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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 13, 1995Alpena County, Montmorency County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1995, 9:06 AM EDT for Alpena County, Montmorency County, Michigan. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 1995, 9:06 AM EDT (13:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 1995, 10:15 AM EDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Alpena County, MI, Montmorency County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 109 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, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 1995-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 1995-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAPN 131307 RRA
SVRAPN
MIC007-119-131415-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI
906 AM EDT SUN AUG 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALPENA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST LOWER PENINSULA
 
   ...WESTERN ALPENA COUNTY...EASTERN MONTMORENCY COUNTY
 
 
AT 905 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES NORTH OF ATLANTA.
 
THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE CROSSING
NORTHEAST MONTMORENCY COUNTY BETWEEN 900 AND 915 AM...THEN MOVE INTO
NORTHWEST ALPENA COUNTY BETWEEN 915 AND 930 AM. RESIDENTS IN THE
COMMUNITIES OF LONG RAPIDS...HILLMAN AND LACHINE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE
PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN...AND SOMETIMES DO...PRODUCE FUNNEL CLOUDS AND
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE WARNING.
 
DESTRUCTIVE WIND AND HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAIN|...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
WILL OCCUR WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A STURDY SHELTER
NOW.
 
 
NORCROSS

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, Aug 13, 8:24 AM EDT, 42 minutes before
MIZ022-131330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI
824 AM EDT SUN AUG 13 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO OTSEGO COUNTY...

AT 815 AM EDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD
OTSEGO COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
ANTRIM COUNTY AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL MOVE INTO OTSEGO COUNTY BETWEEN WATERS AND VANDERBILT
BY 845 AM EDT.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AS THEY PASS
THROUGH THE COUNTY.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING PERPLE SHOULD MOVE INDOORS. DO NOT
STAND BY WINDOWS AND DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 7:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXLeelanau35 min
Aug 13, 7:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim51 min
Aug 13, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOsceola25 min
Aug 13, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMecosta26 min
Aug 13, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMecosta, Osceola55 min
Aug 13, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOceana55 min
Aug 13, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMuskegon64 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.