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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Detroit, MI

May 2, 1992Lapeer County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 1992, 1:13 PM EDT for Lapeer County, Michigan. It was in force for 47 min. 2 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
May 2, 1992, 1:13 PM EDT (17:13 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 1992, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Lapeer County, MI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 2, 1:25 PM EDTHail 0.75Lapeer, MI
May 2, 1:25 PM EDTHail 0.75Lapeer, 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 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 32 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 29 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 28 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
Special weather statement, May 2, 1:05 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
MIZALL-021200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI
105 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF
LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 600 TODAY...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 184 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
SOUTHEAST... AND PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN.  THE WATCH AREA
INCLUDES THE CITIES OF COLDWATER...JACKSON... LANSING... SAGINAW...
FLINT... AND DETROIT.

A RATHER NARROW LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY RADAR
AT 100 PM EXENDING FROM NORTHEAST INDIANA ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOWER
MICHIGAN TO THE THUMB AND SOUTH LAKE HURON.  STORMS WERE MOVING TO
THE EAST AT 40 MPH.

AT 1244 PM A SKYWARN SPOTTER IN OWOSSO... 24 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
FLINT REPORTED 3/4 INCH HAIL AS THUNDERSTORMS PASSED OVERHEAD.

MOBILE HOMES ARE EXPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE HIGH WINDS OF A THUNDER
STORM...AND ARE SUBJECT TO OVERTURNING AND ROLLING IF NOT PROPERLY
ANCHORED TO THE GROUND.  PROFESSIONAL ADVICE SHOULD BE OBTAINED FROM
RESPONSIBLE CONTRACTORS.  AS A MINIMUM THOUGH...THE FRAMES SHOULD BE
SECURED TO THE GROUND WITH HEAVY STEEL STRAPS.  HEAVY STRAPS SHOULD
ALSO GO OVER THE TOP OF THE HOME WITH BOTH FRAME AND OVER THE TOP TIES
SECURED IN CONCRETE FOOTINGS.  THERE SHOULD BE AT LEAST THREE OVERHEAD
AND THREE FRAME TIES FOR EACH MOBILE HOME.  MOBILE HOMES...HOWEVER...
PROVIDE NO PROTECTION IN A TORNADO REGARDLESS OF HOW WELL THEY ARE
TIED.  IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...THEY SHOULD BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY.

MRK
Special weather statement, May 2, 1:06 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
MIZ019-021-024-027>030-035-240640-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI
103 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT...

AT 100 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST OF
FOWLERVILLE IN NORTHWEST LIVINGSTON COUNTY...55 MILES WEST NORTHWEST
OF DOWNTORN DETROIT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN
HOUR. LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WIND
WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY PASS OVERHEAD.

THE STORM WILL PASS OVER HOWELL BY 110 PM AND THE COMMUNITY OF MILD 130
PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE IN A THUNDERSTORM...SEEK SHELT"ER INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING. KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION KEC-63 FOR THE LATEST UPDATES
ON CURRENT WEATHER CONDTIONS.

BBN
Special weather statement, May 2, 1:09 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 8:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXOgemaw20 min
May 2, 9:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXClare48 min
May 2, 10:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGladwin27 min
May 2, 12:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGenesee, Shiawassee47 min
May 2, 1:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXHuron27 min
May 2, 1:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSaint Clair50 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.