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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Gaylord, MI

May 18, 1996Arenac County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1996, 11:53 AM EDT for Arenac County, Michigan. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 18, 1996, 11:53 AM EDT (15:53 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 1996, 12:30 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI
Area: Whole counties

County Arenac County, MI

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 18, 12:20 PM EDT	Hail 1	S Of Standish, MI

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 149 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 375 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -457 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1098 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, May 18, 9:32 AM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

MIZ026-027-MIZ032-033-181435-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
931 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN...

AT 925 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF CADILLAC AND MANTON IN
WEXFORD COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH. SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE
KINGSLEY...FIFE LAKE...SHARON AND KALKASKA.

GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

PERSONS IN NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER QUICKLY.

BAK

Special weather statement, May 18, 10:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

MIZ016>019-021>024-026>030-032>036-041-042-181645-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1038 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM FOR MUCH OF
NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF NORTHERN LOWER
MICHIGAN UNTIL 400 PM THIS AFTERNOON. COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH
ARE EMMET...CHEBOYGAN...PRESQUE ISLE... CHARLEVOIX... ANTRIM...
OTSEGO... MONTMORENCY...ALPENA...GRAND TRAVERSE...KALKASKA...
CRAWFORD... OSCODA... ALCONA... WEXFORD... MISSAUKEE... ROSCOMMON...
OGEMAW... IOSCO... GLADWIN AND ARENAC COUNTIES.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... WITH LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA LATE THIS MORNING AND THROUGH
LATE AFTERNOON. IF YOU LIVE IN THE WATCH AREA BE PREPARED TO TAKE
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED
WARNING.

END

The office that day

Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 8:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Chippewa	47 min
May 18, 9:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Wexford	57 min
May 18, 10:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Missaukee	29 min
May 18, 10:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Kalkaska	49 min
May 18, 10:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Mackinac	27 min
May 18, 10:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Crawford	19 min
May 18, 11:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Gladwin	50 min
May 18, 12:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	APX	Iosco	33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 1996 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.