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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 12, 1995Osceola County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 1995, 12:58 AM EDT for Osceola County, Michigan. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 1995, 12:58 AM EDT (04:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 1995, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Osceola County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1995-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2559 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2559 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1094 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMKG 120459 RRA
SVRMKG
MIC133-120600-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI
1258 AM EDT SAT AUG 12 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MUSKEGON MI  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN
 
   ...OSCEOLA COUNTY
 
AT 1255 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
15 MILES NORTH OF REED CITY NEAR TUSTIN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND THE COMMUNITIES OF LEROY AND EVART ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
THIS STORM IS LIKELY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  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.
 
CA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 12:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXManistee, Wexford42 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.