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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

May 13, 1995Isabella County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 11:44 PM EDT for Isabella County, Michigan. It was in force for 61 min.

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The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 11:44 PM EDT (03:44 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Isabella County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 154 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 177 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1658 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLAN 140345
SVRLAN
MIC073-140445-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LANSING MI
1144 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LANSING HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN
 
   ...ISABELLA COUNTY
 
AT 1142 PM...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST
ISABELLA COUNTY NEAR WINN. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND
WILL PASS JUST NORTH OF MT PEASANT BY MIDNIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.
DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES...UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY...UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
DO NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
SH

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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.