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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2004, 3:13 PM EDT for Midland County, Michigan. It was in force for 62 min. 3 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
- Jun 13, 2004, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2004, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Midland County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 3:25 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Gordonville, MI | 1 INCH HAIL REPORTED AT GORDONVILLE AND MERIDIAN RD |
| Jun 13, 3:40 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Midland, MI | GOLF BALL SIZE |
| Jun 13, 3:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Ne Midland, MI | M 10 AND TOWNLINE ROAD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 1:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 673 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDTX 131913 TORDTX MIC111-132015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 313 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MIDLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN * UNTIL 415 PM EDT * AT 312 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MIDLAND...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MIDLAND AROUND 345 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. LAT...LON 4362 8448 4347 8447 4349 8418 4375 8417 $$ MANN / WAG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Midland | 66 min |
| Jun 13, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 3 hr | |
| Jun 13, 3:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Bay | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 4:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Huron | 79 min |
| Jun 13, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 116 min | |
| Jun 13, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Huron | 34 min |
| Jun 13, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saginaw | 94 min |
| Jun 13, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 88 min | |
| Jun 13, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Shiawassee | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Bay | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Tuscola | 71 min |
| Jun 13, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee | 54 min |
| Jun 13, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lapeer | 71 min |
| Jun 13, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Huron, Sanilac | 68 min |
| Jun 13, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 13, 7:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Lapeer | 66 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.