Alert archive / Michigan / Flash Flood Warnings in 1987
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 1987, 9:30 PM EDT for Lenawee County, Monroe County, Michigan. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1987, 9:30 PM EDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1987, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lenawee County, MI, Monroe 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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 867 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDTW 030122
FFWDTW
MIC091-115-030530-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI
930 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
...LENAWEE...MONROE
AT 928 PM...RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAIN MOVING SLOWLY EAST THROUGH LENAWEE AND MONROE COUNTIES.
THESE STORMS..IN COMBINATION WITH HEAVY RAINFALLS THAT HAVE FALLEN
FROM PREVIOUS STORMS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS ROAD FLOODING AND CAUSE
SMALL STREAMS TO RISE RAPIDLY.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
ZALESKIWhat 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, 5:49 PM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI
535 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1987
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH
OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...
THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH..EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT THIS TUESDAY EVENING
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING EAST CENTRAL MICHIGAN COUNTIES OF...
GENESEE..HURON..LAPEER..SAGINAW..SANILAC..SHIAWASSEE..AND
TUSCOLA.
AT 535 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN..NORTHWEST OHIO AND
NORTHERN INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE LOCATED ALONG THE MICHIGAN/
OHIO BORDER FROM NEAR TOLEDO TO JUST SOUTH OF ADRIAN MIGHIGAN.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR THE
FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS
SHOULD REVIEW SAFETY PROCEDURES AND SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AT A
MOMENTS NOTICE AND REMEMBER THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN..AND OFTEN
DO SPAWN TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RAD.IO..OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND
COMMERCIAL RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH
KEITH DICKS
WSO FLINT MILocal storm report, Jun 2, 6:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI
610 PM EDT JUNE 2 1987
(TIME)
1215 PM EDT MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL
IN NORTHWEST MONROE COUNTY...40 MILES NORTHWEST OF
DOWNTOWN DETROIT MI.
1225 PM EDT ROMULUS POLICE REDPORTED HEAVY RAIN IN ANN ARBOR...35
WEST OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT MI.
100PM EDT MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
...HOMES DAMAGED AT READY ROAD AND TELEGRAPH NEAR FLAT
ROCK IN WAYNE COUNTY...20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN
DETROIT MI.
432 PM EDT WASHTENAW COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THUNDERSTORM WITH CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING IN SOUTHWEST WASHTENAW COUNTY...55
MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT.
350 PM EDT WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED FLOODING NORTHWEST OF
TRENTON...15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DONWTOWN DETROIT MI
AND HAT FORD RD. AND EVERGREEN IN DEARBORN HEIGHTS...
10 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT MI.
GREENSpecial weather statement, Jun 2, 7:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 707 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR NEARLY ALL OF SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 700 PM EDT...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. PRECIPITATION IN MICHIGAN WAS MOSTLY ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT IN MICHIGAN THAT STRETCHED FROM ALPENA ...TO MUSKEGON...INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 180 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM EDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 182 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED IN MICHIGAN DURING THE PAST HOUR... BUT THERE REMAINS POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THREATENING WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ANxD STATEMENTS. WAGENMAKER
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 7:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 730 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 180 FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN HAS BEEN CANCELLED... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 180 FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. COUNTIES IN MICHIGAN THAT ARE NO LONGER UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ARE: ALLEGAN...BARRY...VAN BUREN... KALAMAZOO...CALHOUN...BERRIEN...CASS...ST JOSEPH...AND BRANCH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS CONTIUNUED OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAD DIMINISHED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 182 FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT. AT 730 PM... RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN BETWEEN HILLSDALE AND ADRIAN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. WAGENMAKER
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 825 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1987 ...THE NORTHERN HALF OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 182 HAS BEEN CANCELLED. EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN REMAIN UNDER THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... AT 820 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG STORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF HILLSDALE TO NEAR ADRIAN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 182 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 1100 PM EDT. HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAD DIMINISHED OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE WATCH AREA. THUS...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MICHIGAN: SANILAC... CLINTON...SHIAWASSEE...GENESEE...LAPEER...INGHAM...AND EATON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS. WAGENMAKER
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 9:29 PM EDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 925 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1987 ...SERVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 182 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN ZONE 13 AND FOR ST CLAIR COUNTY IN ZONE 12...THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LOWER MICHIGAN SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM JACKSON TO MT CLEMENS... AT 920 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG STORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN IN WASHTENAW...LENAWEE...AND MONROE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL. SEVERE LIGHTNING IS ALSO LIKELY. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION OR TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. DGH
Nearby
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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.