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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Detroit, MI

June 23, 2004Lapeer County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2004, 10:10 PM EDT for Lapeer County, Michigan. It was in force for 80 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 23, 2004, 10:10 PM EDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2004, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
80 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lapeer County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 23, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 44 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 742 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2004-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
742 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1134 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.4

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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.

NWS Detroit, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 23, 9:45 PM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 9:45 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 9:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
900 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2004

MIZ047>049-053-054-241000-
BAY-HURON-MIDLAND-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-
900 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR TRI-CITIES AND NORTHERN THUMB
REGION.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 515 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE TRI CITIES AND THUMB TONIGHT.
SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH
THE MAIN HAZARD...BUT HAIL AROUND 1 INCH IS ALSO POSSIBLE. STORM
MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE EAST AROUND 40 MPH.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE FROM NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN TO THE SAGINAW
VALLEY TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE
SAGINAW VALLEY AND THUMB REGIONS THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

A SECOND CLUSTER OF STORMS OVER WISCONSIN WILL MOVE EASTWARD WITH A
SECONDARY COLD FRONT AND COULD AFFECT THE TRI CITIES AND THUMB AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

.DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

DISPATCHERS...PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGER IMMEDIATELY.
SPOTTER ACTIVATION HAS TAKEN PLACE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
515.

MIZ055-060>063-068>070-241000-
GENESEE-LAPEER-LIVINGSTON-MACOMB-OAKLAND-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-
ST. CLAIR-
900 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE I 69 AND M 59 CORRIDORS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 515 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE LATE
EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS TO
70 MPH THE MAIN HAZARD...BUT HAIL AROUND 1 INCH IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM 9 PM TO MIDNIGHT AS
STORMS MOVE EAST AROUND 40 MPH.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE FROM NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN TO THE SAGINAW
VALLEY TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE
SAGINAW VALLEY AND THUMB REGIONS THIS EVENING THEN DROP SOUTH INTO
THE I 69 AND M 59 CORRIDORS OVERNIGHT.

.DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

DISPATCHERS...PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGER IMMEDIATELY.
SPOTTER ACTIVATION HAS TAKEN PLACE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
515.

MIZ075-076-082-083-241000-
LENAWEE-MONROE-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-
900 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF M-59.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 515 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME NUMEROUS DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS.
SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH
THE MAIN HAZARD...BUT HAIL AROUND 1 INCH IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE BEST
CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM 10 PM TO MIDNIGHT AS STORMS
MOVE EAST AROUND 40 MPH.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE FROM NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN TO THE SAGINAW
VALLEY TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP ALONG THIS FRONT...AND MOVE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96
AFTER 10 PM.

.DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

DISPATCHERS...PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGER IMMEDIATELY.
SPOTTER ACTIVATION HAS TAKEN PLACE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
515.

BT

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSaginaw73 min
Jun 23, 9:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXShiawassee57 min
Jun 23, 9:07 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXSaginaw53 min
Jun 23, 9:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGenesee58 min
Jun 24, 1:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXBay41 min
Jun 24, 1:06 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX84 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.