Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 1992, 9:15 PM EDT for Macomb County, Saint Clair County, Michigan. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1992, 9:15 PM EDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1992, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Macomb County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDTW 180115 RRA TORDTW MIC091-099-115-147-163-180215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI 915 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ...LENAWEE COUNTY...MACOMB COUNTY...MONROE COUNTY ...ST CLAIR COUNTY...EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF LAKE ST CLAIR AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF LAKE ERIE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CAPAC IN ST CLAIR COUNTY THROUGH ANN ARBOR TO SOUTHERN HILLSDALE COUNTY...PRODUCING TORNADOS. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. NESTER
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, Jun 17, 6:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
MIZ026-031>034-036>038-042-172300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI 600 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 60 MPH OVER EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... STRONG SOUTH WINDS WERE RAKING EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND GUST TO 62 MPH WAS MEASURED NEAR SAGINAW AT ABOUT 4 PM. REPORTS OF TREES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THE FLINT AREA. SOME OF THESE TREE LIMBS HAVE BROUGHT DOWN POWER LINES. AT BISHOP AIRPORT IN FLINT...WINDS HAVE BEEN GUSTING AS HIGH AS 44 MPH SINCE 4 PM. THESE STRONG WINDS WERE OCCURRING AHEAD OF A LINE OF POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAGINAW TO NEAR GRAND RAPIDS AT 6 PM. THIS LINE HAS PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THIS LINE MAY MOVE THROUGH THE REST OF LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING. RESIDENTS OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. YORK
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
MIZ001>083-180100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 645 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 393 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT. COMBINED WITH THE OTHER TORNADO WATCHES ALREADY IN EFFECT...THIS MEANS THAT THE ENTIRE STATE OF MICHIGAN IN UNDER A TORNADO WATCH. AT 620 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN NEAR SAULT STE MARIE...THROUGH NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN WEST OF ALPENA ...TO SOUTHWEST LOWER NEAR KALAMAZOO. INDIVIDUAL STORMS IN THIS LINE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THE UNSTABLE AIR OVER SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES...THROUGH THE EVENING. IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA...DO NOT TAKE CHANCES. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME WHEN A TORNADO IS ISSUED...MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO A STURDY...PERMANENT SHELTER. IF NO SUCH SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE- FLAT IN A DITCH OR DEPRESSION IN THE GROUND. ACT QUICKLY. YOUR LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT. WTB
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
MIZ001>083-180100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME OF THE WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 655 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 393 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. COMBINED WITH THE OTHER TORNADO WATCHES ALREADY IN EFFECT...THIS MEANS THAT THE ENTIRE STATE OF MICHIGAN IS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH. AT 620 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN NEAR SAULT STE MARIE...THROUGH NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN WEST OF ALPENA ...TO SOUTHWEST LOWER NEAR KALAMAZOO. INDIVIDUAL STORMS IN THIS LINE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THE UNSTABLE AIR OVER SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES...THROUGH THE EVENING. IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA...DO NOT TAKE CHANCES. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED...MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO A STURDY...PERJMANENT SHELTER. IF NO SUCH SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH OR DEPRESSION IN THE GROUND. ACT QUICKLY. YOUR LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT. WTB
