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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Detroit, MI

April 13, 1994Huron County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 1994, 12:08 AM EDT for Huron County, Michigan. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 13, 1994, 12:08 AM EDT (04:08 UTC)
Expired: Apr 13, 1994, 12:45 AM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Detroit, MI
Area: Whole counties

County Huron County, MI

The text

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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 12, 9:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 12, 10:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

MIZ063-068>070-075-076-082-083-130400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI
1000 PM EDT TUE APR 12 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 300 AM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOWER
MICHIGAN UNTIL 300 AM EDT. THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF WAYNE...OAKLAND
...WASHTENAW...MACOMB...LIVINGSTON...ST CLAIR...LENAWEE AND MONROE. SOME
CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE DETROIT...ANN ARBOR...PONTIAC...PORT
HURON...MT CLEMENS...ADRIAN...HOWELL AND MONROE.

AT 955 PM...WEATHER RADAR DETECTED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OVER ARMADA
IN MACOMB COUNTY...36 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF DETROIT. THE STORM WAS
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL HIT THE TOWN OF
EMMET IN ST CLAIR COUNTY...47 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF DETROIT...BY 1015 PM.

NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURING IN SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN AT THIS TIME...
HOWEVER...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR
...LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE IN
A THUNDERSTORM...SEEK SHELTER INSDIE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT USE
TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION KEC-63 FOR THE LATEST
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

WOODWORTH

Special weather statement, Apr 12, 10:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 12, 11:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

MIZ001>083-130600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1100 PM EDT TUE APR 12 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN
LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 300 AM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ROUGHLY THE SOUTHEAST
QUARTER OF LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 3 AM. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES
OF LANSING...SAGINAW...JACKSON...FLINT...AND THE DETROIT METROPOLITAN
AREA.

AT 1050 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF STRONG
TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF SAGINAW
TO THE OHIO...INDIANA...MICHIGAN STATE BORDER. A POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WAS IN SAGINAW COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN.

THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS TRACKING EAST AROUND 20 MPH...AND WILL
CROSS SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN BETWEEN 1130 PM AND 3 AM. THE BAND OF
STORMS WILL REACH FLINT AND JACKSON BY MIDNIGHT...AND DETROIT
BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 1 AM.

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO REACH SEVERE
LEVELS DURING THE WATCH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...LARGE HAIL IN EXCESS OF 3/4 INCH DIAMETER...
AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING.

IF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMpS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING...GO INSIDE A
REINFORCED BUILDING...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO THIS
STATION FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

YORK/KEYES

Special weather statement, Apr 12, 11:48 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 12, 10:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Saginaw, Shiawassee	31 min
Apr 12, 11:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Saginaw, Shiawassee	31 min
Apr 12, 11:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Bay, Tuscola	36 min

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