Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 1995, 8:57 PM EDT for Benzie County, Leelanau County, Michigan. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 1995, 8:57 PM EDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 1995, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benzie County, MI, Leelanau County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 557 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKG 010057 RRA SVRMKG MIC019-089-010145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI 857 PM EDT MON JUL 31 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MUSKEGON MI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN ...BENZIE COUNTY...LEELANAU COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. AT 850 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE MOVING INLAND IN BENZIE AND LEELANAU COUNTIES. EXPECT EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS...HAIL...WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 100 MPH. THE COAST GUARD HAS REPORTED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 100 MPH WITH ONE OF THESTHUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN POINT BETSIE AND FRANKFORT. THIS IS A DANGEOUS WEATHER SITUATION...IF A STORM APPROACHES TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDIN(G. DAMAGING 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. SC &
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 31, 7:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-010150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 747 PM EDT MON JUL 31 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... CHARLEVOIX...EMMET...CHEBOYGAN...PRESQUE ISLE...MONTMORENCY...ALPENA... OSCODA...AND ALCONA. AT 740 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF LAKE MICHIGAN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL ENTER PARTS OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN BETWEEN 900 AND 930 PM. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS COULD OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. REMEMEBER...A SE VERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. CROMER
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 7:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
MIZ015-008-010130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI 754 PM EDT MON JUL 31 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST UPPER MICHIGAN UNTIL 2 AM EDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CHIPPEWA AND MACKINAC COUNTIES OF EAST UPPER MICHIGAN HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 2 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF ENGADINE... CEDARVILLE... ST IGNACE... PARADISE... KINROSS AND SAULT STE MARIE. AT 750 PM EDT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE COVERING MUCH OF THE UPPER PENINSULA ...INCLUDING WESTERN PORTIONS OF CHIPPEWA AND MACKINAC COUNTIES. THE AREA OF RAINFALL IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH...WITH INDIVIDUAL CELLS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. NONE OF THE STORMS ARE SEVERE AT THE PRESENT TIME. RAINFALL WILL OVERSPREAD MOST OF CHIPPEWA AND MACKINAC COUNTIES BY 900 PM. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS IN EAST UPPER MICHIGAN CONTINUES. SUCH STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...HIGH WINDS...LARGE HAIL... AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OX
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 8:04 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-010130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 804 PM EDT MON JUL 31 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 2 AM FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR OTSEGO... CRAWFORD...ROSCOMMON...AND OGEMAW COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. AT 800 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING HALF WAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF LAKE MICHIGAN. MOVEMENT OF THE AREA OF STORMS WAS EAST AT 25 MPH...WHICH WOULD PLACE THEM INTO THE GAYLORD AND GRAYLING AREAS BETWEEN 9 AND 930 PM...INTO THE HOUGHTON LAKE AND ROSCOMMON AREAS BETWEEN 10 AND 1030 PM...AND INTO THE WEST BRANCH AND ROSE CITY AREAS BETWEEN 11 AND 1130 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THE POTENTIAL EXITS THAT ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WATCH AREA MAY BECOME SEVERE... PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS 58 MPH OR GREATER AND LARGE HAIL 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...GET INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND METAL OBJECTS... PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. HURLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 8:05 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-010130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 804 PM EDT MON JUL 31 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 2 AM FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR OTSEGO... CRAWFORD...ROSCOMMON...AND OGEMAW COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. AT 800 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING HALF WAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF LAKE MICHIGAN. MOVEMENT OF THE AREA OF STORMS WAS EAST AT 25 MPH...WHICH WOULD PLACE THEM INTO THE GAYLORD AND GRAYLING AREAS BETWEEN 9 AND 930 PM...INTO THE HOUGHTON LAKE AND ROSCOMMON AREAS BETWEEN 10 AND 1030 PM...AND INTO THE WEST BRANCH AND ROSE CITY AREAS BETWEEN 11 AND 1130 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THE POTENTIAL EXITS THAT ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WATCH AREA MAY BECOME SEVERE... PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS 58 MPH OR GREATER AND LARGE HAIL 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...GET INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND METAL OBJECTS... PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. d HURLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 8:40 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-010600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 840 PM EDT MON JUL 31 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... CHARLEVOIX...EMMET...CHEBOYGAN...PRESQUE ISLE...MONTMORENCY...ALPENA... OSCODA...AND ALCONA. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN AND NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE STORMS WILL ENTER NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AFTER 915 PM... AND WILL MOVE EAST OF I-75 AFTER 1030 PM. DIME SIZE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN NORTHERN AND NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. HOLLINGSWORTH
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 8:42 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-010600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 840 PM EDT MON JUL 31 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... CHARLEVOIX...EMMET...CHEBOYGAN...PRESQUE ISLE...MONTMORENCY...ALPENA... OSCODA...AND ALCONA. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN AND NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE STORMS WILL ENTER NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AFTER 915 PM... AND WILL MOVE EAST OF I-75 AFTER 1030 PM. DIME SIZE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN NORTHERN AND NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. HOLLINGSWORTH
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.