Tornado Warning 7, NWS Detroit, MI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI
515 PM EDT WED JUN 11 1986

   ...TORNADO WATCH..NUMBER 249..IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR MOST
          PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TONIGHT FOR MOST
OF THE COUNTIES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN.  THE COUNTIES
AFFECTED INCLUDE THE MAJOR CITIES AND METROPOLITAN AREAS OF MUSKEGON..
GRAND RAPIDS..LANSING..SAGINAW..ST JOSPEH..KALAMAZOO..JACKSON..FLINT..
..ANN ARBOR..MOUNT CLEMENS AND DETROIT.

AT 510 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH
HEAVY RAIN JUST WEST OF LANSING WHILE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF MICHIGAN. VERY INTENSE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO REPORTED OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF WISCONSIN
JUST MOVING OVER LAKE MICHIGAN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE
AIR OVER THE STATE THIS EVENING AND SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS A
THREAT.

VERY HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..STRONG WINDS..AND LARGE
HAIL ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASS OVERHEAD. PERSONS
IN AND CLOSE TO THE TORNADO WATCH ARkEA ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO OR TV..FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

JJK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI
600 PM EDT WED JUN 11 1986

    .....TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TILL 9PM EDT.....

AS OF OF 600 PM EDT THE INITIAL AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH
CROSSED EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON HAD MOVED OFF TO THE
EAST WHILE A SECOND AREA OF SHOWERS AND LOCALLY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS
DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS.

THIS AREA EXTENDS FROM SAGINAW BAY SOUTHWESTWARD TO JUST EAST OF
LANSING AS MOSTLY RAINSHOWERS INTO AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WHICH HAVE CROSSED THE LANSING AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR MOVING TO
THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO
BE ACCOMPANIED BY LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..
WITH STRONG WINDS... LARGE HAIL... AND TORNADOES POSSIBLE.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 249 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM EDT AND
PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

FF

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI
630 PM EDT WED JUN 11 1986

   ...TORNADO WATCH..NUMBER 249..IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR MOST
          PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
   ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745PM FOR PERSONS
      IN INGHAM COUNTY...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TONIGHT FOR MOST
OF THE COUNTIES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN.  THE COUNTIES
AFFECTED INCLUDE THE MAJOR CITIES AND METROPOLITAN AREAS OF MUSKEGON..
GRAND RAPIDS..LANSING..SAGINAW..ST JOSPEH..KALAMAZOO..JACKSON..FLINT..
..ANN ARBOR..MOUNT CLEMENS AND DETROIT.

VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF INGHAM COUNTY HAS RESULTED IN THE
ISSUANCE OF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING.  WELL OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN THIS AFTERNOON IN THE LANSING AREA. AT 620PM HEAVY RAIN WAS
CONTINUING IN THE AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE
FOR MUCH OF THE EVENING.

AT 6PM INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH EXTREME
SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALSO WERE OCCURING
FROM NEAR SAGINAW THROUGH LANSING AND ON SOUTHWEST INTO INDIANA.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING.

VERY HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..STRONG WINDS..AND LARGE
HAIL ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASS OVERHEAD. PERSONS
IN AND CLOSE TO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO OR TV..FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

DGH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI
720 PM EDT WED JUN 11 1986

   ...TORNADO WATCH..NUMBER 249..IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR MOST
          PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
   ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745PM FOR PERSONS
      IN INGHAM COUNTY...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TONIGHT FOR MOST
OF THE COUNTIES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN.  THE COUNTIES
AFFECTED INCLUDE THE MAJOR CITIES AND METROPOLITAN AREAS OF MUSKEGON..
GRAND RAPIDS..LANSING..SAGINAW..ST JOSPEH..KALAMAZOO..JACKSON..FLINT..
..ANN ARBOR..MOUNT CLEMENS AND DETROIT.

VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF INGHAM COUNTY HAS RESULTED IN THE
ISSUANCE OF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING.  WELL OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN THIS AFTERNOON IN THE LANSING AREA. GRAND LEDGE..JUST WEST OF
LANSING..REPORTED 4.20 INCHES OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE RAIN HAS
DECREASED BUT MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS EVENING
WHICH MAY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL.

AT 7PM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING OVER
SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND MUCH OF LAKE MICHIGAN. THE STORMS ARE
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..STRONG WINDS..AND LARGE
HAIL ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE TORNADO
WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..OR THIER
LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION..FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

DGH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI
720 PM EDT WED JUN 11 1986

    .....TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TILL 9PM EDT.....

AS OF 700 PM EDT AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM
SOUTHERN SAGINAW BAY SOUTHWESTWARD AND FROM JUST EAST OF LANSING TO JUST
EAST OF FLINT MOVING EASTWARD AT 20 TO 25 MPH. WHILE THIS AREA HAS
WEAKENED SLIGHTLY OVER THE PAST HOUR THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE
STORMS CONTINUES INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS.

WIDESPREAD LIGHT SHOWERS WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE PREVIOUSLY FLOODED UNDERPASSES AND LOW AREAS
TO REMAIN FLOODED OR FLOOD ALL OVER AGAIN. 1.24 INCHES OF RAIN HAD
FALLEN AT FLINTS BISHOP AIRPORT AS OF 5PM WITH SPOTTY REPORTS OF LOCALLY
HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS RECEIVED.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 249 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM EDT AND
PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

FF

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI
720 PM EDT WED JUN 11 1986

   ...TORNADO WATCH..NUMBER 249..IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR MOST
          PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
   ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000PM FOR PERSONS
      IN INGHAM COUNTY...
   ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900PM FOR
      PERSONS IN EASTERN MUSKEGON AND NEWAYGO COUNTIES...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TONIGHT FOR MOST
OF THE COUNTIES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN.  THE COUNTIES
AFFECTED INCLUDE THE MAJOR CITIES AND METROPOLITAN AREAS OF MUSKEGON..
GRAND RAPIDS..LANSING..SAGINAW..ST JOSPEH..KALAMAZOO..JACKSON..FLINT..
..ANN ARBOR..MOUNT CLEMENS AND DETROIT.

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR INGHAM COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL
10PM. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY IN THE AREA AND MAY
PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL. MOTORISTS..AND PERSONS LIVING
NEAR STREAMS OR IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD BE VERY CAUTIOUS THIS
EVENING.

AT ABOUT 815PM AN OBSERVER IN SOUTHWESTERN RAVENNA TOWNSHIP IN
MUSKEGON COUNTY REPORTED 60 MPH WINDS AND 1 INCH HAIL. THIS STORM
WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 45 MPH.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE AND DEVELOP
ACROSS MUCH OF LOWER MICHIGAN.

VERY HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..STRONG WINDS..AND LARGE
HAIL ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE TORNADO
WATCH AREA ARE URGED6 TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..OR THEIR
LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION..FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

DGH