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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Detroit, MI

April 27, 1994Genesee County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1994, 12:11 AM EDT for Genesee County, Michigan. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 1994, 12:11 AM EDT (04:11 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1994, 12:50 AM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Genesee County, MI

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Apr 26, 9:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
MIZ016>083-270600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
925 PM EDT TUE APR 26 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.  THE WATCH
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT.

THE WATCH COVERS AN AREA ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM OSCODA TO
CADILLAC AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BAY CITY TO MARSHALL. THIS INCLUDES
THE CITIES OF BAY CITY... SAGINAW... MIDLAND... LANSING...
GRAND RAPIDS... MUSKEGON... BATTLE CREEK... KALAMAZOO... AND BENTON
HARBOR.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE HAIL WITH A
DIAMETER OF AT LEAST 3/4 INCH... OR WINDS OF AT LEAST 58 MILES AN HOUR.

IF ANY THUNDERSTORM SHOULD APPROACH... TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.  EVEN
N4ON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN KILL.  SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-
CONSTRUCTED HOUSE OR BUILDING.

WTB
Local storm report, Apr 26, 10:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 26, 11:52 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 27, 12:06 AM EDT, 5 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 9:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMidland47 min
Apr 26, 9:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGladwin25 min
Apr 26, 10:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXBay46 min
Apr 26, 11:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXHuron54 min
Apr 27, 12:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLapeer59 min
Apr 27, 1:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLivingston26 min
Apr 27, 2:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXOakland, Wayne41 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.