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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Detroit, MI

June 28, 2003Genesee County, Shiawassee County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2003, 6:17 PM EDT for Genesee County, Shiawassee County, Michigan. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 2003, 6:17 PM EDT (22:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2003, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Genesee County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 28, 12:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 55 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2003-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 70 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2003-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
70 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1302 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

310 
WUUS53 KDTX 282217
SVRDTX
MIC049-155-282300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
617 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GENESEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
  SHIAWASSEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 617 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF LENNON...OR 11 MILES EAST
  OF OWOSSO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  HAS THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO
  ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW LOTHROP AT 625 PM EDT
  FLUSHING AT 635 PM EDT
  CLIO...MOUNT MORRIS...GENESEE AT 655 PM EDT

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 4302 8415 4289 8397 4314 8357 4323 8375

$$

OKEEFE JB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMidland46 min
Jun 28, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX92 min
Jun 28, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWashtenaw57 min
Jun 28, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWayne46 min
Jun 28, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGenesee25 min
Jun 28, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX44 min
Jun 28, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLenawee46 min
Jun 28, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMonroe42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.