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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Detroit, MI

April 12, 1996Lenawee County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 1996, 5:57 PM EDT for Lenawee County, Michigan. It was in force for 63 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: Apr 12, 1996, 5:57 PM EDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired: Apr 12, 1996, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Detroit, MI
Area: Whole counties

County Lenawee County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 12, 6:04 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Morenci, MI

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.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 106 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1032 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDTX 122158
SVRDTX
MIC091-122300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT PONTIAC MI
557 PM EDT FRI APR 12 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN
 
   ...SOUTHERN LENAWEE COUNTY
 
AT 555 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
NEAR MUNSON MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL
AFFECT MORENCI...SENECA AND WESTON BETWEEN 600 PM AND 615 PM. THEN THESE
STORMS WILL AFFECT BLISSFIELD BETWEEN 615 AND 630 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
NADOLSKI

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.

NWS Detroit, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 12, 4:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 4:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

STATE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
300 PM EDT THU APR 11 1996

A STRONG VORT MAX OVER NORTHEAST IOWA HAS MOVED VERY LITTLE THIS
AFTERNOON. ADAPS SHOWING SURFACE MOISTURE POOLING IN THE VICINITY OF
THE SURFACE WARM FRONT AND OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE DEVELOPING IN THE THETA-E RIDGE OVER LAKE MICHIGAN AND SOUTHWEST
LOWER MICHIGAN AND THEN MOVE EAST ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN. THE
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT BOUNDARY ARE ELEVATED.
THEREFORE SURFACE LIFTED INDICES ARE USELESS. LIFTING A PARCEL AT
700 MB ON THE DTX 18Z SOUNDING PRODUCED A LIFTED INDEX OF -3. THEREFORE
ATMOSPHERE NORTH OF SURFACE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS VERY UNSTABLE.
EQUILIBRIUM LEVEL IS IN THE 35,000 FOOT RANGE...SO WILL HAVE TO WATCH
THUNDERSTORMS THAT REACH THIS HEIGHT. HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL REPORTS OF
LARGE HAIL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON.
SEVERE THREAT APPEARS TO BE EARLY TONIGHT AS VORT MAX MOVES SLOWLY EAST
ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN. SINCE THE CONVECTION IS MAINLY ELEVATED...THE
PRIMARY THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LARGE HAIL.

.DTX...SNOW ADVISORY...FAR WRN UPPER MI...LATE TONIGHT.

BOYNE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 12, 3:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MICHIGAN
330 PM EDT FRI APR 12 1996

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION...t.

0315 PM    OWOSSO                    MI   .75 INCH HAIL
04/12/96   SHIAWASSEE

CAMPBELL

Local storm report, Apr 12, 4:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MICHIGAN
416 PM EDT FRI APR 12 1996

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION...b.

0405 PM    HUDSON                    MI   1 INCH HAIL
04/12/96   LENAWEE

Special weather statement, Apr 12, 4:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

MIZ016>083-122235-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
430 PM EDT FRI APR 12 1996

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN UNTIL 8 PM...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN UNTIL 8 PM. INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE THE CITIES OF
MIDLAND...SAGINAW...FLINT...BAD AXE...LAPEER...PONTIAC...ANN ARBOR...
DETROIT...ADRIAN...AND MONROE.

AT 430 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING A LINE
OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR PORT HURON SOUTHWEST TO
NEAR PONTIAC...TO ANN ARBOR...AND SOUTH TO ADRIAN. THE STORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH...AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE DETROIT
METROPOLITAN AIRPORT BETWEEN 430 PM AND 6 PM.

AT 430 PM...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF DETROIT...
IN LENAWEE COUNTY.  SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR THE
TOWN OF HUDSON...AND NUMEROUS INSTANCES OF LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS
HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN LENAWEE COUNTY.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A
STORM APPROACHES.

Local storm report, Apr 12, 4:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MICHIGAN
445 PM EDT FRI APR 12 1996

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

412 PM     3 S HUDSON                MI   BRIEF TORNADO REPORTED VIA
04/12/96   LENAWEE                        SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND COUNTY
                                          EMERGENCY SERVICES

419 PM     3 W ADRIAN                MI   1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL VIA
04/12/96   LENAWEE                        SKYWARN SPOTTERS

422 PM     CLAYTON VILLAGE           MI   1.50 INCH DIAMETER HAIL VIA
04/12/96   LENAWEE                        SKYWARN SPOTTERS.  ONE PERSON
                                          INJURED FROM THE HAIL.

428 PM     SALINE TOWNSHIP           MI   1.50 INCH HAIL VIA EMERGENCY
04/12/96   WASHTENAW                      SERVICES

Local storm report, Apr 12, 4:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MICHIGAN
448 PM EDT FRI APR 12 1996

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

430 PM     SALEM                     MI   1.50 INCH HAIL REPORTED VIA
04/12/96   WASHTENAW                      SKYWARN SPOTTERS

Local storm report, Apr 12, 5:08 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MICHIGAN
508 PM EDT FRI APR 12 1996

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

457 PM     5 S OTTAWA                MI   TORNADO REPORTED BY COUNTY
04/12/96   MONROE                         EMERGENCY SERVICES

500 PM     2 N TOLEDO OHIO           MI   2.50 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
04/12/96   MONROE                         REPORTED BY NWSFO CLE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 12, 10:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Genesee, Lapeer	38 min
Apr 12, 2:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Shiawassee	57 min
Apr 12, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Lenawee	66 min
Apr 12, 4:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	DTX	Lenawee	44 min
Apr 12, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Monroe	58 min
Apr 12, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Wayne	65 min
Apr 12, 4:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	DTX	Monroe	45 min
Apr 12, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Lenawee	27 min
Apr 12, 6:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Midland	44 min
Apr 12, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Bay	40 min
Apr 12, 7:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Lenawee, Monroe	49 min
Apr 12, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Livingston	45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.