Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Detroit, MI

Issued

Aug 2, 1988, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)

Expired

Aug 2, 1988, 9:15 PM EDT

In force

54 min

Issued by

NWS Detroit, MI

Area

Whole counties

County Monroe County, MI

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

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI
821 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 1988

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR 
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF LOWER MICHIGAN
      SOUTHERN MONROE

...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE
COUNTY JUST MENTIONED

AT 815 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF MONROE IN MONROE COUNTY. REPORTS OF LARGE
TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES ARE DOWN IN THE AREA. THIS STORM
WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTH AROUND 5 MPH. PERSONS IN SOUTHERN MONROE
COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THIS STORM.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOU PROTECTION MOVE aTO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY...
AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

 KOWALESKI/DEEDLER

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI
510 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN
   IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 345 IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST AND CENTRAL
UPPER MICHIGAN UNTIL 11 PM EDT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN
FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. HOWEVER...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
BEEN REPORTED.

|TO REPEAT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER
MICHIGAN IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT.

CDD

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI
635 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES FOR ALL OF UPPER MICHIGAN ARE IN
   EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES 345 AND 346 ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF
UPPER MICHIGAN UNTIL 11 PM EDT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN
FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THIS EVENING. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS
BEEN REPORTED SINCE 5PM.

TO REPEAT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES FOR UPPER MICHIGAN ARE IN
EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT.

CDD

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI
735 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES FOR ALL OF UPPER MICHIGAN ARE IN
   EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES 345 AND 346 ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF
UPPER MICHIGAN UNTIL 11 PM EDT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN
FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE* HAIL THIS EVENING. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS
BEEN REPORTED SINCE 6PM OVER UPPER MICHIGAN.

TO REPEAT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES FOR UPPER MICHIGAN ARE IN
EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT.

CDD

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

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