Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 1995, 9:51 PM EDT for Mackinac County, Michigan. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 6, 1995, 9:51 PM EDT (01:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 1995, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mackinac County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Sault Ste Marie, MI (KY62), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSSM 070246 RRA SVRSSM MIC097-MIZ513-070300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING...CORRECTED DATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI 951 PM EDT WED SEP 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAULT STE MARIE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST MICHIGAN ...MACKINAC COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF THE GREAT LAKES... AT 955 PM EDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR MACKINAC COUNTY AND ADJOINING WATERS OF THE GREAT LAKES TO 1100 PM EDT. AT 955 PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM WHITEFISH BAY TO ESCANABA AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS CONTAI N VERY HEAVY RAIN... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... AND DAMAGING WINDS. ENGADINE... GARNET... EPOUFETTE... ST IGNACE... HESSEL AND CEDARVILLE ARE ALL IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST UPPER MICHIGAN UNTI L 1 AM EDT. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODU CE TORNADOS WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. NNNN LHW
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, 2 hours 1 minute 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
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 9:20 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
MIZ008-015-070230 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAULT STE MARIE MI 920 PM EDT WED SEP 06 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH... AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST UPPER MICHIGAN. 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM FOR NORTHWEST CHIPPEWA COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR PERSONS IN MACKINAC COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE INTO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. LHW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Chippewa | 60 min |
| Sep 6, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Mackinac | 60 min |
| Sep 6, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Chippewa | 65 min |
| Sep 6, 10:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Chippewa | 65 min |
| Sep 6, 10:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Mackinac | 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.