Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 25, 1990, 12:50 PM EST for Lenawee County, Monroe County, Washtenaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 25 min. 3 reports 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
- Jan 25, 1990, 12:50 PM EST (17:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 25, 1990, 1:15 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lenawee County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Washtenaw 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 1:10 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Washtenaw, MI | |
| Jan 25, 1:20 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Monroe, MI | |
| Jan 25, 1:21 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Washtenaw, 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
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 472 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 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, Jan 25, 7:27 AM EST, 5 hours 23 minutes before
MIZALL-251400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 725 AM EST THU JAN 25 1990 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NORTHERN LOWER TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT AND A WEATHER ADVISORY CENTRAL... A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. AT 700 AM EST LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS FALLING OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF ALPENA TO PENTWATER...IN NORTHERN OCEANA COUNTY. HOUGHTON LAKE REPORTED MODERATE SNOW AT 700 AM WITH A VISIBILITY OF ONE HALF MILE. UP TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA BFORE THE SNOW DECREASES TO FLURRIES THIS EVENING. AT 700 AM EST RAIN COVERED A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THIS RAIN IS FORECAST TO CHANGE TO SNOW OVER ALL BUT SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. UP TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN FROM NEAR MUSKEGON TO MOUNT PLEASANT AND THEN TO BAY CITY. A LOW PRESSURE CENTER LOCATED NEAR PEORIA IL WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST THIS MORNING AND PASS OVER SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS TRAVELLING IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS ON THIS WINTER STORM. KEYES
Special weather statement, Jan 25, 9:36 AM EST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
MIZALL-251600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 925 AM EST THU JAN 25 1990 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NORTHERN LOWER TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT AND A WEATHER ADVISORY CENTRAL... A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. AT 900 AM EST LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS FALLING OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF ALPENA TO PENTWATER...IN NORTHERN OCEANA COUNTY. HOUGHTON LAKE REPORTED MODERATE SNOW AT 920 AM WITH A VISIBILITY OF ONE HALF MILE. UP TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA BFORE THE SNOW DECREASES TO FLURRIES THIS EVENING. AT 900 AM EST RAIN COVERED A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THIS RAIN IS FORECAST TO CHANGE TO SNOW OVER ALL BUT SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. UP TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN FROM NEAR MUSKEGON TO MOUNT PLEASANT AND THEN TO BAY CITY. A LOW PRESSURE CENTER LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA WILL MOVE THE NORTHEAST AND PASS OVER EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS TRAVELLING IN NORTH LOWER MICHIGIGAN SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. 7ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS ON THIS WINTER STORM.
Special weather statement, Jan 25, 10:38 AM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
MIZALL-251700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 1035 AM EST THU JAN 25 1990 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NORTHERN LOWER TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT AND A WEATHER ADVISORY CENTRAL... MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES OVER NORTH LOWER MICHIGAN AT 10 AM. THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND RUNS FROM MANISTEE...ON LAKE MICHIGAN... TO HOUGHTON LAKE OVER NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW HAVE FALLEN SINCE SNOW BEGAN THIS MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH THIS STORM IS EXPECTED. AT 1000 AM EST RAIN COVERED A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THIS RAIN IS FORECAST TO CHANGE TO SNOW OVER ALL BUT SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. UP TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN FROM NEAR MUSKEGON TO MOUNT PLEASANT AND THEN TO BAY CITY. A LOW PRESSURE CENTER LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHGAN WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND PASS OVER EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS TRAVELLING IN NORTH LOWER MICHIGIGAN SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND STATEsMENTS ON THIS WINTER STORM.
Special weather statement, Jan 25, 11:46 AM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
MIZALL-251700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 1135 AM EST THU JAN 25 1990 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NORTHERN LOWER AND EASTERN UPPER PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. A WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUED CENTRAL... SNOW CONTINUED TO FALL...HEAVLY AT TIMES FROM JUST SOUTH OF ALPENA... TO JUST SOUTH OF HOUGHTON LAKE TO JUST NORTH OF MUSKEGON. HARRISON IN CLAIR COUNTY HAD 5 INCHES OF SNOW AS OF 1100 AM...BUT THE SNOW HAS CHANGED TO FREEZING RAIN THERE. THE RAIN TO SNOW LINE IS MOVING SLOWLY NORTH BUT BY MID AFTERNOON SHOULD MOVE RAPIDLY SOUTH AGAIN AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM CROSSES JUST NORTH OF LANSING. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO DEVELOP FROM CENTRAL MICHIGAN...NEAR HOUGHTON LAKE SOUTH TO NEAR JACKSON...THEN SOUTH INTO WESTERN OHIO. THIS LINE OF THUNERSTORMS WILL BE EAST OF DETROIT BY 200 PM. PERSONS TRAVELLING IN NORTH LOWER MICHIGIGAN SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS ON THIS WINTER STORM. WDM
Special weather statement, Jan 25, 11:48 AM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
MIZALL-251700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO TIME AND SPACING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 1148 AM EST THU JAN 25 1990 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NORTHERN LOWER AND EASTERN UPPER PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. A WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUED CENTRAL... SNOW CONTINUED TO FALL...HEAVLY AT TIMES FROM JUST SOUTH OF ALPENA... TO JUST SOUTH OF HOUGHTON LAKE TO JUST NORTH OF MUSKEGON. HARRISON IN CLAIR COUNTY HAD 5 INCHES OF SNOW AS OF 1100 AM...BUT THE SNOW HAS CHANGED TO FREEZING RAIN THERE. THE RAIN TO SNOW LINE IS MOVING SLOWLY NORTH BUT BY MID AFTERNOON SHOULD MOVE RAPIDLY SOUTH AGAIN AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM CROSSES JUST NORTH OF LANSING. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO DEVELOP FROM CENTRAL MICHIGAN...NEAR HOUGHTON LAKE SOUTH TO NEAR JACKSON...THEN SOUTH INTO WESTERN OHIO. THIS LINE OF THUNERSTORMS WILL BE EAST OF DETROIT BY 200 PM. PERSONS TRAVELLING IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS ON THIS WINTER STORM. WDM
Special weather statement, Jan 25, 12:39 PM EST, 11 minutes before
MIZALL-251700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 1230 PM EST THU JAN 25 1990 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NORTHERN LOWER AND EASTERN UPPER PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. A WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUED FOR THE CENTRAL LOWER PENINSULA FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT... SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN AREAS OF THE LOWER PENINSULA AND THE EASTERN UPPER PENINSULA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOME FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS AREAS OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. AT NOON...REPORTS FROM CADILLAC IN NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN HAD 6 TO 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW AND VERY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. PERSONS TRAVELLING IN NORTHERN LOWER M6ICHIGAN SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS ON THIS WINTER STORM. TFF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 1:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Macomb, Oakland | 41 min |
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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.