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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1998, 7:09 PM EDT for Wayne County, Michigan. It was in force for 36 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
- Jun 24, 1998, 7:09 PM EDT (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1998, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wayne County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 24, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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, 2:57 PM EDT, 4 hours 12 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, 4 hours 12 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Midland | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Shiawassee | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Bay | 35 min |
| Jun 24, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Washtenaw | 55 min |
| Jun 24, 6:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Washtenaw | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Midland | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Monroe | 55 min |
| Jun 24, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lenawee | 51 min |
| Jun 24, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Washtenaw | 15 min |
| Jun 24, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Washtenaw | 10 min |
| Jun 24, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Monroe | 60 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.