Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 1994, 3:12 PM EDT for Livingston County, Washtenaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 1994, 3:12 PM EDT (19:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1994, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Livingston County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 3:32 PM EDT | Tornado F0 | Hartland, MI | Tornado touchdown reported at the Walden Woods campsite in Hartland Township. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -251 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1200 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 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 KDTW 131912
TORDTW
MIC093-161-132000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI
312 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF LOWER MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON...NORTHERN WASHTENAW
AT 307 PM SPOTTER CONFIRMED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 6 MILES NORTH
OF CHELSEA...IN LYNDON TOWNSHIP...51 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
DOWNTOWN DETROIT. THE STORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH AND WILL EFFECT THE COMMUNTIES OF PINCKNEY...BRIGHTON...
DEXTER AND WHITMORE LAKE.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN
A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...FIND SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
THIS REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING ISSUED FOR WESTERN
WASHTENAW COUNTY.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 13, 2:25 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
MIZ047-048-053>055-060>062-132030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI 225 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES OF SAGINAW...LAPEER...GENESEE...SHIAWASSEE...TUSCOLA...AND SANILAC OF CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 8 PM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR THE COUNTIES SAGINAW...LAPEER...GENESEE...SHIAWASSEE... TUSCOLA...AND SANILAC. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF FLINT...CARO...LAPEER...SANDUSKY...OWOSSO...AND SAGINAW. AT THIS TIME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL WERE MOVING EAST ACROSS MOST OF THESE COUNTIES AT 45 MPH. THIS STATMENT IS A UPDATE FOR THE ONE ISSUED AT 201 PM. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. WSF
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:27 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
MIZ047-048-053>055-060>062-132030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI 225 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES OF SAGINAW...LAPEER...GENESEE...SHIAWASSEE...TUSCOLA...AND SANILAC OF CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 8 PM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR THE COUNTIES SAGINAW...LAPEER...GENESEE...SHIAWASSEE... TUSCOLA...AND SANILAC. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF FLINT...CARO...LAPEER...SANDUSKY...OWOSSO...AND SAGINAW. AT THIS TIME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL WERE MOVING EAST ACROSS MOST OF THESE COUNTIES AT 45 MPH. THIS STATMENT IS A UPDATE FOR THE ONE ISSUED AT 201 PM. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. WSF
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:35 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
MIZ063-068>070-075-076-082-083-131930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI 235 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 800 PM... AT 230 PM...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ABOUT TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF FLINT SOUTHWEST TO NEAR JACKSON. IT WAS MOVING QUICKLY EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS LINE WAS ALREADY PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED IN NORTHWEST OAKLAND COUNTY AT 220 PM. THE LINE WILL LIKELY INTENSIFY...AND DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER ON SHORT NOTICE. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS DURING SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. YORK
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:36 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
MIZ063-068>070-075-076-082-083-131930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT MI 235 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 800 PM... AT 230 PM...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ABOUT TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF FLINT SOUTHWEST TO NEAR JACKSON. IT WAS MOVING QUICKLY EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS LINE WAS ALREADY PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED IN NORTHWEST OAKLAND COUNTY AT 220 PM. THE LINE WILL LIKELY INTENSIFY...AND DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER ON SHORT NOTICE. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS DURING SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. YORKN
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:43 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
MIZ053>055-060>062-131945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI 243 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR MOST OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE FLINT...OWOSOO...LAPEER...SAGINAW...SANDUSKY AND CARO. AT 239 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...EXTENDED FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF FLINT THEN SOUTHWEST TO JACKSON. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. BY 250 PM...THE COMMUNITIES OF LINDEN AND FENTON WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS LINE OF STORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:44 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
MIZ053>055-060>062-131945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLINT MI 243 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR MOST OF EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE FLINT...OWOSOO...LAPEER...SAGINAW...SANDUSKY AND CARO. AT 239 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...EXTENDED FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF FLINT THEN SOUTHWEST TO JACKSON. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. BY 250 PM...THE COMMUNITIES OF LINDEN AND FENTON WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS LINE OF STORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Macomb | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Oakland | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 2:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Washtenaw | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 3:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Oakland | 28 min |
| Jun 13, 3:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Saint Clair | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Macomb, Wayne | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lenawee, Washtenaw | 54 min |
| Jun 13, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Wayne | 40 min |
| Jun 13, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lenawee, Monroe | 66 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.