Alert archive / Michigan / Flash Flood Warnings in 1987
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 1987, 2:53 PM EDT for Oakland County, Michigan. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1987, 2:53 PM EDT (18:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1987, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Oakland County, MI
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 8 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
- 939 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1032 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 2, 11:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT, MI 1130 AM EDT TUE JUN 2 1987 ... THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... WAETHER RADAR AT 1230 PM EDTINDICATED A LINE OF LOCALLY HEAVY THUNDER STORMS EXTENDING FROM THE SW CORNER OF SAGINAW BAY SOUTHWESTWARD TO SOUTHWESTERN SAGINAW COUNTY, AND FROM THERE SOUTHEASTWARD TO THE NORTH- WESTERN SUBURBS OF DETROIT, MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. AT 1230 PM EDT THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE PORTION OF THE LINE FROM SOUTHWESTERN SAGINAW COUNTY TO SAGINAW BAY. SEVERAL UNCONFIRMED REPORTD OF FUNNEL CLOUDS AND SMALL HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC WITH THIS LINE, AND 50 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED BY A SKYWARN SPOTTER NEAR CORUNNA RD AND DOWNEY ST, ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF FLINT. 40 MPH WINDS AND LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE REPORTED IN SAGINAW CITY. ALTHOUGH NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME, EXCEPTING A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR BOATERS ON SAGINAW BAY, MANY OF THESE STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WITH LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINS AS THEY PASS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING CONDITIONS DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER UPDATES. FRUEHAUF
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 12:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT, MI 1130 AM EDT TUE JUN 2 1987 ... THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... WEATHER RADAR AT 1230 PM EDT INDICATED A LINE OF LOCALLY HEAVY THUNDER STORMS EXTENDING FROM THE SW CORNER OF SAGINAW BAY SOUTHWESTWARD TO SOUTHWESTERN SAGINAW COUNTY, AND FROM THERE SOUTHEASTWARD TO THE NORTH- WESTERN SUBURBS OF DETROIT, MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. AT 1230 PM EDT THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE PORTION OF THE LINE FROM SOUTHWESTERN SAGINAW COUNTY TO SAGINAW BAY. SEVERAL UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS AND SMALL HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC WITH THIS LINE, AND 50 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED BY A SKYWARN SPOTTER NEAR CORUNNA RD AND DOWNEY ST, ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF FLINT. 40 MPH WINDS AND LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE REPORTED IN SAGINAW CITY. ALTHOUGH NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME, EXCEPTING A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR BOATERS ON SAGINAW BAY, MANY OF THESE STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WITH LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINS AS THEY PASS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING CONDITIONS DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER UPDATES. FRUEHAUF
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:58 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT, MI
145 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1987
... THUNDERSTORMS OVER THUMB AREA...
WEATHER RADAR AT 145 PM EDT SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE THUMB AREA OF
EAST-CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30
MPH, EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAGINAW BAY TO NORTH-
WESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY, THEN SOUTHWESTWARD. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS
LOCATED OVER WEST-CENTRAL SANILAC COUNTY AT 145 PM EDT.
RADAR INDICATES THAT MUCH OF THIS AREA HAS WEAKENED DURING THE PAST
HOUR, BUT THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN
THIS AREA TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS, LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL
HAIL AS THEY PASS.
A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOATERS ON SAGINAW BAY
UNTIL 230 PM EDT.
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY SHOULD THREATENING CONDITIONS DEVELOP.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO &OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
FURTHER UPDATES.
...FRUEHAUF...The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lenawee, Washtenaw | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Oakland | 67 min |
| Jun 2, 5:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | DTX | Lenawee, Monroe | 2 hr |
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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.