Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 1995, 5:24 PM EDT for Genesee County, Michigan. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1995, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1995, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Genesee County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 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
- 3303 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 825 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDTX 132126 TORDTX MIC049-132215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT PONTIAC MI 524 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MICHIGAN ...GENESEE COUNTY AT 525 PM LOCAL SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND JUST NORTH OF DAVISON ROAD AND DORT HIGHWAY IN FLINT. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR WAS REPORTED. THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN GENESEE COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM. 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. GSS
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 1:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 14 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, 4 hours 5 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
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 2:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
MIZ005>008-011>030-033>036-042-132000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 240 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 LUCE COUNTY. IT REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHIPPEWA AND MACKINAC COUNTIES IN EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND MUCH OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE SAULT STE MARIE...CHARLEVOIX... TRAVERSE CITY...ALPENA...GRAYLING...ROSCOMMON...AND TAWAS CITY. AT 240 PM EDT AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING OVER EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH...HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. WH
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 2:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
MIZ005>008-011>030-033>036-042-132000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 240 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 LUCE COUNTY. IT REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHIPPEWA AND MACKINAC COUNTIES IN EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND MUCH OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE SAULT STE MARIE...CHARLEVOIX... TRAVERSE CITY...ALPENA...GRAYLING...ROSCOMMON...AND TAWAS CITY. AT 240 PM EDT AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING OVER EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THESE STORMS LHAVE PRODUCED WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH...HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. WH
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
MIZ034>036-040>042-046>049-052>055-060>063-068>070-076-140000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 325 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 8 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MOST OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 8 PM EDT. CITIES IN THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDE MIDLAND...BAY CITY...SAGINAW...FLINT...PONTIAC AND DETROIT. AT 325 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR TAWAS CITY TO CADILLAC. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT MIDLAND AND BAY COUNTIES BETWEEN 4 AND 430 PM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 80 MILES AN HOUR AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. AS THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH THE MACKINAC STRAITS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TRAILERS WERE OVERTURNED AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MILES AN HOUR WERE REPORTED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. GSS
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
MIZ034>036-040>042-046>049-052>055-060>063-068>070-076-140000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 325 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 8 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MOST OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 8 PM EDT. CITIES IN THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDE MIDLAND...BAY CITY...SAGINAW...FLINT...PONTIAC AND DETROIT. AT 325 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR TAWAS CITY TO CADILLAC. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT MIDLAND AND BAY COUNTIES BETWEEN 4 AND 430 PM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 80 MILES AN HOUR AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. AS THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH THE MACKINAC STRAITS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TRAILERS WERE OVERTURNED AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MILES AN HOUR WERE REPORTED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. GSS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Otsego | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Crawford | 50 min |
| Jul 13, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Crawford | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Roscommon | 68 min |
| Jul 13, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Ogemaw | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Clare | 67 min |
| Jul 13, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Gladwin | 63 min |
| Jul 13, 4:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Ogemaw | 57 min |
| Jul 13, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Bay, Midland | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saginaw, Tuscola | 48 min |
| Jul 13, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Huron | 48 min |
| Jul 13, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee, Lapeer, Shiawassee | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Sanilac | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saginaw, Tuscola | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saint Clair | 55 min |
| Jul 13, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Livingston, Oakland | 55 min |
| Jul 13, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Macomb | 64 min |
| Jul 13, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee, Lapeer | 27 min |
| Jul 13, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Shiawassee | 27 min |
| Jul 13, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Livingston, Oakland | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saint Clair | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Washtenaw, Wayne | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lenawee, Monroe | 55 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.