Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1996, 2:05 PM EDT for Oakland County, Michigan. It was in force for 40 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
- May 9, 1996, 2:05 PM EDT (18:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1996, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Oakland County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2:10 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Highland, 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 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 9, 11:11 AM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
MIZ037>083-091800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1111 AM EDT THU MAY 9 1996 ...THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF LOWER MICHIGAN HAS BEEN CANCELLED... DENSE FOG WHICH COVERED MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF LOWER MICHIGAN THIS MORNING HAS STARTED TO LIFT. AS OF 11 AM...VISIBILITIES AT MOST REPORTING STATIONS IN SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN HAVE IMPROVED TO A MILE OR BETTER. THE FOG WILL CONTINUE TO DISCIPATE AS THE WE PROGRESS INTO THE AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. KEEP A LARGE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOUR VEHICLE AND ANY OTHER NEARBY VEHICLES. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES. DLK
Special weather statement, May 9, 11:38 AM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
MIZ042>083-100500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1138 AM EDT WED MAY 9 1996 ...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL STATEMENT FOR MICHIGAN... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTH HALF OF LOWER MICHIGAN. A STATIONARY FRONT LIES FROM SOUTHWEST KANSAS TO CENTRAL IOWA AND EASTWARD TO NORTH CENTRAL OHIO THIS MORNING. A LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER WESTERN KANSAS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ALONG THIS FRONTAL ZONE AND POSSIBLY PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF LOWER MICHIGAN LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY EXTEND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION SHOULD THERE BE A CHANGE IN THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN THE SOUTH HALF OF LOWER MICHIGAN. DLK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Livingston, Washtenaw | 58 min |
| May 9, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Oakland, Wayne | 62 min |
| May 9, 3:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | DTX | Livingston, Oakland, Washtenaw | 4 hr |
| May 9, 3:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | DTX | Wayne | 4 hr |
| May 9, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lenawee | 55 min |
| May 9, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lenawee | 59 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.