Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at May 30, 1989, 8:01 PM EDT for Washtenaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 1989, 8:01 PM EDT (00:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1989, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washtenaw County, MI
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 356 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, May 30, 4:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 440 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 358 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND ALL OF SOUTH LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 11 PM EDT... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH TWO THIRDS OF LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... AT 330 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. MOVEMENT OF THIS AREA WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. A LARGE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR NEAR BENTON HARBOR AT 4 PM. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY DOUNPOURS CONTINUED OVER SOUTH WISCONSIN. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... LARGE SIZE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTENING AND HEAVY RAIN. PERSONS IN AREAS OF STONG THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING CONDITIONS DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR UPDATES OF THESE STORMS. TFF
Special weather statement, May 30, 4:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI 445 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #358 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM EDT... ...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SHIAWASEE AND MIDLAND COUNTIES... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 11 PM EDT. A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT ALSO. AT 420 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL INGHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... MOVING EAST AND APPROACHING SHIAWASEE COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS PART OF A BAND OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY STRETCHING NORTH INTO MIDLAND COUNTY. LARGE HAIL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS PASS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, May 30, 6:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 550 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 358 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND ALL OF SOUTH LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 11 PM EDT... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH TWO THIRDS OF LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... AT 430 PM EDT THE NATIONAL LIGHTNING NETWORK INDICATED THE MOST FREQUENT LIGHTNING NEAR THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE BETWEEN GRAND RAPIDS AND BENTON HARBOR. RADAR AND SATELLITE ALSO INDICATE THE STRONGEST STORMS OVER SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF LOWER MICHIAN. MOSTLY IN AN AREAS THAT IS BOUNDED BY LANSING...JACKSON...BENTON HARBOR...AND LUDINGTON. GRAND RAPIDS AND MUSKEGON BOTH HAD HEAVY RAIN DURING THE LAST HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY DOUNPOURS CONTINUED OVER SOUTH WISCONSIN. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS EAST AT 40 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING SHOULD BE PREPERARED TO MOVE TO LARGE HAIL...DEALY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. PERSONS IN AREAS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING CONDITIONS DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND DTELEVISION STATIONS FOR UPDATES OF THESE STORMS. WDM
Special weather statement, May 30, 6:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 610 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 1989 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE NORTHERN PART OF CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 358 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL LOWER AND ALL OF SOUTH LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 11 PM... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH TWO THIRDS OF LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 358 HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...MAISTEE...WEXFORD... MISSAUKEE...ROSCOMMON...OGEMAW...MASON...LAKE...OSCELOA THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND ALL OF SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 1100 PM. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL...DEALY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. PERSONS IN AREAS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TWO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING CONDITIONS DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR UPDATES OF THESE STORMS. WDM
Special weather statement, May 30, 7:19 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 720 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 358 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH HALF OR LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 1100 PM... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH TWO THIRDS OF LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... DURING THE PAST HOUR THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS BECOME SEVERE. THE SEVERE WEATHER OCCURED OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. A TORNADO WAS SPOTTED BY THE POLICE 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF KALAMAZOO. AROUND 630 PM FUNNUEL CLOUDS WHERE SPOTTED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF KALAMAZOO BY CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICALS. AT 635 PM A SPOTTER IN KALAMAZOO REPORTED HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. STREET FLOODING WAS ALSO OBSEVERD. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN NEAR THE CITIES OF LANSING AND JACKSON. THE STORMS ARE REMAINING VERY INTENSE. THE STORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF MICHIGAN AFTER 745 PM EDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL ...DEALY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. PERSONS IN AREAS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING CONDITIONS DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR UPDATES OF THESE STORMS. WDM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Washtenaw | 30 min |
| May 30, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Monroe, Wayne | 61 min |
| May 31, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Livingston, Oakland | 60 min |
| May 31, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lenawee | 65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.