Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1996, 8:29 PM EDT for Alpena County, Presque Isle County, Michigan. It was in force for 46 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 19, 1996, 8:29 PM EDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1996, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Alpena County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 9:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | N Of Alpena, 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 876 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 949 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAPN 200031 SVRAPN MIC007-141-200115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 829 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN MICHIGAN ...ALPENA COUNTY...EASTERN PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AT 830 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN MONTMORENCY COUNTY...5 MILES EAST OF ATLANTA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE AREA BETWEEN ROGERS CITY AND ALPENA BETWEEN 840 PM AND 910 PM. 3/4 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN ATLANTA AT AROUND 820 PM. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 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
Special weather statement, May 19, 6:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 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, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Oscoda | 40 min |
| May 19, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona, Iosco, Ogemaw | 65 min |
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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.