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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Gaylord, MI

May 13, 1995Charlevoix County, Cheboygan County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 10:11 PM EDT for Charlevoix County, Cheboygan County, Michigan. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 10:11 PM EDT (02:11 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Charlevoix County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Sault Ste Marie, MI (KY62), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 335 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1598 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
335 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
508 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAPN 140212
SVRAPN
MIC031-029-140300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALPENA MI
1011 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALPENA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH LOWER PENINSULA
 
   ...SOUTHERN CHEBOYGAN COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST LOWER PENINSULA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN CHARLEVOIX COUNTY
 
AT 1000 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF BOYNE CITY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH...AND WILL BE MOVING 5 MILES NORTH OF BOYNE FALLS BY 1020
PM...THEN TO NEAR WOLVERINE BY 1040 PM.
 
DESTRUCTIVE WIND AND HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
WILL OCCUR WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A STURDY SHELTER
NOW.
 
WOOD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 9:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim39 min
May 13, 9:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXLeelanau39 min
May 13, 9:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMason39 min
May 13, 11:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXPresque Isle33 min
May 14, 12:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXPresque Isle29 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.