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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Detroit, MI

July 20, 1987Crawford County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 1987, 5:15 PM EDT for Crawford County, Michigan. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 20, 1987, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 1987, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Detroit, MI
Area: Whole counties

County Crawford County, MI

The radar

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

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, Jul 20, 3:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 4:30 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 20, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Roscommon	60 min
Jul 20, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Clare	75 min
Jul 20, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Gladwin, Ogemaw	60 min
Jul 20, 6:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Arenac	42 min
Jul 20, 6:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Midland	44 min
Jul 20, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Bay	63 min
Jul 20, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Huron	63 min
Jul 20, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Saginaw	65 min
Jul 20, 7:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Genesee, Shiawassee	56 min
Jul 20, 7:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Tuscola	56 min
Jul 20, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Oakland	56 min

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.