Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 1992, 8:19 PM EDT for Oakland County, Michigan. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1992, 8:19 PM EDT (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1992, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Oakland County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 8 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 180020 TORDTW MIC125-180045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI 819 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ...OAKLAND COUNTY AT 815 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER MILFORD IN OAKLAND COUNTY..32 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE TOWNS OF WALLED LAKE 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. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A GLAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. RPN
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, 4:54 PM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 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, 1 hour 34 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, 1 hour 23 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, 15 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, 12 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....
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, 8:21 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 | Macomb, Saint Clair | 60 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.