Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1996, 7:39 PM EDT for Antrim County, Otsego County, Michigan. It was in force for 41 min. 3 reports 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 19, 1996, 7:39 PM EDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1996, 8:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Antrim County, MI, Otsego County, MI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:53 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | N Of Mancelona, MI | |
| May 19, 8:05 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Manuka Lake, MI | |
| May 19, 8:09 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | S Of Gaylord, 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
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 1728 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 765 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAPN 192341 SVRAPN MIC009-137-200020- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 739 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 820 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN MICHIGAN ...EASTERN ANTRIM COUNTY...WESTERN OTSEGO COUNTY AT 740 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF MANCELONA. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL EFFECT OTSEGO LAKE AND WATERS AROUND 8 PM. DESTRUCTIVE WIND AND HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER NOW. | NORCROSS/SMITH
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
Local storm report, May 19, 1:59 PM EDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MICHIGAN
200 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
043j5 AM CADILLAC MI MARBLE SIZED HAIL
05/19/96 WEXFORD COUNTY
0555 AM WESTERN OGEMAW MI QUARTER - SIZED
05/19/96 OGEMAW COUNTY
SWR/KOPSKYSpecial weather statement, May 19, 6:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
MIZ016>021-024>026-030-031-036-042-200015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 614 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM EDT FOR ALL OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR ALL OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. SOME CITIES AFFECTED BY THE WATCH INCLUDE ALPENA...TRAVERSE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE...CADILLAC...MANISTEE... CHEBOYGAN... GAYLORD... AND ATLANTA. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN INTO THE NORTHERN LOWER PENINSULA DURING THE EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... VERY HEAVY RAIN... LARGE HAIL... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 3:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Manistee, Wexford | 38 min |
| May 19, 3:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Benzie, Leelanau | 46 min |
| May 19, 4:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Missaukee, Roscommon | 44 min |
| May 19, 5:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Gladwin | 34 min |
| May 19, 5:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Ogemaw | 45 min |
| May 19, 5:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Arenac | 46 min |
| May 19, 6:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Charlevoix | 30 min |
| May 19, 7:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Emmet | 43 min |
| May 19, 7:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Cheboygan | 45 min |
| May 19, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Charlevoix | 40 min |
| May 19, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Emmet | 57 min |
| May 19, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Charlevoix | 65 min |
| May 19, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Benzie, Leelanau | 65 min |
| May 19, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Cheboygan | 31 min |
| May 19, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Otsego | 54 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.