Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1995, 6:56 PM EDT for Muskegon County, Michigan. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 1995, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1995, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Muskegon County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1408 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 132256 RRA SVRMKG MIC121-140000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MUSKEGON MI 656 PM EDT SUN AUG 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MUSKEGON MI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN ...NORTHERN MUSKEGON COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. AT 653 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF MONTAGUE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH...AND WILL PASS THROUGH MONTAGUE BY 710 PM...AND WHITEHALL BY 715 PM. 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. HTS
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, 4 hours 46 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, 3 hours 40 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, 1 hour 58 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
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 5:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
MIZ034-035-040-041-132230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 524 PM EDT SUN AUG 13 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR CLARE...GLADWIN...OGEMAW...AND ROSCOMMON COUNTIES...WHICH INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF HOUGTHON LAKE...WEST BRANCH...HARRISON...AND GLADWIN. AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING 15 MILES EAST OF REED CITY IN SOUTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL REACH THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CLARE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY OF LAKE...BY 540 PM. NO OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN AT 515 PM...HOWEVER...BE ALERT OF THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 6 PM THIS EVENING...A FEW OF WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND/OR LARGE HAIL. WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE IMMEDIATELY AND KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND METAL OBJECTS. HURLEY
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 6:32 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
MIZ034-035-040-041-132330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 632 PM EDT SUN AUG 13 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR CLARE...GLADWIN...OGEMAW...AND ROSCOMMON COUNTIES...WHICH INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF HOUGTHON LAKE...WEST BRANCH...HARRISON...AND GLADWIN. AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED A SERIES OF THUNDERTSORMS MOVING THROUGH AND REDEVLOPING OVER OSCEOLA COUNTY...NORTHERN MECOSTA COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN ISABELLA COUNTY...AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CLARE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH...HOWEVER...WITH MORE STORMS REGENERATING NEAR THE US-10 AND US-131 INTERSECTION. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO CLIP THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST PORTION OF CLARE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY OF LAKE...THROUGH 7 OR 730 PM. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND/OR LARGE HAIL...HOWEVER...GIVEN THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THESE STORMS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL REMAIN THE MOST COMMON OCCURRENCE. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...A FEW OF WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND/OR LARGE HAIL. WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE IMMEDIATELY AND KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND METAL OBJECTS. HURLEY
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 6:33 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
MIZ034-035-040-041-132330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 632 PM EDT SUN AUG 13 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR CLARE...GLADWIN...OGEMAW...AND ROSCOMMON COUNTIES...WHICH INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF HOUGTHON LAKE...WEST BRANCH...HARRISON...AND GLADWIN. AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT HOUGHTON LAKE INDICATED A SERIES OF THUNDERTSORMS MOVING THROUGH AND REDEVLOPING OVER OSCEOLA COUNTY...NORTHERN MECOSTA COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN ISABELLA COUNTY...AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CLARE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH...HOWEVER...WITH MORE STORMS REGENERATING NEAR THE US-10 AND US-131 INTERSECTION. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO CLIP THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST PORTION OF CLARE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY OF LAKE...THROUGH 7 OR 730 PM. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND/OR LARGE HAIL...HOWEVER...GIVEN THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THESE STORMS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL REMAIN THE MOST COMMON OCCURRENCE. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...A FEW OF WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND/OR LARGE HAIL. WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE IMMEDIATELY AND KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND METAL OBJECTS. HURLEY
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, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Mecosta, Osceola | 55 min |
| Aug 13, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Oceana | 55 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.