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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Detroit, MI

June 5, 2005Tuscola County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2005, 7:28 PM EDT for Tuscola County, Michigan. It was in force for 62 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 5, 2005, 7:28 PM EDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2005, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tuscola County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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 5, 1:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 2005-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 321 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 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
321 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-172 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1129 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 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.

000 
WUUS53 KDTX 052328
SVRDTX
MIC157-060030-
/O.NEW.KDTX.SV.W.0021.050605T2328Z-050606T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
728 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TUSCOLA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 726 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO ONE
  INCH IN DIAMETER. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM UNIONVILLE TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF TUSCOLA...OR ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTH OF CARO TO 14 MILES NORTH OF FLINT...
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  COLLING AROUND 735 PM EDT
  MILLINGTON AND CARO AROUND 740 PM EDT
  GAGETOWN AND ELLINGTON AROUND 745 PM EDT
  FOSTORIA AROUND 750 PM EDT
  EAST DAYTON AND CASS CITY AROUND 755 PM EDT
  WILMOT AND DEFORD AROUND 800 PM EDT

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...TORNADOES CAN AND
OCCASIONALLY DO DEVELOP RAPIDLY IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF
THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 4362 8368 4325 8368 4324 8337 4334 8337
      4334 8311 4365 8314 4369 8352

$$

SF / MANN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX2 hr
Jun 5, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXBay41 min
Jun 5, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMidland, Saginaw46 min
Jun 5, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXTuscola46 min
Jun 5, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXHuron73 min
Jun 5, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXBay19 min
Jun 5, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMidland46 min
Jun 5, 3:53 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXSaginaw70 min
Jun 5, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXTuscola79 min
Jun 5, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLapeer62 min
Jun 5, 4:24 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXBay40 min
Jun 5, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX94 min
Jun 5, 4:27 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXHuron79 min
Jun 5, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX90 min
Jun 5, 4:52 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXTuscola41 min
Jun 5, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSanilac78 min
Jun 5, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSaint Clair23 min
Jun 5, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX85 min
Jun 5, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX83 min
Jun 5, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSaginaw, Shiawassee71 min
Jun 5, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXBay53 min
Jun 5, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX97 min
Jun 5, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXTuscola62 min
Jun 5, 6:30 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXSaginaw60 min
Jun 5, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSanilac40 min
Jun 5, 6:50 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXBay32 min
Jun 5, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX96 min
Jun 5, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXHuron75 min
Jun 5, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWashtenaw51 min
Jun 5, 7:39 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXTuscola38 min
Jun 5, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXOakland74 min
Jun 5, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLapeer, Sanilac64 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.