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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Detroit, MI

August 5, 1988Oakland County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 1988, 5:30 PM EDT for Oakland County, Michigan. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 5, 1988, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 1988, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Oakland 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 tornado 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, Aug 5, 3:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
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, Aug 5, 3:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 4:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 5, 4:57 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 5, 5:01 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 12:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGladwin, Ogemaw60 min
Aug 5, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXOgemaw64 min
Aug 5, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGenesee61 min
Aug 5, 3:21 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXGenesee39 min
Aug 5, 4:16 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXOakland29 min
Aug 5, 4:52 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXOakland38 min
Aug 5, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWashtenaw33 min
Aug 5, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSaint Clair34 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Michigan, 1988Every tornado warning in 1988Tornadoes in 1988

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.