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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Detroit, MI

May 9, 1996Livingston County, Washtenaw County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1996, 3:17 PM EDT for Livingston County, Washtenaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 9, 1996, 3:17 PM EDT (19:17 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 1996, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Detroit, MI
Area: Whole counties

Counties Livingston County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 9, 11:11 AM EDT, 4 hours 6 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, 3 hours 39 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

Special weather statement, May 9, 2:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

MIZ042>083-100500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
210 PAM EDT WED MAY 9 1996

...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL STATEMENT FOR SOUTH HALF OF LOWER MICHIGAN...

THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH A LINE
FROM MUSKEGON TO BAY CITY. AT 204 PM DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ON
M-59 ON THE OAKLAND...LIVINGSTON COUNTY LINE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING
TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH AND MAY CONTAINj SMALL HAIL AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

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

Local storm report, May 9, 2:59 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PONTIAC/DETROIT MI
259 PM EDT THU MAY 9 1996

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

200 PM     HIGHLAND                   MI  .75 INCH HAIL
5/9/96     OAKLAND                        REPORTED BY OAKLAND CO.
                                          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

210 PM     WEST BLOOMFIELD.           MI  .75 INCH HAIL
5/9/96     OAKLAND                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

ZELL

Local storm report, May 9, 3:05 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED LOCATION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PONTIAC/DETROIT MI
305 PM EDT THU MAY 9 1996

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

200 PM     HIGHLAND                   MI  .75 INCH HAIL
5/9/96     OAKLAND                        REPORTED BY OAKLAND CO.
                                          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

210 PM     HIGHLAND                   MI  .75 INCH HAIL
5/9/96     OAKLAND                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

ZELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Oakland	40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.