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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Detroit, MI

June 24, 1998Bay County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1998, 5:25 PM EDT for Bay County, Michigan. It was in force for 35 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
Jun 24, 1998, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1998, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Bay County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 5:30 PM EDTHail 1.75Pinconning, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 24, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

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, Jun 24, 11:40 AM EDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 24, 11:40 AM EDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075>076-082>083-250100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
257 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 653 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 653 FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN...IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM
EDT.  THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE IN THE WATCH...

MIDLAND              BAY              HURON
SAGINAW              TUSCOLA          SANILAC
SHIAWASSEE           GENESEE          LAPEER
LIVINGSTOM           OAKLAND          MACOMB
ST CLAIR             WASHTENAW        WAYNE
LENAWEE              MONROE

SOME CITIES IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE...MIDLAND...BAY
CITY...BAD AXE...SAGINAW...CARO...SANDUSKY...OWOSSO...FLINT...
LAPEER...PORT HURON...HOWELL...PONTIAC...MT CLEMENS...ANN ARBOR...
DETROIT...ADRIAN...AND MONROE.

A WARM FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WILL MOVE NORTH
ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THIS BOUNDARY DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AND MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOOK
FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND DIME SIZED OR LARGER
HAIL. ALSO EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

ZELL
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075>076-082>083-250100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
257 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 653 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 653 FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN...IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM
EDT.  THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE IN THE WATCH...

MIDLAND              BAY              HURON
SAGINAW              TUSCOLA          SANILAC
SHIAWASSEE           GENESEE          LAPEER
LIVINGSTOM           OAKLAND          MACOMB
ST CLAIR             WASHTENAW        WAYNE
LENAWEE              MONROE

SOME CITIES IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE...MIDLAND...BAY
CITY...BAD AXE...SAGINAW...CARO...SANDUSKY...OWOSSO...FLINT...
LAPEER...PORT HURON...HOWELL...PONTIAC...MT CLEMENS...ANN ARBOR...
DETROIT...ADRIAN...AND MONROE.

A WARM FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WILL MOVE NORTH
ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THIS BOUNDARY DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AND MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOOK
FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND DIME SIZED OR LARGER
HAIL. ALSO EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

ZELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMidland47 min
Jun 24, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXShiawassee49 min
Jun 24, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWashtenaw55 min
Jun 24, 6:35 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXWashtenaw40 min
Jun 24, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMidland47 min
Jun 24, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMonroe55 min
Jun 24, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLenawee51 min
Jun 24, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWayne36 min
Jun 24, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWashtenaw15 min
Jun 24, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWashtenaw10 min
Jun 24, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMonroe60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.