Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 3:51 PM EDT for Genesee County, Michigan. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1995, 3:51 PM EDT (19:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1995, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Genesee County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 2755 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 798 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -10.8
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, Jul 15, 11:25 AM EDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jul 15, 1:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
MIZ016>083-161200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 150 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995 ...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL FOR MICHIGAN... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE LOWER PENINSULA. THIS AREA IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM OSCODA TO NEAR MANISTEE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP SOUTHERN LOWER PENINSULA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS 60 MPH AND HAIL TO 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REST OF NORTHERN LOWER... HOWEVER THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR AN D SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL KEYES
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 1:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
MIZ016>083-161200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 150 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995 ...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL FOR MICHIGAN... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE LOWER PENINSULA. THIS AREA IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM OSCODA TO NEAR MANISTEE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP SOUTHERN LOWER PENINSULA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS 60 MPH AND HAIL TO 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REST OF NORTHERN LOWER... HOWEVER THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL KEYES
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 2:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MIZ031>083-152000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 245 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO- THIRDS OF LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 700 PM THIS EVENING. THE WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM OSCODA...IN IOSCO COUNTY...TO ARCADIA...IN MANISTEE COUNTY AND EXTENDS SOUTHWARD TO THE INDIANA AND OHIO BORDERS. SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE MANISTEE...TAWAS CITY...MOUNT PLEASANT...FLINT...GRAND RAPIDS...BENTON HARBOR...LANSING AND THE DETROIT METRO AREA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF TORRENTIAL RAINS... DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL...AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AS THEY MOVE EAST AROUND 20 MPH. PERSONS IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. BT
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 2:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MIZ031>083-152000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 245 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO- THIRDS OF LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 700 PM THIS EVENING. THE WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM OSCODA...IN IOSCO COUNTY...TO ARCADIA...IN MANISTEE COUNTY AND EXTENDS SOUTHWARD TO THE INDIANA AND OHIO BORDERS. SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE MANISTEE...TAWAS CITY...MOUNT PLEASANT...FLINT...GRAND RAPIDS...BENTON HARBOR...LANSING AND THE DETROIT METRO AREA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF TORRENTIAL RAINS... DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL...AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AS THEY MOVE EAST AROUND 20 MPH. PERSONS IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. ...CORRECTION TO WATCH EXPIRATION TIME... BT /
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 2:51 PM EDT, 1 hour before
MIZ031>083-152000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 245 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO- THIRDS OF LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 700 PM THIS EVENING. THE WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM OSCODA...IN IOSCO COUNTY...TO ARCADIA...IN MANISTEE COUNTY AND EXTENDS SOUTHWARD TO THE INDIANA AND OHIO BORDERS. SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE MANISTEE...TAWAS CITY...MOUNT PLEASANT...FLINT...GRAND RAPIDS...BENTON HARBOR...LANSING AND THE DETROIT METRO AREA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF TORRENTIAL RAINS... DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL...AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AS THEY MOVE EAST AROUND 20 MPH. PERSONS IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. ...CORRECTION TO WATCH EXPIRATION TIME... BT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Oakland | 55 min |
| Jul 15, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Shiawassee | 68 min |
| Jul 15, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee | 30 min |
| Jul 15, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Oakland | 55 min |
| Jul 15, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Wayne | 55 min |
| Jul 15, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lenawee | 58 min |
| Jul 15, 6:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | DTX | Lenawee, Monroe | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Roscommon | 52 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.