Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 1995, 4:26 PM EDT for Oceana County, Michigan. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 11, 1995, 4:26 PM EDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 1995, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Oceana County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 1830 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS1 KMKG 112026 RRA
SVRMKG
MIC127-LMZ515-112115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI
426 PM EDT FRI AUG 11 1995
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MUSKEGON MI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
IN WEST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN
...OCEANA COUNTY
IN WEST CENTRAL LAKE MICHIGAN
...FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON COASTAL WATERS FROM..
... PENTWATER TO MONTAGUE ...
AT 425 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING
ONSHORE NEAR LITTLE SABLE POINT. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT
AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL PASS BETWEEN HART AND SHELBY BY 440 PM EDT.
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...3/4 INCH HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
BOATERS IN THE AREA SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
PEOPLE IN OCEANA COUNTY SHOULD STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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.
SCWhat 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, Aug 11, 3:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-040-041-112010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 310 PM EDT FRI AUG 11 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 9 PM...WHICH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF OTSEGO... ROSCOMMON...CRAWFORD...OGEMAW...GLADWIN...AND CLARE. AT 305 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HALF WAY ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN...EXTENDING 30 MILES WEST OF NORTHPORT TO 40 MILES WEST OF LUDINGTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH...WHICH WOULD PLACE THEM INTO NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN BETWEEN 5 AND 7 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EASTERN WISCONSIN. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WATCH AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. HURLEY
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 3:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-509-514-LHZ501-LMZ501-112155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR TYPO... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 255 PM EDT FRI AUG 11 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #924 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN THROUGH 900 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM EDT. THE WATCH INCLUDES CHARLEVOIX... EMMET... CHEYBOYGAN... PRESQUE ISLE... MONTMORENCY... ALPENA... OSCODA... ALCONA... IOSCO... AND ARENAC COUNTIES IN EXTREME NORTHERN AND NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS IS RACING EAST ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN. THE STORMS WILL HIT THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE AROUND 400 PM... AND MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN THROUGH 800 PM. PERSONS IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD STAY ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. HOLLINGSWORTH
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 3:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-040-041-112010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 310 PM EDT FRI AUG 11 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 9 PM...WHICH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF OTSEGO... ROSCOMMON...CRAWFORD...OGEMAW...GLADWIN...AND CLARE. AT 305 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HALF WAY ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN...EXTENDING 30 MILES WEST OF NORTHPORT TO 40 MILES WEST OF LUDINGTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH...WHICH WOULD PLACE THEM INTO NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN BETWEEN 5 AND 7 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EASTERN WISCONSIN. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WATCH AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. HURLEY
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 4:02 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
MIZ022-028-034-035-040-041-112110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 402 PM EDT FRI AUG 11 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 9 PM...WHICH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF OTSEGO...ROSCOMMON...CRAWFORD...OGEMAW...GLADWIN...AND CLARE. AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ONSHORE IN NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHPORT TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF LUDINGTON. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH...WHICH WOULD PLACE THEM INTO NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN BETWEEN 5 AND 6 WEST OF I-75 AND BETWEEN 6 AND 7 EAST OF I-75. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS THAT A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING... PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. HURLEY
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 4:20 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-509-514-LHZ501-LMZ501-112300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 420 PM EDT FRI AUG 11 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN THROUGH 900 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHARLEVOIX...EMMET ...CHEYBOYGAN...PRESQUE ISLE...MONTMORENCY...ALPENA...OSCODA... ALCONA...IOSCO...AND ARENAC COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM. SOME COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE WOLVERINE...ATLANTA...LUZERNE AND ROGERS CITY. AT 415 PM...AN AREA OF SHOWERS...WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM BOYNE FALLS SOUTHWEST TO MANISTEE. THE AREA WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. THE RAPID MOVEMENT OF THE AREA WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EAST TO AFTON NEAR 450 PM...THEN TO MILLERSBURG...ATLANTA...AND LUZERNE NEAR 520 PM. AS THE AREA MOVES EAST SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ...3/4 INCH SIZE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS AS THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LASTEST INFORMATION. WOOD
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 4:23 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
MIZ016>019-023-024-029-030-509-514-LHZ501-LMZ501-112300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 420 PM EDT FRI AUG 11 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN THROUGH 900 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHARLEVOIX...EMMET ...CHEYBOYGAN...PRESQUE ISLE...MONTMORENCY...ALPENA...OSCODA... ALCONA...IOSCO...AND ARENAC COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM. SOME COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE WOLVERINE...ATLANTA...LUZERNE AND ROGERS CITY. AT 415 PM...AN AREA OF SHOWERS...WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM BOYNE FALLS SOUTHWEST TO MANISTEE. THE AREA WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. THE RAPID MOVEMENT OF THE AREA WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EAST TO AFTON NEAR 450 PM...THEN TO MILLERSBURG...ATLANTA...AND LUZERNE NEAR 520 PM. AS THE AREA MOVES EAST SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ...3/4 INCH SIZE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS AS THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR THE dLASTEST INFORMATION. WOOD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Oscoda | 24 min |
| Aug 11, 5:28 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.