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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Gaylord, MI

July 15, 1995Newaygo County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 3:56 PM EDT for Newaygo County, Michigan. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 1995, 3:56 PM EDT (19:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1995, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Newaygo County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 211 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1995-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 130 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1995-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
130 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-228 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1198 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMKG 151958 RRA
SVRMKG
MIC123-152045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI
356 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
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN NEWAYGO COUNTY
 
AT 356 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES EAST OF BITELY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH...AND
WILL MOVE THROUGH PARKS BY 425 PM.
 
EXPECT GUSTY WINDS TO EXCEED 60 MILES PER HOUR AND HAIL UP TO A HALF INCWITH THIS STORM.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPL*E 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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 9:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa68 min
Jul 14, 9:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMackinac57 min
Jul 14, 10:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan, Emmet66 min
Jul 14, 10:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa, Mackinac60 min
Jul 14, 10:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXPresque Isle64 min
Jul 15, 12:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim45 min
Jul 15, 12:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXLeelanau45 min
Jul 15, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXNewaygo, Oceana46 min
Jul 15, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMecosta64 min
Jul 15, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMecosta30 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.