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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Detroit, MI

July 13, 1995Crawford County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1995, 2:25 PM EDT for Crawford County, Michigan. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1995, 2:25 PM EDT (18:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1995, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Crawford County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 179 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, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 1995-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1002 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, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 1995-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1002 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-254 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
370 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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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, Jul 13, 11:05 AM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 1:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
MIZ005>008-011>030-033>036-042-132000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
110 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN UPPER AND NORTHERN
LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 778 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE
COUNTIES OF MARQUETTE...DICKINSON...MENOMINEE...ALGER...DELTA...AND
SCHOOLCRAFT.

THE WATCH COVERS EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND MOST OF NORTHERN
LOWER MICHIGAN. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE SAULT STE MARIE...
CHARLEVOIX...TRAVERSE CITY...ALPENA...GRAYLING...ROSCOMMON...AND
TAWAS CITY.

AT 110 PM EDT AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS
EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WIND GUSTS
NEAR 60 MPH...HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE
INTO NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN BY 300 PM EDT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

WH
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 1:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MIZ005>008-011>030-033>036-042-132000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
110 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN UPPER AND NORTHERN
LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 778 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE
COUNTIES OF MARQUETTE...DICKINSON...MENOMINEE...ALGER...DELTA...AND
SCHOOLCRAFT.

THE WATCH COVERS EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND MOST OF NORTHERN
LOWER MICHIGAN. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE SAULT STE MARIE...
CHARLEVOIX...TRAVERSE CITY...ALPENA...GRAYLING...ROSCOMMON...AND
TAWAS CITY.

AT 110 PM EDT AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS
EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. THESE SFTORMS HAVE PRODUCED WIND GUSTS
NEAR 60 MPH...HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE
INTO NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN BY 300 PM EDT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

WH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXOtsego45 min
Jul 13, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXCrawford44 min
Jul 13, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXRoscommon68 min
Jul 13, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXOgemaw62 min
Jul 13, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXClare67 min
Jul 13, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGladwin63 min
Jul 13, 4:03 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXOgemaw57 min
Jul 13, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXBay, Midland44 min
Jul 13, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSaginaw, Tuscola48 min
Jul 13, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXHuron48 min
Jul 13, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGenesee, Lapeer, Shiawassee59 min
Jul 13, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSanilac59 min
Jul 13, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSaginaw, Tuscola30 min
Jul 13, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSaint Clair55 min
Jul 13, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLivingston, Oakland55 min
Jul 13, 5:24 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXGenesee51 min
Jul 13, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMacomb64 min
Jul 13, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGenesee, Lapeer27 min
Jul 13, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXShiawassee27 min
Jul 13, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLivingston, Oakland44 min
Jul 13, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSaint Clair44 min
Jul 13, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWashtenaw, Wayne60 min
Jul 13, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLenawee, Monroe55 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.