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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Detroit, MI

May 28, 1995Macomb County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1995, 8:03 PM EDT for Macomb County, Michigan. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 1995, 8:03 PM EDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1995, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Macomb County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 43 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1995-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1248 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1995-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1248 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
985 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.6

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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, May 28, 4:24 PM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-282120-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
423 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN...AND ADJACENT
WATERS OF SAGINAW BAY...LAKE HURON...LAKE ST. CLAIR...AND THE DETROIT
RIVER...

AT 415 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL...CENTRAL...AND NORTHWEST
LOWER MICHIGAN AND ALSO NORTHERN INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS
DANGEROUS WEA`THER SITUATION CLOSELY FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

BOYNE
Special weather statement, May 28, 4:26 PM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
MIZ037>039-043>045-050-056-057-064-071-077-078-282130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
425 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN WEST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...

LAKE...MASON...MECOSTA...MUSKEGON...NEWAYGO...OCEANA...AND OSCEOLA
COUNTIES.

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MUSKEGON...LUDINGTON...AND REED CITY.

IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...
l
ALLEGAN...BERRIEN...CASS...KENT...OTTAWA...AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF GRAND RAPIDS AND BENTON HARBOR.

JSB
Special weather statement, May 28, 5:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-282220-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
520 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN...AND ADJACENT
WATERS OF SAGINAW BAY...LAKE HURON...LAKE ST. CLAIR...AND THE DETROIT
RIVER...

AT 515 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM COLDWATER IN BRANCH COUNTY
...TO NEAR LANSING...TO GLADWIN IN GLADWIN COUNTY...TO ROGERS CITY
IN PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN SHOULD CONTINUE TO0 MONITOR THIS
DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

BOYNE
Special weather statement, May 28, 5:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
MIZ037>039-043>045-050-056-057-064-071-077-078-282250-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
425 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...

CLARE...GLADWIN...ISABELLA...AND MONTCALM COUNTIES

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MOUNT PLEASANT...GLADWIN...AND GREENVILLE.

IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...

BERRY...IONIA...KALAMAZOO...AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF IONIA...KALAMAZOO...AND STURGIS.
BOYNE
Special weather statement, May 28, 6:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-282300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
620 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN...AND ADJACENT
WATERS OF SAGINAW BAY...LAKE HURON...LAKE ST. CLAIR...AND THE DETROIT
RIVER...

AT 620 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM OSCODA IN
IOSCO COUNTY TO STURGIS IN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN THE PONTIAC AREA. PERSONS
IN NORTHERN OAKLAND AND SOUTHERN. LAPEER COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED
FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN
FROM NOW UNTIL 700 PM EDT THIS SUNDAY EVENING.
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STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

BOYNE
Special weather statement, May 28, 7:54 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
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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.