Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 1992, 5:06 PM EDT for Monroe County, Michigan. It was in force for 24 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1992, 5:06 PM EDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1992, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 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 142106
TORDTW
MIC115-142130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI
506 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF LOWER MICHIGAN
MONROE
AT 500 PM EDT...SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR THE TOWN
OF DUNDEE...41 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT. THE TORNADO WAS
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE TOWN OF
MAYBEE AND NEWPORT 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 ORT 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.
NESTERWhat 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, Jul 14, 2:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
MIZ019-021-024-027>030-035-141935- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI 228 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 223 PM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF OAKLAND AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MILFORD IN OAKLAND COUNTY...ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT...AND OVER FOWLERVILLE IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY...ABOUT 45 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF DETROIT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL HIT THE TOWNS OF OXFORD IN OAKLAND COUNTY AND DEERFIELD CENTER IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY BY 240 PM. THESE STORMS WERE CONTAINED WITHIN A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS THAT EXTENDED FROM EXTREME SOUTHERN LAKE HURON SOUTHWEST TO BENTON HARBOR IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. . NONE OF THESE STORMS WERE SEVERE AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER... THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE IN A THUNDERSTORM...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION FOR THE LASTEST UPDATES ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS. KMW
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
MIZ019-021-024-027>030-035-142035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI 335 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 330 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF OAKLAND ...MACOMB...ST CLAIR AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER WHITE LAKE IN OAKLAND COUNTY...ABOUT 32 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN AT THE RATE OF AN INCH PER HOUR AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL HIT THE TOWN OF OXFORD IN OAKLAND COUNTY BY 345 PM. THESE STORMS WERE CONTAINED WITHIN A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS THAT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN LAKE HURON TO NORTHEAST INDIANA. NONE OF THESE STORMS WERE SEVERE AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER... THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE IN A THUNDERSTORM...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELnECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION FOR THE LASTEST UPDATES ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS. KMW
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:23 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
MIZALL-142200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 422 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST AND EXTREME SOUTH LOWER MICHIGAN PENINSULA... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST AND EXTREME SOUTH LOWER MICHIGAN PENINSULA. THE TORNDAO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CASS AND ST JOSPEH COUNTIES...BUT REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR BRANCH...HILLSDALE...CALHOUN...JACKSON...LENAWEE...WASHTENAW... LIVINGSTON...MONROE...WAYNE...OAKLAND...MACOMB AND ST CLAIR COUNTIES. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON...ANN ARBOR ...AND THE GREATER DETROIT METROPOLITAN AREA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A COLD FRONT THAT IS MOVING SOUTHEAST OVER SOUTH LOWER MICHIGAN LATE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH TORNADOES...UNTIL 900 PM EDT THIS EVENING. IF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OR TORNADOES OCCUR NEAR YOU...OF IF YOU HEAR THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA ACT QUICKLY. GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AND INNER MOST ROOM OF YOUR HOME OR BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER STATEMENT...FORECASTS...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:24 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
MIZALL-142200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TYPO 3RD LINE OF STATEMENT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI 422 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST AND EXTREME SOUTH LOWER MICHIGAN PENINSULA... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST AND EXTREME SOUTH LOWER MICHIGAN PENINSULA. THE TORNDAO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CASS AND ST JOSPEH COUNTIES...BUT REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BRANCH...HILLSDALE...CALHOUN...JACKSON...LENAWEE...WASHTENAW... LIVINGSTON...MONROE...WAYNE...OAKLAND...MACOMB AND ST CLAIR COUNTIES. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON...ANN ARBOR ...AND THE GREATER DETROIT METROPOLITAN AREA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A COLD FRONT THAT IS MOVING SOUTHEAST OVER SOUTH LOWER MICHIGAN LATE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH TORNADOES...UNTIL 900 PM EDT THIS EVENING. IF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OR TORNADOES OCCUR NEAR YOU...OF IF YOU HEAR THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA ACT QUICKLY. GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AND INNER MOST ROOM OF YOUR HOM
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:28 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
MIZ019-021-024-027>030-035-142135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI 428 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 423 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF OAKLAND ...WASHTENAW AND WAYNE COUNTIES..STRETCHING BACK INTO SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHEAST INDIANA. THE STONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN JACKSON COUNTY...ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEXTER IN WASHTENAW COUNTY AND 60 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH DEXTER BY 445 PM. THESE STORMS WERE CONTAINED WITHIN A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN LAKE HURON TO NORTHEAST INDIANA. NONE OF THESE STORMS WERE SEVERE AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER... THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS WITH THE RISK OF TORNADOES MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE IN A THUNDERSTORM...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION KEC-63 OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LASTEST UPDATES THIS WEATHER SITUATION. KMW
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:36 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
MIZ019-021-024-027>030-035-142135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI 428 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 423 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF OAKLAND ...WASHTENAW AND WAYNE COUNTIES..STRETCHING BACK INTO SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHEAST INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN WITH PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT GROSSE POINTE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN JACKSON COUNTY...ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEXTER IN WASHTENAW COUNTY AND 60 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH DEXTER BY 445 PM. THESE STORMS WERE CONTAINED WITHIN A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN LAKE HURON TO NORTHEAST INDIANA. NONE OF THESE STORMS WERE SEVERE AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER... THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS WITH THE RISK OF TORNADOES MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE IN A THUNDERSTORM...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATIO N KEC-63 OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES THIS WEATHER SITUATION. KMW
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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.