Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1995, 11:44 PM EDT for Osceola County, Michigan. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 1995, 11:44 PM EDT (03:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1995, 12:28 AM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Osceola County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKG 280343 RRA SVRMKG MIC133-280430- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI 1144 PM EDT THU JUL 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MUSKEGON MI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN ...OSCEOLA COUNTY AT 1142 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATEED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF REED CITY. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR...AND WILL MOVE THROUGH REED CITY BY 1150 PM...AND PASS NORTH OF EVART BY 1210 AM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 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
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 9:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 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. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 10:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-040-041-280400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 1035 PM EDT THU JUL 27 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 1030 PM EDT AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE AREA EXTENDED FROM 7 MILES WEST OF FREDERIC THROUGH GRAYLING TO BEAVERTON. THE AREA WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND BY 1115 PM WILL BE LOCATED FROM NEAR GAYLORD IN OTSEGO COUNTY TO NEAR PRESCOTT IN OGEMAW COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR THE TELEPHONE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORMS PASS THROUGH THE AREA.
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 10:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-040-041-280400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 1035 PM EDT THU JUL 27 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 1030 PM EDT AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE AREA EXTENDED FROM 7 MILES WEST OF FREDERIC THROUGH GRAYLING TO BEAVERTON. THE AREA WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND BY 1115 PM WILL BE LOCATED FROM NEAR GAYLORD IN OTSEGO COUNTY TO NEAR PRESCOTT IN OGEMAW COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR THE TELEPHONE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORMS PASS THROUGH THE AREA.
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 11:08 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
MIZ040-041-035-280400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 1110 PM EDT THU JUL 27 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OUT OF CLARE COUNTY... AT 1105 PM EDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST CLARE COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTWEST GLADWIN COUNTY INTO SOUTHEAST ROSCOMMON COUNTY BY 1115 PM AND WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH ArND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. DURING THUNDERSTORMS STAY INDOORS AND DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR THE TELEPHONE UNLESS ITS AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 11:10 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
MIZ040-041-035-280400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 1110 PM EDT THU JUL 27 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OUT OF CLARE COUNTY... AT 1105 PM EDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST CLARE COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTWEST GLADWIN COUNTY INTO SOUTHEAST ROSCOMMON COUNTY BY 1115 PM AND WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. DURING THUNDERSTORMS STAY INDOORS AND DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR THE TELEPHONE UNLESS ITS AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 11:12 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
MIZ040-041-035-280400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 1110 PM EDT THU JUL 27 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH GLADWIN AND ROSCOMMON COUNTIES... AT 1105 PM EDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST CLARE COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTWEST GLADWIN COUNTY INTO SOUTHEAST ROSCOMMON COUNTY BY 1115 PM AND WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. DURING THUNDERSTORMS STAY INDOORS AND DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR THE TELEPHONE UNLESS ITS AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Lake, Osceola | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 9:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Missaukee | 41 min |
Nearby
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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.