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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1996, 8:50 PM EDT for Oscoda County, Michigan. It was in force for 40 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 19, 1996, 8:50 PM EDT (00:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1996, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Oscoda County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 200052 SVRAPN MIC135-200130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 850 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN MICHIGAN ...OSCODA COUNTY AT 850 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CROSSING THE CRAWFORD-OSCODA COUNTY LINE...15 MILES EAST OF GRAYLING. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT MIO AROUND 905 PM. DESTRUCTIVE WIND AND HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER NOW. NORCROSS/SMI.TH
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 37 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, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alpena, Presque Isle | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.