Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 1992, 12:52 PM EDT for Genesee County, Shiawassee County, Michigan. It was in force for 47 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
- May 2, 1992, 12:52 PM EDT (16:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 1992, 1:39 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Genesee County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 1:08 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Genesee, 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 292 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -355 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1219 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 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, May 2, 11:41 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
MIZ038-021800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI 1140 AM EDT SAT MAY 2 1992 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER BAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 1130 AM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME NORTHERN BAY COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN...NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IN NORTHERN BAY COUNTY NEAR BENTLEY...40 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAGINAW. THIS STORM HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHERN ARENAC COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF STANDISH AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN SAGINAW BAY BY NOON. A MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SAGINAW BAY FROM ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN UNTIL 1230 PM THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF UNEXPECTED DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL IN ASSCOIATION WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. LRT
Special weather statement, May 2, 11:44 AM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
MIZ038-021800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI 1140 AM EDT SAT MAY 2 1992 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER BAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 1130 AM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME NORTHERN BAY COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN...NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IN NORTHERN BAY COUNTY NEAR BENTLEY...40 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAGINAW. THIS STORM HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHERN ARENAC COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF STANDISH AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN SAGINAW BAY BY NOON. A MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SAGINAW BAY FROM ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN UNTIL 1230 PM THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF UNEXPECTED DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. LRT TPY IN LAST LINE
Special weather statement, May 2, 11:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
MIZALL-021200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 1145 AM EDT SAT MAY 2 1992 ...MICHIGAN SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL STATEMENT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1140 AM... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SAGINAW BAY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH AND CENTRAL LOWER LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL... SOUTHEAST... AND EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. A COLD FRONT STRETCHING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... FROM NEAR GRAND RAPIDS TO JUST WEST OF SAGINAW BAY... IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP TO THE SOUTHEAST OF LOWER MICHIGAN BY THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL OF 3/4 INCH TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. STORM MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED TO BE FROM THE WEST AT 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. SHOULD LATER DEVELOPMENTS CONFIRM THIS OUTLOOK... APPROPRIATE WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL IN SOUTH CENTRAL... SOUTHEAST... AND EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. MRK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 8:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Ogemaw | 20 min |
| May 2, 9:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Clare | 48 min |
| May 2, 10:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Gladwin | 27 min |
| May 2, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Huron | 27 min |
| May 2, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lapeer | 47 min |
| May 2, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saint Clair | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.