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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Detroit, MI

June 2, 1987Lenawee County, Washtenaw County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1987, 2:43 PM EDT for Lenawee County, Washtenaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 62 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1987, 2:43 PM EDT (18:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1987, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lenawee County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 2, 2:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Lenawee, MI
Jun 2, 2:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Washtenaw, MI

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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 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 2, 11:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 11:37 AM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 12:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 12:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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, 1 hour 54 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, 45 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 2:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningDTXOakland67 min
Jun 2, 2:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXOakland67 min
Jun 2, 5:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningDTXLenawee, Monroe2 hr

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.