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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Gaylord, MI

September 5, 1995Chippewa County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 1995, 10:25 PM EDT for Chippewa County, Michigan. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 5, 1995, 10:25 PM EDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 1995, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Chippewa County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Sault Ste Marie, MI (KY62), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 24 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, Sault Ste Marie, MI at 00:00Z on 1995-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 284 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Sault Ste Marie, MI at 00:00Z on 1995-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
284 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
805 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSSM 060225 RRA
SVRSSM
MIC033-MIZ507-060330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI
1025 PM EDT TUE SEP 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAULT STE MARIE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST MICHIGAN
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY
 
AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF THE GREAT LAKES...
 
AT 1030 PM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE ST MARYS
RIVER SYSTEM WEST TO ENGADINE IN MACKINAC COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE
PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO 63 MILES AN HOUR AND CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT
40 MILES AN HOUR.
 
HOMESTEAD... NEEBISH ISLAND... PICKFORD... RUDYARD... FIBRE...
GOETZVILLE AND DRUMMOND ISLAND ARE ALL IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GET INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.
 
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
NNNN
LHW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 5, 9:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMackinac69 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.