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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Gaylord, MI

September 6, 1995Chippewa County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 1995, 8:45 PM EDT for Chippewa County, Michigan. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 6, 1995, 8:45 PM EDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 1995, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
60 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, 0.8 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 1995-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1077 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 1995-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 289 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
1077 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
805 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
289 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
338 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
12.3

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The text

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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, Sep 6, 7:50 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
MIZ008-022000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI
750 PM EDT WED SEP 06 1995

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EAST UPPER MICHIGAN UNTIL 1 AM EDT...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WATCH VALID UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR EAST UPPER MICHIGAN.

THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EAST UPPER MICHIGAN:

CHIPPEWA...MACKINAC...

THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AROUND THE WARNING
AREA.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

BRW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMackinac60 min
Sep 6, 9:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa65 min
Sep 6, 9:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMackinac69 min
Sep 6, 10:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa65 min
Sep 6, 10:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMackinac64 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.