Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Detroit, MI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI
330 PM EDT MON JULY 20 1987

     ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10PM EDT...

AT 320 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
WEST AND SOUTH OF SAGINAW BAY... AND ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF FLINT.
NO SEVERE ACTIVITY HAS BEEN REPORTED BUT SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
COULD DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON.

MOVEMENT OF THE DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED.

PERSONS IN THE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT
TO THE POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... WITH LARGE
HAIL... STRONG GUSTY WINDS... AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH"ES

STJ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI
430 PM EDT MON JULY 20 1987

     ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN.

WEATHER RADAR INDICATES SOME WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSHOWER
ACTIVITY IN THE THUMB AREA OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN..EAST AND
NORTHEAST OF FLINT. MOVEMENT IS SLOWLY TO THE EAST NORTHEAST.

A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT AND APPROACHING TROUGH WILL COUPLE WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES AND AN ABUNDANCE OF MOIST AIR TO CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS IN EAST CENTRAL
LOWER MICHIGAN..AS WELL AS MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF THE LOWER
PENINSULA. THESE STORMS..WHEN SEVERE..CREATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..LARGE
HAIL..AND OFTEN SPAWN TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED AS OF YET..HOWEVER THERE EXISTS
THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA FOR THE
NEXT FEW HOURS. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO MONITOR WEATHER
CONDITIONS CLOSELY BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..OR LOCAL
TELEVISION AND COMMERCIAL RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

KEITH DICKS
WSO FLINT MI

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI
530 PM EDT MON JULY 20 1987

AT 530 PM EDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE
OVER SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. THE STORMS WERE OCCURRING AROUND THE DETROIT
METROPOLITAN AREA AND ITS SURROUNDING SUBURBS. REPORTS OF MARBLE SIZE
HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ACCOMPANIED SOME OF THE STORMS OVER INKSTER
MICHIGAN.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
BAILEY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI
605 PM EDT MON JULY 20 1987

     ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN.

AT 520 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADAT SHOWED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THE LINE
EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF HAUGHTON LAKE SOUTHWEST ACROSS LAKE
MICHIGAN.

HOUGHTON LAKE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN CRAWFORD
COUNTY... MOVING INTO ROSCOMMON COUNTY.  THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE PRODUCED A TORNADO WHEN THEY MOVED THROUGH GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY.

OTHER... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS... WITH HEAVY RAIN... WERE INDICATED
OVER SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AT 530 PM. THESE STORMS PRODUCED MARBLE
SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS IN DETROIT SUBURBS.

PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL MICHIGAN ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT TO THE
POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNO0ON AND EVENING...
PARTICULARLY PEOPLE IN ARENAC... MIDLAND... AND BAY COUNTIES
CAN EXPECT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AS SEVERE WEATHER
MOVES FROM CLARE AND ISABELLA COUNTIES EASTWARD.

LARGE HAIL... VERY HEAVY RAIN... DAMAGING WIND AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
CAN BE EXPECTED.  TAKE COVER SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS.

STJ