Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 3:41 PM EDT for Mecosta County, Michigan. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1995, 3:41 PM EDT (19:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1995, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mecosta County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 2755 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 798 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -10.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKG 151943 RRA SVRMKG MIC107-152045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI 341 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MUSKEGON MI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN ...SOUTHERN MECOSTA COUNTY AT 340 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN MORELY AND STANWOOD. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH...AND WILL MOVE THROUGH ALTONA BY 405PM. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR WIND GUSTTO 60 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL. 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
Local storm report, Jul 15, 10:57 AM EDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...ADDITIONAL REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI
1057 AM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995
TIME (EDT) ...LOCATION............ STATE.... EVENT/REMARKS.........
...
DATE ...COUNTY..............
2110 EDT WHITEFISH BAY
07/14/95 CHIPPEWA COUNTY MI 70 MPH WIND GUST
THUNDERSTORM GUST
REPORTED BY COAST GUARD
2133 EDT SAULT STE MARIE MI 3/4 INCH DIA HAIL
07/14/95 CHIPPEWA COUNTY REPORTED AT WSO SAULT
STE MARIE AND BY SPOTTER
2135 EDT SAULT STE MARIE MI 1 INCH DIA HAIL
07/14/95 CHIPPEWA COUNTY REPORTED AT HOME BY
NWS EMPLOYEE
2135 EDT BRIMLEY
07/14/95 CHIPPEWA COUNTY MI 3/4 INCH DIA HAIL
REPORTED BY SPOTTER
20-21 EDT SUGAR ISLAND NORTH END MI WIND DAMAGE-WINDS
07/14/95 CHIPPEWA COUNTY ESTIMATED GREATER THAN
50 KTS BLEW OVER 8-9
INCH DIAMETER TREES
LHWSpecial weather statement, Jul 15, 1:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
MIZ034-151830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 134 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARDS ROSCOMMON COUNTY... AT 130 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ONSHORE FROM LAKE MICHIGAN NEAR THE LUDINGTON AREA...ABOUT 80 MILES WEST OF HOUGHTON LAKE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE ROSCOMMON COUNTY AREA BY 300 PM. RADAR INDICATES THAT THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH...HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN INCREASING IN STRENGTH AS THEY MOVE TOWARDS ROSCOMMON COUNTY AND MAY BECOME SEVERE AT ANY TIME. PERSONS ENGAGING IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...ESPECIALLY BOATERS AND PERSONS ATTENDING THE VARIOUS FESTIVALS IN AND AROUND THE HOUGHTON LAKE AREA ARE STRONGLY URGED TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY THIS AFTERNOON. BOATERS SHOULD BE OFF AREA LAKES IN ROSCOMMON AND COUNTY BY 200 PM. THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AND EXTREME CAUTION IS URGED. MONITOR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. KEITH NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 2:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
MIZ034-035-040-041-151900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 204 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PART OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR CLARE...GLADWIN...ROSCOMMON AND OGEMAW COUNTIES AND THE COMMUNITIES OF CLARE...GLADWIN...HOUGHTON LAKE...HIGGINS LAKE AND WEST BRANCH. AT 200 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF HOUGHTON LAKE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE HOUGHTON LAKE AND HIGGINS LAKE AREA AROUND 300 PM. AS THESE STORMS PASS OVERHEAD THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AS WELL AS FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE STRONGLY URGED TO MONITOR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR UPDATES...STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS. KEITH NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 2:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
MIZ036-042-509-152130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 220 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 8 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR IOSCO AND ARENAC COUNTIES...INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 8 PM. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COMMUNITES OF HALE...OSCODA...EAST TAWAS...STERLING AND STANDISH. AT 230 PM...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN...ALTHOUGH STRONG STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH OVER THE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN...WEST OF LUDINGTON. IF THESE STORMS CONTINUE THE SAME TRACK...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD BEGIN TO MOVE INTO ALGER...STERLING AND WHITTEMORE NEAR 545 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN ARENAC AND IOSCO COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND SEEK SHELTER IF STORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WOOD
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 2:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
MIZ036-042-509-152130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR T
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 2:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
MIZ036-042-509-152130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR TYPO 2 PARA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 225 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 8 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR IOSCO AND ARENAC COUNTIES...INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 8 PM. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COMMUNITES OF HALE...OSCODA...EAST TAWAS...STERLING AND STANDISH. AT 220 PM...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN...ALTHOUGH STRONG STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH OVER THE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN...WEST OF LUDINGTON. IF THESE STORMS CONTINUE THE SAME TRACK...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD BEGIN TO MOVE INTO ALGER...STERLING AND WHITTEMORE NEAR 545 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN ARENAC AND IOSCO COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND SEEK SHELTER IF STORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WOOD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 9:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Chippewa | 68 min |
| Jul 14, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Mackinac | 57 min |
| Jul 14, 10:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Cheboygan, Emmet | 66 min |
| Jul 14, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Chippewa, Mackinac | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 10:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Presque Isle | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 12:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Antrim | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 12:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Leelanau | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Newaygo, Oceana | 46 min |
| Jul 15, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Newaygo | 49 min |
| Jul 15, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Mecosta | 30 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.