Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Aug 13, 1995, 4:10 PM EDT for Saint Clair County, Sanilac County, Michigan. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 1995, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1995, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Saint Clair County, MI, Sanilac County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 698 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDTX 132011 TORDTX MIC147-151-132045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT PONTIAC MI 410 PM EDT SUN AUG 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MICHIGAN ...SOUTHERN SANILAC AND NORTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTIES THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF THE COUNTIES JUST MENTIONED. AT 410 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDESTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO IN SOUTHERN SANILAC COUNTY 8 MILES WEST OF CROSWELL MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN SANILAC AND NORTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTIES BETWEEN CROSWELL...YALE AND LAKEPORT THROUGH 445 PM. THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WARNINGS FOR THESE COUNTIES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHEL8TER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. BT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 9:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Otsego | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Bay, Midland, Saginaw | 52 min |
| Aug 13, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Roscommon | 48 min |
| Aug 13, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Sanilac | 59 min |
| Aug 13, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Bay, Midland | 36 min |
| Aug 13, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saint Clair, Sanilac | 65 min |
| Aug 13, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saginaw | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saint Clair | 35 min |
| Aug 13, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Monroe, Wayne | 53 min |
| Aug 13, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lenawee | 45 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.