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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Gaylord, MI

July 27, 1995Missaukee County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1995, 9:49 PM EDT for Missaukee County, Michigan. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1995, 9:49 PM EDT (01:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1995, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Missaukee County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 224 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1995-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1408 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1995-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 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
1408 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1048 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMKG 280150 RRA
SVRMKG
MIC113-280230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI
949 PM EDT THU JUL 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MUSKEGON MI  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
 
   ...MISSAUKEE COUNTY
 
AT 945 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
10 MILES WEST OF LAKE CITY OVER WESTERN MISSAUKEE COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF
THE STORM WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF JENNINGS AND LAKE
CITY ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  PDAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
MB

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 27, 9:32 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
MIZ028-034-040-041-280230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI
932 PM EDT THU JUL 27 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...

AT 930 PM EDT AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL LOW
MICHIGAN. THE LEADING EDGE EXTENDED NEAR MANTON SOUTHWEST TO
LAKE IN SOUTHWEST CLARE COUNTY. A LONE THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO LOCATED
15 MILES WEST OF GRAYLING AND WILL PASS BETWEEN GRAYLING AND FREDERIC
BY 10 PM.

THE AREA WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND BY 10 PM WILL BE LOCATED
BETWEEN LAKE CITY AND HOUGHTON LAKE  TO SOUTHEAST CLARE COUNTY. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR THE
TELEPHONE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORMS PASS
THROUGH THE AREA.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 8:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXLake, Osceola50 min
Jul 27, 11:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOsceola44 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.