Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1995, 7:42 PM EDT for Oakland County, Wayne County, Michigan. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 1995, 7:42 PM EDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1995, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Oakland County, MI, Wayne County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, May 28, 3:20 PM EDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-282020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 319 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 315 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN AND ALSO OVER NORTHERN INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 28, 4:24 PM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-282120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 423 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN...AND ADJACENT WATERS OF SAGINAW BAY...LAKE HURON...LAKE ST. CLAIR...AND THE DETROIT RIVER... AT 415 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL...CENTRAL...AND NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND ALSO NORTHERN INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DANGEROUS WEA`THER SITUATION CLOSELY FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BOYNE
Special weather statement, May 28, 4:26 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
MIZ037>039-043>045-050-056-057-064-071-077-078-282130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 425 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN WEST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... LAKE...MASON...MECOSTA...MUSKEGON...NEWAYGO...OCEANA...AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MUSKEGON...LUDINGTON...AND REED CITY. IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... l ALLEGAN...BERRIEN...CASS...KENT...OTTAWA...AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF GRAND RAPIDS AND BENTON HARBOR. JSB
Special weather statement, May 28, 5:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-282220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 520 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN...AND ADJACENT WATERS OF SAGINAW BAY...LAKE HURON...LAKE ST. CLAIR...AND THE DETROIT RIVER... AT 515 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM COLDWATER IN BRANCH COUNTY ...TO NEAR LANSING...TO GLADWIN IN GLADWIN COUNTY...TO ROGERS CITY IN PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD CONTINUE TO0 MONITOR THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BOYNE
Special weather statement, May 28, 5:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
MIZ037>039-043>045-050-056-057-064-071-077-078-282250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 425 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... CLARE...GLADWIN...ISABELLA...AND MONTCALM COUNTIES THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MOUNT PLEASANT...GLADWIN...AND GREENVILLE. IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... BERRY...IONIA...KALAMAZOO...AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF IONIA...KALAMAZOO...AND STURGIS. BOYNE
Special weather statement, May 28, 6:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 620 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN...AND ADJACENT WATERS OF SAGINAW BAY...LAKE HURON...LAKE ST. CLAIR...AND THE DETROIT RIVER... AT 620 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM OSCODA IN IOSCO COUNTY TO STURGIS IN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN THE PONTIAC AREA. PERSONS IN NORTHERN OAKLAND AND SOUTHERN. LAPEER COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NOW UNTIL 700 PM EDT THIS SUNDAY EVENING. < STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BOYNE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saint Clair | 54 min |
| May 28, 7:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Saint Clair | 29 min |
Nearby
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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.