Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1989, 8:08 PM EDT for Wayne County, Michigan. It was in force for 67 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1989, 8:08 PM EDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1989, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wayne County, MI
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Wayne, MI |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 277 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1871 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1472 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDTW 270008
SVRDTW
MIC163-270115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI
808 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF LOWER MICHIGAN
WAYNE
AT 800PM EDT STRONG WINDS AND 1/2 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED AT
8MILE/DEQUINDER IN NORTHERN DETROIT. SOME TREE BRANCHES WERE
ALSO BLOWN DOWN.
AN AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE CROSSING NORTHERN WAYNE
COUNBTY FROM THE NORTHVILLE/LIVONIA AREA EAST INTO NORTHERN
DETROIT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOU PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY...
AVOID DRIVING INTfO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
DEEDLER/BAILEYWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Jun 26, 2:27 PM EDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 225 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 538 ISSUED FOR A LARGE PART OF LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 10 PM EDT... AT 215 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. OTHER STRONG STORMS OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND EASTERN WISCONSIN WERE MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD LOWER MICHIGAN. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS IN MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 538 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PART OF LOWER MICHIGAN AND ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND LAKE HURON UNTIL 10 PM EDT. THIS WATCH COVERS ESSENTIALLY ALL OF THE LOWER PENINSULA... WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SOUTHEASTERN THIRD. INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE THE CITIES OF KALAMAZOO...LANSING...GRAND RAPIDS...MUSKEGON... SAGINAW...TRAVERSE CITY...AND ALPENA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS. WAGENMAKER
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:53 PM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 355 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 538 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 10 PM EDT... AT 345 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL LAKE MICHIGAN AT 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND SHOULD COME ONSHORE IN WESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN BETWEEN 430 AND 530 PM. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS AS THEY MOVE INTO LOWER MICHIGAN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 538 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR ESSENTIALLY THE NORTHWEST TWO-THIRDS OF LOWER MICHIGAN. OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN FROM SOUTHj BEND TO DETROIT. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS YET BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS... BUT THEY WILL BE MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE INTENSIFICATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS. WAGENMAKER
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 550 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 538 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 10 PM EDT... AT 545 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO INTENSIFY ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A BAND FROM NEAR FLINT TO SOUTH BEND INDIANA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORM MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 538 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST TWO-THIRDS OF LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 10 PM EDT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LASTEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION. WAGENMAKER
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI 720 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN.... AT 530PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF SHIAWASSEE AND GENESEE COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR THE CITY OF SWARTZ CREEK SEVEN MILES SOUTHWEST OF FLINT. HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSABLE AS THIS THUNDERSTORM PASSES OVERHEAD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES. LEWIS
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 640 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 543 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT... AT 630 PM EDT...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO INTENSIFY ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THE LOCATION OF THIS BAND WAS FROM PORT HURON TO NEAR SOUTH BEND INDIANA. THE STORMS WITHIN THIS BAND WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR... AND MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... AND TORRENTIAL RAINS THIS EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 543 HAS JUST BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF LOWER MICHIGAN. THE WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 645 PM EDT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT...AND IS IN EFFECT FOR THOSE AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GRAND HAVEN TO 15 MILES NORTH OF PORT HURON. THIS WATCH REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 538 THAT WAS FORMERLY IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST TWO-THIRDS OF LOWER MICHIGAN. NORTHERN CLOWER MICHIGAN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN ARE NO LONGER UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. PERSONS IN SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION. WAGENMAKER
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:25 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI 725 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTH GENESSEE COUNTY.... AT 7PM EDT 50 MPH WINDS... FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE GRAND BLANC AREA OF SOUTHERN GENESSEE COUNTY... 5 MILES SOUTH OF FLINT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES. JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee | 60 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.