Tornado Warning 9, NWS Detroit, MI

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.

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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

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

   ...TORNADO WATCH..NUMBER 249..HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 1000PM FOR
      PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
LOWER MICHIGAN. SINCE 8PM RADAR HAS INDICATED POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN
BARRY AND KENT COUNTIES. 1 INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS WERE
ALSO REPORTED SINCE 8PM IN MUSKEGON COUNTY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT SOUTH AND CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN
MAY CONTINUE PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER UNTIL 10PM.

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

DGH

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

   ...TORNADO WATCH..NUMBER 249..IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000PM FOR
      PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...

NUMEROUS TORNADOES..FUNNEL CLOUDS..LARGE HAIL..AND STRONG
WINDS CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED OR INDICATED BY RADAR OVER SOUTH AND
CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN.

PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE$ TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV
STATION..FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

DGH

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

    .....TORNADO WATCH EXTENDED UNTIL 10PM EDT.....

NUMEROUS TORNADOES..FUNNEL CLOUDS..LARGE HAIL.. AND STRONG WINDS ARE
BEING REPORTED OR INDICATED BY RADAR ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOWER
MICHIGAN..  TO THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN.

AT 930 PM EDT.. RADAR INDICATES WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE
FROM HARBOR BEACH TO FLINT.. MOVING EASTWARD AT 20 TO 25 MPH.. WITH
HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF FLINT.

ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL
LOWER MICHIGAN.. EXTENDING FROM SAGINAW TO BATTLE CREEK MOVING EASTWARD
AT 20 TO 30 MPH. THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THIS AREA HAS TRIGGERED
REPORTS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS..FUNNEL CLOUDS.. AND TORNADOES.
LOCAL FLOODING OF UNDERPASSES AND LOW AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM AS THIS SECOND NEXT AREA MOVES ACROSS
EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN.

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.

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STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI
945PM EDT WEDSAT JUN 11 1986

 TIME         EVENT
900 PM EDT  GENESEE CENTER DISPATCH REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD SOUTHEAST
            OF THE CITY OF PONTIAC
 NEAR M59 AND I75 IN OAKLAND COUNTY.

930 PM EDT  OAKLAND COUNDY SHERIFF REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NORTH
            OF THE CITY OF PONTIAC NEAR THE COUNTY BOURDER LINE WITH
            LAPEER COUNTY.