOIX AND PRESQUE ISLE COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE WATCH ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES MENTIONED ABOVE. AT 530 PM...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND QUARTER-SIZED HAIL. AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES...MORE STORMS OF THIS MAGNITUDE OR GREATER ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY EVEN PRODUCE A TORNADO. TORNADOES DEVELOP QUICKLY WITH LITTLE OR NO FOREWARNING SO BE PERPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IN THE BASEMENT OR A FIRST FLOOR INTERIOR ROOM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES. SHOBE1
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona | 61 min |
| Jul 14, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Iosco | 49 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.