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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Detroit, MI

July 6, 1994Midland County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1994, 7:13 PM EDT for Midland County, Michigan. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 6, 1994, 7:13 PM EDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 1994, 7:46 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Detroit, MI
Area: Whole counties

County Midland County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1873 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1033 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.2

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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, Jul 6, 5:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

MIZ047>049-053>055-060>062-062340-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT  MI
535 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PART OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER
MICHIGAN UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR THE COUNTIES OF SHIAWASSEE... GENESEE... LAPEER... AND
SANILAC IN EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN.  SOME LARGER COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE IN THIS WATCH INCLUDE OWOSSO... FLINT... LAPEER... AND
SANDUSKY.

AT 530 PM EDT... RADAR INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST CENTRAL LOWER
MICHIGAN.  HOWEVER...RADAR DID SHOW A THUNDERSTORM OVER STERLING IN
ARENAC COUNTY OF NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN.  THIS STORM MAY DEVELOP
SOUTHWESTWARD INTO GLADWIN COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM.  THE STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH AND MAY AFFECT NORTHERN BAY COUNTY BY AROUND 600 PM.

ANY THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH
LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES.

IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA... FOR YOUR PROTECTION... GET
INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER... SUCH AS A HOME OR BUILDING.  STAY OUT OF
WATER... AND REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORMS
HAVE ENDED.

CARUSO

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

MIZ047>049-053>055-060>062-062340-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT  MI
535 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PART OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER
MICHIGAN UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR THE COUNTIES OF SHIAWASSEE... GENESEE... LAPEER... AND
SANILAC IN EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN.  SOME LARGER COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE IN THIS WATCH INCLUDE OWOSSO... FLINT... LAPEER... AND
SANDUSKY.

AT 530 PM EDT... RADAR INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST CENTRAL LOWER
MICHIGAN.  HOWEVER...RADAR DID SHOW A THUNDERSTORM OVER STERLING IN
ARENAC COUNTY OF NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN.  THIS STORM MAY DEVELOP
SOUTHWESTWARD INTO GLADWIN COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM.  THE STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH AND MAY AFFECT NORTHERN BAY COUNTY BY AROUND 600 PM.

ANY THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH
LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES.

IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA... FOR YOUR PROTECTION... GET
INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER... SUCH AS A HOME OR BUILDING.  STAY OUT OF
WATER... AND REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORMS
HAVE ENDED.

CARUSO

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:13 PM EDT, 1 hour before

MIZ047>049-053>055-060>062-070015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT  MI
613 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR THE
COUNTIES OF SHIAWASSEE... GENESEE... LAPEER... AND SANILAC...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE COUNTIES OF
HURON... TUSCOLA... SAGINAW... BAY... AND MIDLAND UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REMAINDER OF
EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT.  SOME COMMUNITIES INCLUDED
IN THE NEW WATCH AREA ARE BAD AXE... CARO... SAGINAW... BAY CITY...
AND MIDLAND.

AT 610 PM...RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM
NORTHWEST SAGINAW COUNTY NEAR HEMLOCK... SOUTHWEST TO NEAR GRAND
RAPIDS.  THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15
MPH.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS ALL OF EAST CENTRAL
LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING AND MAY BECOME SEVERE.

IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.

CARUSO

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:14 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

MIZ047>049-053>055-060>062-070015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT  MI
613 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR THE
COUNTIES OF SHIAWASSEE... GENESEE... LAPEER... AND SANILAC...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE COUNTIES OF
HURON... TUSCOLA... SAGINAW... BAY... AND MIDLAND UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REMAINDER OF
EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT.  SOME COMMUNITIES INCLUDED
IN THE NEW WATCH AREA ARE BAD AXE... CARO... SAGINAW... BAY CITY...
AND MIDLAND.

AT 610 PM...RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM
NORTHWEST SAGINAW COUNTY NEAR HEMLOCK... SOUTHWEST TO NEAR GRAND
RAPIDS.  THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15
MPH.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS ALL OF EAST CENTRAL
LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING AND MAY BECOME SEVERE.

IF YOUh PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.

CARUSO

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 7:06 PM EDT, 7 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
Jul 5, 8:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	DTX	Crawford, Roscommon	45 min
Jul 5, 9:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	DTX	Ogemaw	68 min
Jul 5, 9:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Crawford, Roscommon	64 min
Jul 5, 10:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	DTX	Gladwin	67 min
Jul 5, 10:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Ogemaw	35 min
Jul 5, 10:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	DTX	Ogemaw	46 min
Jul 6, 12:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Tuscola	58 min
Jul 6, 1:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Sanilac	48 min
Jul 6, 1:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Sanilac	42 min
Jul 6, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Sanilac	45 min
Jul 6, 2:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Saint Clair	54 min
Jul 6, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Wayne	33 min
Jul 6, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Monroe, Wayne	60 min
Jul 6, 5:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	DTX	Ogemaw	37 min
Jul 6, 6:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	DTX	Ogemaw	30 min
Jul 6, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Bay	62 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.