Tornado Warning 1, NWS Detroit, MI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI
1245 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 1987

        .... PERSISTENT RAIN OVER THE SAGINAW VALLEY ...

SLOW MOVING RAINSHOWERS HAVE BEEN NOTED ON RADAR OVER THE SAGINAW
VALLEY IN EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. A RAINFALL REPORT FROM THE
AREA INDICATES AROUND 4.47 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 9AM EDT
SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH 1130 AM EDT THIS SUNDAY MORNING. THE MOST
PERSISTENT AREA OF ACTIVITY IS INDICATED BY RADAR AS THE AREA SOUTH
OF MIDLAND EASTWARD TO WEST OF PORT HURON.

THE EXPECTED WEATHER FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY... A SERIES OF LOWS
MOVING ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN MICHIGAN...
RAISES CONCERN FOR FLOOD POTENTIAL.

POEPLE IN KNOWN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL
FOR FLOODING IF ANTICAPATED RAINFALL DEVELOPS AND PLAN FOR PROTECTION
OF PERSON AND PROPERTY.

STJ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI
205 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 1987

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LOWER
   MICHIGAN UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM MONDAY MORNING FOR
   THE SOUTHERN HALF OF LOWER MICHIGAN...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN.

...OAKLAND    MACOMB  JACKSON  WASHTENAW  WAYNE
   HILLSDALE  LENAWEE  MONROE...

AT 155 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND HEAVY THUNDER-
STORMS SCATTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF LOWER MICHIGAN. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN A BAND FROM NEAR TOLEDO TO WEST OF
LANSING. THIS PRECIPITATION WAS DRIFTING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT OVER MOST OF LOWER MICHIGAN AS A FRONTAL SYSTEM REMAINS
NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT
OF THESE STORMS VERY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF LOWER
MICHIGAN THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION..SOME OF THESE THUNDER-
STORMS IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN COULD BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON WITH
FREQUENT LIGHTNING..LARGE HAIL..AND DAMAwGING WINDS.

PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREAS ARE URGED TO KEEP INFORMED OF
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER
SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER BE OBSEVED OR A WARNING ISSUED.

JJK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI
215 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 1987

    ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH
OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN..UNTIL 1100 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING. THE
FOLLOWING EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN COUNTIES ARE EFFECTED..GENESEE..
LAPEER..SANILAC..SHIAWASSEE..AND TUSCOLA..AS WELL AS MOST OF THE
REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN.

THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO EQUAL OR EXCEED 3 INCHES
IN LOCAL AREAS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

ELSEWHERE..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT
THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEASTERN LOWER MICHIGAN.
ALTHOUGH NONE OF THE ABOVE COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH AT THIS TIME..THESE COUNTIES ARE CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS..
ESPECIALLY THOSE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS AS THEY MAY ENCOUNTER THE
COMBINED EFFECTS OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AND FLASH FLOODING AT THE
SAME TIME.

CURRENTLY WEATHER RADAR INDICATES AN INCREASING AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO.
SOME OF THESE STORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THE STRONGEST STORM
NEAR TOLEDO OHIO. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH/NORTHEAST AT 10
MPH.

PERSONS ARE URGED TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO..OR LOCAL TELEVISION
AND COMMERCIAL RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE FLASH
FLOOD SITUATION AND POTENTIAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

KEITH DICKS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI
335 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 1987

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LOWER
   MICHIGAN UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM MONDAY MORNING FOR
   THE SOUTHERN HALF OF LOWER MICHIGAN...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN.

...OAKLAND    MACOMB  JACKSON  WASHTENAW  WAYNE
   HILLSDALE  LENAWEE  MONROE...

AT 325 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND SOME HEAVY THUNDER-
STORMS FROM NORTH OF DETROIT TO LANSING THEN WEST TO NEAR GRAND RAPIDS.
ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS WAS LOCATED FROM SAGINAW BAY EASTWARD INTO
SOUTHERN LAKE HURON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE STATE YET..HOWEVER THE
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS OVER THE SOUTHEAST SECTION
OF LOWER MICHIGAN. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE FREQUENT
LIGHTNING..LARGE HAIL..AND DAMAGING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON.

BECAUSE THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SO SLOWLY..FLASH FLOODING IS A
THREAT OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF LOWER MICHIGAN THROUGH TONIGHT.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND
TRACK ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT WHICH LIES ACROSS THE LOWER PENINSULA.
THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOME AREAS OF THE
STATE WHERE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALREADY OCCURED.

PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREAS ARE URGED TO KEEP INFORMED OF
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER
SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER BE OBSEVED OR A WARNING ISSUED.

JJK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI
440 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 1987

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
   LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM MONDAY MORNING FOR
   THE SOUTHERN HALF OF LOWER MICHIGAN...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN.

...OAKLAND    MACOMB  JACKSON  WASHTENAW  WAYNE
   HILLSDALE  LENAWEE  MONROE...

AT 430 PM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME HEAVY..CONTINUED
ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN.  WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ONE
AREA OF PRECIPTATION FROM NORTH OF DETROIT THROUGH THE LANSING AREA
AND WEST TO NEAR GR0ND RAPIDS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED 1.5 INCHES
OF RAIN IN SOUTH LANSING BETWEEN NOON AND 3:45 PM CAUSING STREET
FLOODING IN THE LANSING AREA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND HEAVY THUNDER-
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL
OF FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE STATE YET..HOWEVER THE
THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS OVER THE SOUTHEAST SECTION
OF LOWER MICHIGAN. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE FREQUENT
LIGHTNING..LARGE HAIL..AND DAMAGING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON.

PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREAS ARE URGED TO KEEP INFORMED OF
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER
SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER BE OBSEVED OR A WARNING ISSUED.

JJK