Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1997, 6:18 PM EDT for Saint Clair County, Sanilac County, Michigan. It was in force for 57 min. 3 reports 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
- Jun 21, 1997, 6:18 PM EDT (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1997, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Saint Clair County, MI, Sanilac County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 6:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Marlette, MI | |
| Jun 21, 7:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Croswell, MI | |
| Jun 21, 7:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Yale, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 10:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lenawee | 46 min |
| Jun 21, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Shiawassee | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 4:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Genesee | 43 min |
| Jun 21, 5:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Lapeer | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 5:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Genesee | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 6:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | DTX | Genesee, Lapeer | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Oakland | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Macomb | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saint Clair | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Wayne | 31 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.