Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Aug 7, 1996, 6:32 PM EDT for Shiawassee County, Michigan. It was in force for 43 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
- Aug 7, 1996, 6:32 PM EDT (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 1996, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Shiawassee County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | Countywide, 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 1535 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 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 KDTX 072234 TORDTX MIC155-072315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT PONTIAC MI 632 PM EDT WED AUG 7 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN ...SHIAWASSEE COUNTY AT 630 PM... SLEEPY HOLLOW STATE PARK REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL REACH THE COMMUNITY OF LAINGSBURG BY 642 PM... AND VERNON BY 700 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STUlRDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. CAMPBELL
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, Aug 7, 2:18 PM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-072100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 215 PM EDT WED AUG 7 1996 ...AN HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN HEAT ADVISORY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAT ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... MIDLAND... BAY... HURON... SAGINAW... TUSCOLA... SANILAC... SHIAWASSEE... GENESEE... LAPEER... ST. CLAIR... LIVINGSTON... OAKLAND... MACOMB... WASHTENAW... WAYNE... LENAWEE... AND MONROE. AT 210 PM... TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN WERE IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S AND DEW POINT TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. THIS WAS CREATING HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WHICH COMBINED WITH THE HEAT... WERE PRODUCING HEAT INDICIES IN THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE. HEAT INDICIES WILL REMAIN IN THIS RANGE UNTL 600 PM... WHEN TEMPERATURES WILL FALL ENOUGH THAT HEAT INDICIES WILL FALL BACK TO AROUND 100 DEGREES. OUTDOOR ACTIVITY SHOULD BE LIMITED... ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE HEAT. STAY IN THE SHADE OR AIR CONDITIONING THIS AFTERNOON AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER OR NON-ALCHOLIC BEVERAGES. BOYNE
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 4:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
MIZ082-075-068-060-083-076-069-070-061-062-053-054-063-055-049- 048-047-072215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT PONTIAC MI 416 PM EDT WED AUG 7 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 993 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN... AT 415 PM... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 993 HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 10 PM FOR ALL COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... BAY... MIDLAND... HURON... TUSCOLA... SANILAC... SAGINAW... SHIAWASSEE... GENESEE... LAPEER... ST. CLAIR... LIVINGSTON... OAKLAND... MACOMB... WASHTENAW... WAYNE... LENAWEE... AND MONROE. THE FOLLOWING COMMUNITES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH... SAGINAW... FLINT... PORT HURON... BAD AXE... DETROIT... ADRIAN... AND PONTIAC. AT 415 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS NORTHEAST OF GRAND RAPIDS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL MOVE INTO SAGINAW AND MIDLAND COUNTIES BY 5 PM. A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE HAIL OF 3/4 OF AN INCH OR GREATER AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR. IF Y|OU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA... BE READY TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED... OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. CAMPBELL
Local storm report, Aug 7, 6:11 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MICHIGAN
610 PM EDT WED AUG 07 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION...".
0601 PM MONTROSE MI 65 MPH TSTM GUST
08/07/96 GENESEELocal storm report, Aug 7, 6:28 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MICHIGAN
626 PM EDT WED AUG 07 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0530 PM HOPE MI WIND DAMAGE
08/07/96 MIDLAND 6 MILES E OF HOPE SEVERAL
TREES BLOWN DOWN
0534 PM PINCONNING MI WIND DAMAGE
08/07/96 BAY POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN IN
THE PINCONNING AREA
0540 PM BRANT MI WIND DAMAGE
08/07/96 SAGINAW SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN 4
MILES WEST OF BRANT
0601 PM MONTROSE MI 65 MPH TSTM GUST
08/07/96 GENESEE SPOTTERS REPORTED NEAR THE
TOWN OF MONTROXSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saginaw | 55 min |
| Aug 7, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Bay, Midland | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Shiawassee | 59 min |
| Aug 7, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saginaw | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee | 59 min |
| Aug 7, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Huron | 60 min |
| Aug 7, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Livingston, Oakland | 67 min |
| Aug 7, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lapeer, Sanilac | 55 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.