Tornado Warning 3, NWS Detroit, MI

MIZ001>083-172000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI
150 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
UPPER MICHIGAN... AND THE WEST HALF OF LOWER MICHIGAN...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 388 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST UPPER MICHIGAN... AND THE WEST HALF OF LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL
900 PM THIS EVENING.

AT 145 PM CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTH MINNESOTA... WEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN... EAST WISCONSIN... NORTH ILLINOIS...
LAKE MICHIGAN... AND WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. STORMS
WERE MOVING MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST... AT 40 TO 50 MPH.

VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR CONTINUES TO SURGE NORTHWARD AND
NORTHEASTWARD OVER MICHIGAN AND FEED THESE STORMS.

TORNADOES ARE NATURES MOST VIOLENT STORMS.  IN A HOME...ONE OF THE
BEST SHELTERS IS IN THE BASEMENT UNDER HEAVY FURNITURE AND WHERE
OVERHEAD SUPPORT AND PROTECTION IS GREATEST.  IF THERE IS NO BASEMENT..
GO TO THE CENTER OF THE HOUSE ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET INTO A CLOSET..
INTERIOR HALL...AND/OR UNDER HEAVY FURNITURE.  COVER YOURSELF WITH A
HEAVY BLANKET OR SIMILAR OBJECT.  IN A SCHOOL...OFFICE...OR OTHER TYPE
OF INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING...GO QUICKLY TO A BASEMENT IF AVAILABLE.  IF
NONE...GO TO A CENTRAL HALL OR CORRIDOR ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  KEEP AWAY
FROM OUTSIDE WALLS...DOORS AND WINDOWS.  STAY OUT OF AUDITORIUMS OR
GYMNASIUMS.  IF IN OPEN COUNTRY OR IN A CAR AND YOU CANNOT AVOID THE
PATH OF THE STORM...GET INTO A REINFORCED BUILDING OR INTO A DITCH...
DEPRESSION...OR CULVERT.  IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME...WHETHER IT IS
TIED DOWN OR NOT...ABANDON IT AND GO TO A COMMUNITY SHELTER OR
REINFORCED BUILpDING...OR GET INTO A DITCH...DEPRESSION...OR CULVERT.

MRK

MIZ001>083-172030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI
212 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992

...ALL OF UPPER MICHIGAN HAS BEEN PLACED UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL
900 PM EDT THIS EVENIN

MIZ001>083-172200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANN ARBOR MI
425 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR UPPER MICHIGAN... AND NORTH AND
WEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 391 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN.
THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT. TORNADO WATCHES ARE NOW IN
EFFECT FOR UPPER MICHIGAN AND WEST AND NORTH LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900
PM EDT THIS EVENING.

AT 420 PM CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTH MINNESOTA... EAST
UPPER MICHIGAN... EXTREME EAST WISCONSIN... NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS... LAKE MICHIGAN... AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL LOWER
MICHIGAN. STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST... AT 40 TO 50 MPH.
           ...A SAFETY TIP FOR MOBILE HOME DWELLERS...
IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...BE SURE YOU HAVE A PLAN OF SAFE ACTION
SHOULD THE WEATHER BECOME THREATENING.  THE SIZE AND CONSTRUCTION OF
MOBILE HOMES MAKE THEM PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO OVERTURNING AND
ROLLING IN HIGH WINDS.  SOME PROTECTION MAY BE PROVIDED AGAINST THIS
HAZARD BY SECURING THEM WITH CABLES ANCHORED IN CONCRETE FOOTINGS.  FOR
SAFETYS  SAKE...WHEN HIGH WINDS ARE IMMINENT...MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE
ABANDONED.  IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA...DO NOT TAKE
CHANCES.  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ADVISES THAT YOU LEAVE YOUR
MOBILE HOME AND 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.

MRK

MIZ019-021-024-027>030-035-172300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI
450 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992

...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS BLOWING ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN...

AT 445 PM...SOUTHERLY WINDS WERE BLOWING AT 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR
ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MILES
AN HOUR REPORTED.  THESE WINDS WERE AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT
WAS LOCATED FROM WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN SOUTH TO ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RECEIVED REPORTS OF DOWNED POWER LINES
AND POWER OUTAGES FROM WASHTENAW COUNTY AND FROM THE WESTERN DETROIT
SUBURBS.  ALSO...A TOWER WAS REPORTED BLOWN DOWN IN SHELBY TOWNSHIP
IN MACOMB COUNTY.

PEOPLE DRIVING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION
DUE TO THE WINDS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
ALSO...HOMEOWNERS NEED TO BE SURE TO SECURE OUTSIDE OBJECTS.
.
THE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE UNTIL SU}NSET.

RIDDLE

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