Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 1995, 8:20 PM EDT for Delta County, Michigan. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1995, 8:20 PM EDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1995, 9:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Delta County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 4426 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMQT 150022 TORMQT MIC041-150105- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 820 PM EDT (720 PM CDT) FRI JUL 14 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 905 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN ...NORTHERN DELTA COUNTY AT 820 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR HIGHWAY M35 BETWEEN LATHROP AND ROCK. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL CROSS US HIGHWAY 41 10 MILES NORTH RAPID RIVER AT 830 EDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. ~ AVOID WINDOWS. GFF
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 14, 5:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
MIZ011>014-150400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 544 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 787 IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR DICKINSON...MENOMINEE...DELTA AND SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT. THE WATCH INCLUDES IRON MOUNTAIN...MENOMINEE...ESCANABA AND MANISTIQUE. AT 540 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAIL WAS MOVING THROUGH STEPHENSON. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AND HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOS. KEEP LISTENING TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS. GFF \T .TONIG88 WUUS 0S. LIGHT WIND.7q4WSUSZ CONTINUED HOT. H9 WUUS 4a`WWUS h46WWUS 8 WWUS 0XWSUSV S 100 TO 107. 8A`WWUS 0E( WUUSF EY 3 PM PDT FRL 14 1995 ...DO5X WUUSf =WWCN| 8p6WWUS t3U^WSUSN =[6WWUS 3 WUUS6 8`WWUS" l<]6WWUS
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
MIZ011>014-150400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 544 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 787 IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR DICKINSON...MENOMINEE...DELTA AND SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT. THE WATCH INCLUDES IRON MOUNTAIN...MENOMINEE...ESCANABA AND MANISTIQUE. AT 540 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAIL WAS MOVING THROUGH STEPHENSON. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AND HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOS. KEEP LISTENING TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS. GFF
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 7:45 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
MIZ001>007-009>014-150400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 745 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 789 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR BARAGA...GOGEBIC...HOUGHTON...IRON...ONTONAGON...ALGER... MARQUETTE... AND LUCE COUNTIES... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 787 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN UPPER MICHIGAN...DELTA...DICKINSON... MENOMINEE AND SCHOOLCRAFT... AT 740 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM WHITEFISH POINT THROUGH MARQUETTE TO WATERSWEET. INDIVIDUAL STORMS IN THIS LINE ARE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES ...AND MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. ^ MOVE QUICKLY TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OR HALL IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. KEEP TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST EMERGENCY WEATHER BULLETINS. MACHOWSKI
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 7:49 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
MIZ001>007-009>014-150400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 745 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 789 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR BARAGA...GOGEBIC...HOUGHTON...IRON...ONTONAGON...ALGER... MARQUETTE... AND LUCE COUNTIES... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 787 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN UPPER MICHIGAN...DELTA...DICKINSON... MENOMINEE AND SCHOOLCRAFT... AT 740 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM WHITEFISH POINT THROUGH MARQUETTE TO WATERSWEET. INDIVIDUAL STORMS IN THIS LINE ARE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES ...AND MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. ^ MOVE QUICKLY TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OR HALL IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. KEEP TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST EMERGENCY WEATHER BULLETINS. MACHOWSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Menominee | 61 min |
| Jul 14, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Schoolcraft | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Luce | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 12:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Menominee | 31 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.