Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 1992, 4:22 PM EDT for Oakland County, Wayne County, Michigan. It was in force for 23 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 1992, 4:22 PM EDT (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1992, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Oakland County, MI, Wayne County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 502 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 312 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 372 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 162022
TORDTW
MIC125-163-162100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI
422 PM EDT THU APR 16 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF LOWER MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN OAKLAND...NORTHERN WAYNE
AT 418 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED AND POLICE CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR
TERRITORIAL AND RIDGE ROADS IN NORTHWEST WAYNE COUNTY...25 MILES
WEST OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT...OR JUST WEST OF PLYMOUTH. THE TORNADO
WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL HIT LIVONIA
IN WAYNE COUNTY AND OAK PARK IN OAKLAND COUNTY BY 440 PM. PERSONS
IN THESE TOWNS SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW!!
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN
A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...FIND SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH...
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
HARTFIELD/WATTSWhat 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, Apr 16, 3:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
MIZ008>036-162100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 310 PM EDT WED APR 15 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 137 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 310 PM EDT... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM JUST WEST OF FLINT TO 15 MILES WEST OF ANN ARBOR. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL ARRIVE IN THE METRO DETROIT AREA BETWEEN 400 AND 500 PM EDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM EDT. AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE WATCH AREA... LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE REST OF THIS AFTEpRNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WAGENMAKER
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:28 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
MIZ019-021-024-027>030-035-162020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN SHORT-RANGE WEATHER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI 326 PM EDT THU APR 16 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 322 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...STRETCHED FROM HARTLAND IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY...ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF BRIGHTON...ACROSS ANN ARBOR IN WASHTENAW COUNTY TO BLISSFIELD IN LENAWEE COUNTY...ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ADRIAN. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL HIT YPSILANTI IN WAYNE COUNTY BY 345 PM...AND PONTIAC IN OAKLAND COUNTY... LIVONIA IN WAYNE COUNTY...AND DUNDEE IN MONROE COUNTY BY 405 PM. IF YOU MUST DRIVE DURING THESE STORMS...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE DURING A THUNDERSTORM...MOVE TO A STRONG BUILDING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. HARTFIELD
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:44 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
MIZ026-031>034-036>038-042-162200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT RANGE WEATHER FORECAST FOR EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI 340 PM EDT THUR APR 16 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 335 PM EDT...A LINE OF RAIN SHOWERES AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SAGINAW BAY SOUTH THROUGH FLINT AND DETROIT. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED...HOWEVER SOME HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY PASS OVERHEAD. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN A THUNDRSTORM...MOVE TO A STRONG BUILDING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO..OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION...FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ...FORECAST...AND AND WARNING. THIES
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:47 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
MIZ026-031>034-036>038-042-162200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT RANGE WEATHER FORECAST FOR EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI 345 PM EDT THUR APR 16 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 335 PM EDT...A LINE OF RAIN SHOWERES AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SAGINAW BAY SOUTH THROUGH FLINT AND DETROIT. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED...HOWEVER SOME HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY PASS OVERHEAD. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN A THUNDERSTORM...MOVE TO A STRONG BUILDING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO..OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION...FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ...FORECAST...AND AND WARNING. THIES/TYPOd 2ND PARA
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 4:08 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
MIZ019-021-024-027>030-035-162045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN SHORT-RANGE WEATHER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI 406 PM EDT THU APR 16 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 400 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...STRETCHED FROM ARMADA IN MACOMB COUNTY...ACROSS THE WESTERN DETROIT SUBURB OF LIVONIA...TO DUNDEE IN MONROE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER ROMULUS IN WAYNE COUNTY...18 MILESSOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT...AND OVER LIVONIA IN WAYNE COUNTY...17 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL HIT THE CITY OF DETROIT BY 440 PM. IF YOU MUST DRIVE DURING THESE STORMS...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE DURING A THUNDERSTORM...MOVE TO A STRONG BUILDING. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BE AWARE THAT HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS STORM SITUATION. HARTFIELD
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 4:18 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
MIZ008>036-162200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 415 PM EDT THU APR 16 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 137 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 400 PM EDT... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE OUT OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN BY AROUND 500 PM EDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN... LENAWEE...MONROE...WASHTENAW...WAYNE...OAKLAND...MACOMB...LAPEER AND ST CLAIR. ALL OTHER COUNTIES PREVIOUSLY IN THE WATCH AREA HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE WATCH. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA CAN EXPECT THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...IN ADDITION TO THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DWD
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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.