Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1995, 5:05 PM EDT for Mecosta County, Osceola County, Michigan. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 1995, 5:05 PM EDT (21:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1995, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Mecosta County, MI, Osceola County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 698 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKG 132106 RRA SVRMKG MIC107-133-132200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI 505 PM EDT SUN AUG 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MUSKEGON MI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN ...NORTHERN MECOSTA COUNTY...SOUTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTY AT 500 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF REED CITY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL FOLLOW THE OSCEOLA/MECOSTA COUNTY LINE...PASSING BETWEEN EVART AND CHIPEWA LAKE BY 530 PM. HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. CZYZYK
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, 2:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
MIZ028-034-040-132000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 210 PM EDT SUN AUG 13 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 205 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM 20 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF GRAYLING IN EASTERN KALKASKA COUNTY TO REED CITY IN SOUTHWESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL REACH THE COMMUNITIES OF GRAYLING AND HOUGHTON LAKE BY 230 PM AND HARRISON AND FARWELL BY 250 PM. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH IN A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS. WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND METAL OBJECTS. HURLEY
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 3:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
MIZ0016>019-023-024-029-030-036-042-509-514-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 316 PM EDT SUN AUG 13 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 10 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR ARENAC AND IOSCO COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF OSCODA...TAWAS CITY...AU GRES AND STANDISH. AT 310 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM LUZERNE...TO WEST BRANCH...TO GLADWIN. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL EXTEND FROM MIO TO ALGER BY 330 PM AND FROM GLENNIE...TO NATIONAL CITY...TO AU GRES BY 4 PM. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN...AND CLOSE...TO THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS...FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WATCH. NORCROSS
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 4:58 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
MIZ0016>019-023-024-029-030-036-042-509-514-132300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI 458 PM EDT SUN AUG 13 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 10 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR ARENAC AND IOSCO COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF OSCODA...TAWAS CITY...AU GRES AND STANDISH. AT 450 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE EXITING ALCONA...IOSCO AND ARENAC COUNTIES OVER THE WATERS OF LAKE HURON. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD CLEAR THE LAKE HURON SHORELINE BY 600 PM. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA LATER THIS EVENING. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN...AND CLOSE...TO THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS...FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WATCH. NORCROSS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 7:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Leelanau | 35 min |
| Aug 13, 7:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Antrim | 51 min |
| Aug 13, 9:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alpena, Montmorency | 69 min |
| Aug 13, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Osceola | 25 min |
| Aug 13, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Mecosta | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Oceana | 55 min |
| Aug 13, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Muskegon | 64 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.