Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 451
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 14, 2000, 2:45 PM EDT for 30 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2000, 2:45 PM EDT (18:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2000, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties
Barry County, MI, Branch County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Cass County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Genesee County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kent County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Saginaw County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Sanilac County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Tuscola County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI
Warnings issued inside it
12 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Macomb | 38 min |
| Jun 14, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lenawee | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Monroe | 23 min |
| Jun 14, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Macomb | 57 min |
| Jun 14, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kent | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Barry | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee | 67 min |
| Jun 14, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ionia, Montcalm | 52 min |
| Jun 14, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass | 52 min |
| Jun 14, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Gratiot | 44 min |
| Jun 14, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Saint Joseph | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch | 50 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1457 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
338 WWUS9 KMKC 141807 SEL1 SEL1 MKC WW 141807 MIZ000-150000- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 451 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 207 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2000 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF LOWER MICHIGAN EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL 800 PM EDT. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN TO 20 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF MOUNT CLEMENS MICHIGAN. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION... CONTINUE...WW 450... DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER IL/IND IN ADVANCE OF UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. WITH MODERATE INSTABIITY AND STRONG MID/UPPER SWLY FLOW ACROSS LWR MI...STORMS WILL DEVELOP NEWD WITH PRIMARY CONCERN DAMAGING WINDS IN WET MICROBURSTS AND SHORT LINES/BOWS. AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22035. ...HALES 434,0861 433,0822 414,0822 414,0861
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.