Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1998, 1:38 AM EDT for Wexford County, Michigan. It was in force for 42 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
- Jun 25, 1998, 1:38 AM EDT (05:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1998, 2:20 AM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wexford County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 3210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1120 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.2
- Supercell composite
- 20.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
264 WUUS1 KAPN 250540 RRA SVRAPN MIC165-250620- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 138 AM EDT THU JUN 25 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WEXFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN * UNTIL 220 AM EDT * AT 135 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES EAST OF MESICK MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH... MEAUWATAKA BY 147 AM EDT MANTON BY 155 AM EDT CADILLAC BY 205 AM EDT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN RESULT FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. SWR/HIRSCH
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, Jun 25, 12:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
MIZ008-015>036-041-042-252330- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1007 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1998 ...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL STATEMENT FOR NORTHERN LOWER AND EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN... DISPATCHERS PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGERS IMMEDIATELY. THESE STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH... PEA SIZED HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. AGAIN... NONE OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL CABLE OR RADIO STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN OR EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN.
Local storm report, Jun 25, 12:08 AM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1208 AM EDT THU JUN 25 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1203 AM LUZERNE MI 1 INCH HAIL
06/25/98 OSCODA 6 NE LUZERNE
1205 AM MIO MI .88 INCH HAIL
06/25/98 OSCODALocal storm report, Jun 25, 12:08 AM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1208 AM EDT THU JUN 25 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1203 AM LUZERNE MI 1 INCH HAIL
06/25/98 OSCODA 6 NE LUZERNE
1205 AM MIO MI .88 INCH HAIL
06/25/98 OSCODALocal storm report, Jun 25, 12:56 AM EDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1256 AM EDT THU JUN 25 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1130 PM FREDERIC MI WIND DAMAGE
06/24/98 CRAWFORD WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE.
LARGE AREA OF TREES DOWN
ACROSS ROADS AND POWER
LINES. WIDESPREAD
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ALSO
REPORTED IN THE AREA.Special weather statement, Jun 25, 1:36 AM EDT, 2 minutes before
MIZ016>036-041-042-250745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 136 AM EDT THU JUN 25 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN HAS BEEN CANCELLED... TORNADO WATCH 661... ISSUED FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS CURRENTLY EXITED THE AREA. SCATTERED STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE HOWEVER STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY ENTERED NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND MORE STORMS MAY MOVE EAST OUT OF WISCONSIN AROUND SUNRISE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES. NJJ/HIRSCH
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 1:36 AM EDT, 2 minutes before
MIZ016>036-041-042-250745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 136 AM EDT THU JUN 25 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN HAS BEEN CANCELLED... TORNADO WATCH 661... ISSUED FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS CURRENTLY EXITED THE AREA. SCATTERED STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE HOWEVER STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY ENTERED NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND MORE STORMS MAY MOVE EAST OUT OF WISCONSIN AROUND SUNRISE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES. NJJ/HIRSCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Leelanau | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 9:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Antrim, Charlevoix | 63 min |
| Jun 24, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Emmet | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 10:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Kalkaska | 65 min |
| Jun 24, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Cheboygan | 62 min |
| Jun 24, 10:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Crawford | 63 min |
| Jun 24, 11:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Crawford | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 11:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Oscoda | 65 min |
| Jun 25, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alpena, Presque Isle | 61 min |
| Jun 25, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Mackinac | 63 min |
| Jun 25, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Leelanau | 61 min |
| Jun 25, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Antrim | 61 min |
| Jun 25, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alpena | 49 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
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.