Tornado Warning 13, NWS Detroit, MI

PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI
1200 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 1988

TIME.........STORM REPORT FOR THU AUG 4 1988.........................

320 PM EDT - SKYWARN OFFICIALS REPORTED 1/2 INCH HAIL IN THE CITY OF
             TROY IN OAKLAND COUNTY...20 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
             DOWNTOWN DETROIT MI.

323 PM EDT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR MACOMB COUNTY IN
             EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT.

330 PM EDT - OFF DUTY WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED NICKEL SIZE
             HAIL AT 16 MILE AND DODGE PARK ROADS IN STERLING HEIGHTS
             ...16 MILES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT MI.

332 PM EDT - SHELBY TOWNSHIP POLICE REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT
             21 MILE AND SHOENHERR ROADS NEAR UTICA...20 MILES NORTH OF
             DOWNTOWN DETROIT MI.

335-350 PM - SEVERAL REPORTS OF TORNADOES.
EDT        - WASHTENAW COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TORNADO JUST NORTHWEST
             OF DEXTER...42 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT MI.
           - LIVINGSTON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TORNADO NEAR PINCKEY...
             46 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT MI.
           - WASHTENAW COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED CONFIRMED TORNADO AT
             DEXTER/PINCKEY AND WINSTON ROADS...45 MILES WEST OF
             DOWNTOWN DETROIT MI. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND PUTNAM
             FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED SEVERAL LARGE TREES...SOME 5 FEET
             IN DIAMETER...UPROOTED AND SNAPPED. EIGHT HOUSES DAMAGED
             IN 500 YARD STRECH...ONE DEMOLISHED AND TWO HEAVILY
             DAMAGED. TWO CAR DAMAGED. NO INJURIES. POWER LINES DOWN.

405 PM EDT - TORNADO WARNING ISSUED FOR LIVINGSTON AND WASHTENAW
             COUNTIES IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT.

425 PM EDT - PUBLIC REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD SOUTHWEST OF SALEM IN
             WASHTENAW COUNTY...27 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN
             DETROIT MI.

425 PM EDT - PUTNAM TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED TORNADO NEAR
             PINCKEY...46 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT MI.
             SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

428 PM EDT - WASHTENAW COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED MABLE SIZE HAIL
             NORTHWEST OF DEXTER...42 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT
             MI.

KOWALESKI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI
127 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 1988

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 355 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
   SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM EDT...

AT 125 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A RATHER LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST WEST OF ALPENA TO NEAR KALAMAZOO.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 354 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
MUCH OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. IN ADDITION...AS THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY FURTHER SOUTH...A SECOND TORNADO WATCH...
NUMBER 355...HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOWER
MICHIGAN. THIS SECOND WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT THIS
EVENING.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR POSSIBLE
TORNADOES ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS...AND DAMAGING
THUNDERSTORM WINDS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THIS
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

WAGENMAKER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI
200 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 1988

    ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ALL
OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN..AS WELL AS MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF
THE STATE. AT 138 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR ALPENA...THROUGH MIDLAND TO NEAR
LANSING. STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING WAS ISSSUED FOR THE SAGINAW BAY AND LAKE HURON
AND SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT TO OUR WEST.
NO SEVERE WEATHER IS BEING REPORTED IN EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN AT
THIS TIME..HOWEVER THE STORMS ARE MOVING OUR WAY AND HAVE CAUSED
MUCH DAMAGE..INCLUDING BLOWING OUT A WALL OF A BUILDING NEAR LANSING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SPAWN TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO
 DVANCED WARNING.

IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF IT OCCURRS. FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES...STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS.

KEITH DICKS
WSO FLINT MI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI
310 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 1988
    ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO GENESEE COUNTY...
    ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ALL
OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN..AS WELL AS MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF
THE STATE. AT 138 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE SAGINAW BAY THROUGH LANSING TO NEAR
SOUTH BEND INDIANA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN GENESEE COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS..TORRENTIAL RAINS
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LOCAL FLASH FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW
LYING AREAS. BE AWARE THAT TORNADOES COULD ALSO FORM WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCED WARNING.

KEITH DICKS
 DVANCED WARNING.

IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF IT OCCURRS. FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES...STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS.

KEITH DICKS
WSO FLINT MI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI
312 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 1988

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 354 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN
   LOWER MICHIGAN...BUT REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL LOWER
   MICHIGAN UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

AT 305 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHERN
LAKE HURON SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH SAGINAW BAY TO SOUTH OF BATTLE CREEK.
THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS LINE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.

THE TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT HAS DIMINISHED FOR MUCH OF
NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN BEHIND THIS LINE HOWEVER. THUS TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 354 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
BUT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF
EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN:

ARENAC...GLADWIN...MIDLAND...ISABELLA...BAY...SAGINAW...MECOSTA...
GRATIOT...AND MONTCALM.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 355 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM EDT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THIS
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

WAGENMAKER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI
310 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 1988
    ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO GENESEE COUNTY...
    ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ALL
OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN..AS WELL AS MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF
THE STATE. AT 138 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE SAGINAW BAY THROUGH LANSING TO NEAR
SOUTH BEND INDIANA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN GENESEE COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS..TORRENTIAL RAINS
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LOCAL FLASH FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW
LYING AREAS. BE AWARE THAT TORNADOES COULD ALSO FORM WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCED WARNING.

KEITH DICKS