Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Gaylord, MI

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI
541 PM EDT TUE APR 18 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO OTSEGO COUNTY EARLY THIS EVENING...

AT 535 PM EDT A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
INTO SOUTHWEST OTSEGO COUNTY NEAR OTSEGO LAKE...ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF THE CITY OF GAYLORD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT ABOUT 45 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL ENTER THE CITY OF GAYLORD BY 545 PM.
AND THE TOWN OF JOHANNESBURG BY 550 PM.

HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT DEADLY
LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY PASS THROUGH
OTSEGO COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD EXIT THE COUNTY BY 615 PM.

PERSONS IN OTSEGO COUNTY SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS...DOORS AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORMS
MOVE OUT OF THE AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY THIS
EVENING CHECK LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LATEST
WEATHER UPDATES AS ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE
THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.

FOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATEMENTS PLEASE LISTEN
TO LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS.

KEITH DICKS
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI
640 PM EDT TUE APR 18 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARDS NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...

AT 635 PM EDT THIS EVENING WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS
WITH IMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM OTSEGO COUNTY AND THE
CITY OF GAYLORD SOUTHWEST TO AROUND LUDINGTON AND MUSKEGON ON THE
LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE AND THEN OUT INTO LAKE MICHIGAN ITSELF.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 50 MPH.

ONE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARDS OTSEGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL LOWER
MICHIGAN AT 630 PM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GAYLORD
AND WILL MOVE OVER OTSEGO LAKE...10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GAYLORD IN
OTSEGO COUNTY... BY 650 PM...THEN WILL MOVE INTO THE CITY OF GAYLORD
BY 700 PM.

PERSONS IN OTSEGO COUNTY ARE STRONGLY URGED TO MOVE INDOORS...AWAY
FROM WINDOWS...DOORS AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THIS STORM
MOVES OUT OF THE COUNTY...WHICH WOULD BE AROUND 715 PM.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND THEY
WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT DEADLY
LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. IF THUNDERSTORMS >APPROACH
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.

FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN AND THE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA PLEASE MONITOR LOCAL
TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS.

KEITH DICKS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI
842 PM EDT TUE APR 18 1995

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PART OF NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL
100 AM EDT...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ARENAC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST LOWER
MICHIGAN UNTIL 100 AM EDT... INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF STERLING...
STANDISH... ALGER... AND TWINING.

AT 835 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST INTO NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS IS DAMAGING WINDS.  LARGE HAIL AND
TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESLE STORMS... ALONG WITH DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.

TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.  STAY TUNED TO
LOCAL MEDIA FOR CURRENT WEATHER INFORMATION.

HOLLINGSWORTH