Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 1993, 4:49 PM EDT for Lapeer County, Michigan. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1993, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1993, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lapeer County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 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 KFNT 192049
TORFNT
MIC087-192115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI
449 PM EDT SAT JUN 19 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF LOWER MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN LAPEER
AT 445 PM EDT... A SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD
IN A THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN LAPEER COUNTY... 7 MILES EAST OF
M-24. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR
IMLAY CITY AND ALMONT OF SOUTHERN LAPEER COUNTY AROUND 510 PM EDT.
ALMONT IS 45 MILES EAST OF FLINT AND IMLAY CITY IS 41 MILES
EAST NORTHEAST OF FLINT. HAIL OF 3/4 INCH DIAMETER WAS ALSO
REPORTED WITH THIS STORM... 7 MILES EAST OF M-24.
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR ANDX GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...TAKE SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
CARUSOWhat 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 19, 2:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
MIZ019-021-024-027>030-035-192100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI 226 PM EDT SAT JUN 19 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF DETROIT THIS AFTERNOON... AT 221 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF DETROIT. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ANN ARBOR... 34 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT...TO DUNDEE...41 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DETROIT...TO NEAR TOLEDO. THESE STORMS PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH IN ADRIAN AROUND 200 PM. ADRIAN IS 60 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL HIT MONROE... 33 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF DETROIT...BY 300 PM. THE STORMS WILL THEN AFFECT THE CITY OF DETROIT AROUND 330 PM. ANOTHER AREA OF STORMS WAS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN AROUND LANSING AND JACKSON AT 220 PM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH AND WILL CROSS THE HOWELL AND PONTIAC AREAS AFTER 300 PM. HOWELL IS 48 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF DETROIT. THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING... AND POSSIBLY STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED... MOVE INTO A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. YORK
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
MIZ019-021-024-027>030-035-192145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI 322 PM EDT SAT JUN 19 1993 ...MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AT 318 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM FLINT TO NEAR HOWELL TO JACKSON. HOWELL IS ABOUT 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL CROSS OAKLAND AND WASHTENAW COUNTIES ...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ANN ARBOR AND PONTIAC...BY 500 PM. ANN ARBOR IS 34 MILES WEST OF DETROIT AND PONTIAC IS 26 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF DETROIT. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM DETROIT TO NEWPORT... 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DETROIT...AT 318 PM. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL PASS EAST OF THE DETROIT RIVER INTO ONTARIO BY 400 PM. THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING... AND POSSIBLY STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. GO INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE NEARBY OR OCCURRING. STAY OFF THE TELEPHONE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. YORK
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
MIZ019-021-024-027>030-035-192145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI 322 PM EDT SAT JUN 19 1993 ...MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AT 318 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM FLINT TO NEAR HOWELL TO JACKSON. HOWELL IS ABOUT 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL CROSS OAKLAND AND WASHTENAW COUNTIES ...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ANN ARBOR AND PONTIAC...BY 500 PM. ANN ARBOR IS 34 MILES WEST OF DETROIT AND PONTIAC IS 26 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF DETROIT. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM DETROIT TO NEWPORT... 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DETROIT...AT 318 PM. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL PASS EAST OF THE DETROIT RIVER INTO ONTARIO BY 400 PM. THESE ST8ORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING... AND POSSIBLY STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. GO INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE NEARBY OR OCCURRING. STAY OFF THE TELEPHONE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. YORK
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
MIZ026-031>034-036>038-042-192130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI 330 PM EDT SAT JUN 19 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS MOVING THROUGH GENESEE AND SHIAWASSEE COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 325 PM EDT... RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING FROM FLINT IN GENESEE COUNTY... SOUTHWEST TO BYRON IN SOUTHEAST SHIAWASSEE COUNTY. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WAS OCCURRING AT FLINTS BISHOP AIRPORT AS OF 320 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL REACH DAVISON IN GENESEE COUNTY BY 345 PM... AND COLUMBIAVILLE IN NORTHWEST LAPEER COUNTY BY 355 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT STRETCHED FROM MAYVILLE...SOUTHWEST THROUGH FLINT...THEN JACKSON. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING YOUR AREA... MOVE INDOORS AND STAY ALWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. CARUSO
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
MIZ026-031>034-036>038-042-192130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI 340 PM EDT SAT JUN 19 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS MOVING THROUGH GENESEE AND SHIAWASSEE COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 325 PM EDT... RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING FROM FLINT IN GENESEE COUNTY... SOUTHWEST TO BYRON IN SOUTHEAST SHIAWASSEE COUNTY. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WAS OCCURRING AT FLINTS BISHOP AIRPORT AS OF 320 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL REACH DAVISON IN GENESEE COUNTY BY 345 PM... AND COLUMBIAVILLE IN NORTHWEST LAPEER COUNTY BY 355 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT STRETCHED FROM MAYVILLE...SOUTHWEST THROUGH FLINT...THEN JACKSON. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING YOUR AREA... MOVE INDOORS ^AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. CARUSO... CORRECTED TO REMOVE EXTRA WORD 1ST PAR.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
MIZ026-031>034-036>038-042-192130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI 340 PM EDT SAT JUN 19 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS MOVING THROUGH GENESEE AND SHIAWASSEE COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 325 PM EDT... RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING FROM FLINT IN GENESEE COUNTY... SOUTHWEST TO BYRON IN SOUTHEAST SHIAWASSEE COUNTY. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WAS OCCURRING AT FLINTS BISHOP AIRPORT AS OF 320 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL REACH DAVISON IN GENESEE COUNTY BY 345 PM... AND COLUMBIAVILLE IN NORTHWEST LAPEER COUNTY BY 355 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT STRETCHED FROM MAYVILLE...SOUTHWEST THROUGH FLINT...THEN JACKSON. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING YOUR AREA... MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. CARUSO... CORRECTED TO REMOVE EXTRA WORD 1ST PAR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 3:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Genesee, Lapeer | 17 min |
| Jun 19, 4:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Genesee, Lapeer | 34 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.