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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Detroit, MI

July 13, 1995Ogemaw County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 1995, 4:03 PM EDT for Ogemaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1995, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1995, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Ogemaw County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 159 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

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

000 
TTAA00 KHTL 132003
TORHTL
MIC129-132100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUGHTON LAKE MI
403 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUGHTON LAKE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST MICHIGAN
 
   ...OGEMAW COUNTY
 
AT 358 PM EDT WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND
AT THE INTERSECTION OF GREENWOOD ROAD AND M30 IN OGEMAW COUNTY.
THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PERSONS IN THE
SKIDWAY LAKE AREA AND ALL OTHERS IN SOUTHWEST GLADWIN COUNTY
MUST TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
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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, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXCrawford50 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, 4:16 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

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.