Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 1995, 9:18 PM EDT for Crawford County, Michigan. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 18, 1995, 9:18 PM EDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 1995, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crawford County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Sault Ste Marie, MI (KY62), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 548 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 560 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 412 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHTL 190118 SVRHTL MIC039-190145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI 918 PM EDT TUE APR 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUGHTON LAKE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN ...NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF THE CITY OF GRAYLING. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH HAIL IN SOUTHWEST CRAWFORD COUNTY AT 905 PM AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL HIT THE TOWN OF LOVELLS BY 925 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATLEY AS THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG GUSTYW WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS IT MOVED THROUGH CRAWFORD COUNTY. KEITH DICKS & NNNN
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, Apr 18, 6:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
MIZ043>083-190000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 640 PM EDT TUE APR 18 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 214 ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 1 AM... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 214 HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 1 AM FOR A GOOD PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. COMMUNITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE GRAND RAPIDS... JACKSON... LANSING... AND DETROIT. AT 635 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE DETROIT AREA. ONE STRONG STORM JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST INTO LAKE ST. CLAIR. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL... AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION... FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. CAMPBELL
Special weather statement, Apr 18, 8:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
MIZ043>083-190300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 755 PM EDT TUE APR 18 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 215 ISSUED FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 1 AM... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 215 HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 1 AM FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 1 AM. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF HOUGHTON LAKE... SAGINAW... AND FLINT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL... AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. . STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISI ON STATION... FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. CAMPBELL
Local storm report, Apr 18, 8:20 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PONTIAC/DETROIT MI 820 PM EDT TUE APR 19 1995 TIME (EDT) ...LOCATION............ STATE.... EVENT/REMARKS............ DATE ...COUNTY.............. 1915 WESTLAND MI 0.75 HAIL 04/19/95 WAYNE 1956 3 N UTICA MI 0.75 HAIL 04/19/95 MACOMB CAMPBELL
Special weather statement, Apr 18, 8:56 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-190155- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 853 PM EDT TUE APR 18 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES ARE A THREAT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN UNTIL 100 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...INCLUDING THE CITY OF DETROIT...FLINT...MIDLAND...MONROE...SAGINAW...HOWELL... CARO...BAD AXE...ANN ARBOR...SANDUSKY...OWOSSO...PORT HURON...UNTIL 100 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. AT 849 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM ARENAC COUNTY TO PINCONNING IN NORTH BAY COUNTY TO PERRY IN SOUTHWEST SHIAWASSEE COUNTY THEN SOUTHWEST TO THE INDIANA BORDER. MOVEMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS AND STORMS WITHIN THE LINE WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 TO 50 MPH...WHILE THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. MJN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Crawford | 28 min |
| Apr 18, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Ogemaw | 25 min |
| Apr 18, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Ogemaw | 22 min |
| Apr 18, 11:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee, Lapeer | 30 min |
| Apr 18, 11:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Sanilac | 37 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.