Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2004, 5:45 PM EDT for Genesee County, Michigan. It was in force for 60 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2004, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2004, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Genesee County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 6:00 PM EDT | TORNADO | Montrose, MI | SPOTTERS WATCHED FUNNEL LOWERING TO TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT DUFFIELD AND MT. MORRIS |
| May 23, 6:00 PM EDT | TORNADO | Montrose, MI | SPOTTERS WATCHED FUNNEL LOWERING TO TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT DUFFIELD AND MT. MORRIS |
| May 23, 6:10 PM EDT | TORNADO | 5 E Mount Morris, MI | SPOTTERS REPORTED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT WESTVIEW TRAILER PARK. REPORTS OF MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED. |
| May 23, 6:10 PM EDT | TORNADO | 5 E Mount Morris, MI | SPOTTERS REPORTED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT WESTVIEW TRAILER PARK. REPORTS OF MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 4:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDTX 232145 TORDTX MIC049-232245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 545 PM EDT SUN MAY 23 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... GENESEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN * UNTIL 645 PM EDT * AT 544 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FLUSHING... OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF FLINT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... CLIO AND 6 MILES NORTH OF FLINT AROUND 605 PM EDT IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. LAT...LON 4322 8393 4299 8391 4304 8347 4323 8347 $$ BT / WAG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Shiawassee | 94 min |
| May 23, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lenawee | 72 min |
| May 23, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee | 80 min |
| May 23, 5:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Livingston | 55 min |
| May 23, 5:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Shiawassee | 53 min |
| May 23, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 60 min | |
| May 23, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Wayne | 57 min |
| May 23, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Monroe | 39 min |
| May 23, 6:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Lapeer | 78 min |
| May 23, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Sanilac | 85 min |
| May 23, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 2 hr | |
| May 23, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Tuscola | 60 min |
| May 23, 6:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Sanilac | 68 min |
| May 23, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Macomb | 58 min |
| May 23, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Oakland, Wayne | 80 min |
| May 23, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saint Clair | 62 min |
| May 23, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 57 min | |
| May 23, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Shiawassee | 62 min |
| May 23, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 61 min | |
| May 23, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee | 74 min |
| May 23, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Macomb | 22 min |
| May 23, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lapeer | 80 min |
| May 23, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saint Clair | 93 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.