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 8:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 800 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCHES CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN... PARTS OF 3 TORNADO WATCHES ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE COUNTIES REMOVED FROM THE TORNADO WATCHES ARE... LOWER MICHIGAN PENINSULA EMMET...CHARLEVOIX...CHEBOYGAN...PRESQUE ISLE... LEELANAU...ANTRIM...OTSEGO...MONTMORENCY...ALPENA... BENZIE...GRAND TRAVERSE...KALKASKA...CRAWFORD...OSCODA...ALCONA... MANISTEE...WEXFORD...MISSAUKEE...ROSCOMMON...OGEMAW...IOSCO... MASON...LAKE...OSCEOLA...CLARE...GLADWIN...ARENAC... OCEANA...NEWAYGO...MECOSTA...ISABELLA... MUSKEGON...MONTCALM...GRATIOT... OTTAWA...KENT...IONIA... ALLEGAN...BARRY... VAN BUREN...KALAMAZOO... BERRIEN...CASS. UPPER MICHIGAN PENINSULA LUCE...MACKINAC...CHIPPEWA. AT 745 PM EDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...EXTENDED FROM LAKE HURON...ACROSS THE THUMB OF LOWER MICHGAN...TO ST JOSEPH COUNTY ...SOUTH OF KALAMAZOO. THE LINE WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...WITH INDIVIDUAL STORMS IN THE LINE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED TORNADOES. MUCH OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHCENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN REMAINS IN A TORNADO WATCH. THE WATCH WILL CONTINUE IN EATON...BRANCH...CALHOUN ...AND ST JOSEPH COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM. ELSEWHERE...THE WATCH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT. WTB
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 8:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 800 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCHES CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN... PARTS OF 3 TORNADO WATCHES ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE COUNTIES REMOVED FROM THE TORNADO WATCHES ARE... LOWER MICHIGAN PENINSULA EMMET...CHARLEVOIX...CHEBOYGAN...PRESQUE ISLE... LEELANAU...ANTRIM...OTSEGO...MONTMORENCY...ALPENA... BENZIE...GRAND TRAVERSE...KALKASKA...CRAWFORD...OSCODA...ALCONA... MANISTEE...WEXFORD...MISSAUKEE...ROSCOMMON...OGEMAW...IOSCO... MASON...LAKE...OSCEOLA...CLARE...GLADWIN...ARENAC... OCEANA...NEWAYGO...MECOSTA...ISABELLA... MUSKEGON...MONTCALM... OTTAWA...KENT...IONIA... ALLEGAN...BARRY... VAN BUREN...KALAMAZOO... BERRIEN...CASS. UPPER MICHIGAN PENINSULA LUCE...MACKINAC...CHIPPEWA. AT 745 PM EDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...EXTENDED FROM LAKE HURON...ACROSS THE THUMB OF LOWER MICHGAN...TO ST JOSEPH COUNTY ...SOUTH OF KALAMAZOO. THE LINE WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...WITH INDIVIDUAL STORMS IN THE LINE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED TORNADOES. MUCH OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHCENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN REMAINS IN A TORNADO WATCH. THE WATCH WILL CONTINUE IN EATON...BRANCH...CALHOUN ...AND ST JOSEPH COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM. ELSEWHERE...THE WATCH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT. WTB ............CORRECTION...GRATIOT COUNTY HAS NOT BEEN CLEARED YET....
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 9:02 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
MIZALL-180400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 900 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 393 CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT. ALL OTHER WATCHES IN MICHIGAN HAVE BEEN CANCELLED... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 393 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. ALL OTHER TORNADO WATCHES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. AT 855 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN FROM NORTH OF PORT HURON TO ANN ARBOR TO ADRIAN. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. AGAIN... SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN... INCLUDING DETROIT AND ANN ARBOR... REMAINS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT. THE REMAINDER OF MICHIGAN HAS BEEN CLEARED OF TORNADO WATCHES. THE COUNTIES STILL UNDER A TORNADO WATCH IN SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN INCLUDE... SANILAC..GENESEE...LAPEER... LIVINGSTON...OAKLAND...MACOMB...ST CLAIR... WASHTENAW...WAYNE...HILLSDALE...LENAWEE...MONROE. PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER ...INCLUDING TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL... AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. SEVERAL TORNADO SIGHTINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS TONIGHT. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISON STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS. WAGENMAKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 8:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Livingston | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 8:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Oakland | 26 min |
| Jun 17, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Shiawassee | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lenawee, Washtenaw | 67 min |
| Jun 17, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lapeer | 29 min |
| Jun 17, 8:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Oakland | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 8:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Washtenaw, Wayne | 36 min |
| Jun 17, 9:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Lenawee, Monroe, Wayne | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 10:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Monroe | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Washtenaw | 50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.