Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1996, 12:07 PM EDT for Iosco County, Michigan. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1996, 12:07 PM EDT (16:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1996, 12:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Iosco County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 805 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 849 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAPN 181608 SVRAPN MIZ539-MIC069-181640- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1207 PM EDT SAT MAY 18 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1240 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN ...IOSCO COUNTY AT 1205 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL IOSCO COUNTY...15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF TAWAS CITY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT TAWAS CITY AND OSCODA BETWEEN 1205 AND 1235 PM EDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME. SMITH/KOPSKY
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 35 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 22 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, 11:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Arenac | 37 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 1996Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.