Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 28, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2004, 4:26 PM EDT for Huron County, Michigan. It was in force for 79 min. 5 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, 4:26 PM EDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2004, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 79 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Huron County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 5:02 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pigeon, MI | 2 TREES BLOWN DOWN. |
| Jun 13, 5:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw Elkton, MI | REPORT OF BRANCHES DOWN, 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER. |
| Jun 13, 5:15 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 Ne Elkton, MI | HAIL COVERING THE GROUND. |
| Jun 13, 5:27 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Bad Axe, MI | FUNNEL CLOUD DID NOT REACH THE GROUND. |
| Jun 13, 5:28 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 W Bad Axe, MI | ESTIMATED 50 MPH WINDS AND THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL. |
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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 125 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.
336 WFUS53 KDTX 132026 TORDTX MIC063-132145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 426 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HURON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * AT 423 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF SEBEWAING...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF BAY CITY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SEBEWAING AROUND 445 PM EDT PIGEON AROUND 510 PM EDT BAD AXE AROUND 530 PM EDT 7 MILES NORTH OF UBLY AROUND 535 PM EDT PEOPLE IN THE PROJECTED PATH OF THE TORNADO SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MOVE INSIDE A BASEMENT...OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED TORNADOES AND MAY DO SO AGAIN...SO IT IS ADVISABLE TO MOVE TO SHELTER NOW...BEFORE LIFE THREATENING WEATHER REACHES YOUR AREA. LAT...LON 4387 8347 4368 8346 4370 8270 4402 8284 $$ 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, 3:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Midland | 62 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, 4:49 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 |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Michigan, 2004Every tornado warning in 2004Tornadoes 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.