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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Detroit, MI

June 29, 2005Oakland County, Wayne County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2005, 4:03 PM EDT for Oakland County, Wayne County, Michigan. It was in force for 36 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 29, 2005, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2005, 4:39 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Oakland County, MI, Wayne County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 29 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 2005-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1305 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 2005-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1305 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
995 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 29, 4:01 PM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 4:01 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 11:35 AM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1135 AM EDT WED JUN 29 2005

MIZ047-048-053-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-300845-
MIDLAND-BAY-SAGINAW-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LAPEER-ST. CLAIR-
LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE-
1135 AM EDT WED JUN 29 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE MAIN
HAZARD BEING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE MAJORITY OF STORMS WILL BE
NON-SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...SMALL
HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. STORM MOTION WILL BE NEARLY STATIONARY.

WARM AND HUMID AIR REMAINS OVER SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN ALONG WITH
A STALLED OUT SURFACE TROUGH.  THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO FEATURES
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING.

THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER THESE
STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING...
WITH A CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS
A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON MONDAY AS A NEW LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE GREAT LAKES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

MIZ049-054-055-300845-
HURON-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-
1135 AM EDT WED JUN 29 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NORTHERN THUMB REGION.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE AND WILL MOVE EAST AT
20 MPH.

WARM AND HUMID AIR REMAINS OVER SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN AHEAD OF
A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THE COMBINATION OF
THESE TWO FEATURES WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
EVENING... WITH A CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON MONDAY AS A NEW LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE GREAT LAKES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

LCZ422-423-460-LEZ444-LHZ421-422-441>443-462>464-300845-
ST. CLAIR RIVER-DETROIT RIVER-LAKE ST. CLAIR-
MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE-OUTER SAGINAW BAY-INNER SAGINAW BAY-
PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI-
PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI-
LAKE HURON OFFSHORE BEYOND 5 NM FROM PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH
MI-
LAKE HURON OFFSHORE BEYOND 5 NM FROM HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC
MI-
LAKE HURON OFFSHORE BEYOND 5 NM FROM PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON
MI-
1135 AM EDT WED JUN 29 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE HURON...LAKE ST CLAIR
AND THE MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR LAKE ERIE
AND LAKE ST CLAIR...AND LATE TONIGHT FOR LAKE HURON. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE AND WILL MOVE EAST AT
20 MPH.

WARM AND HUMID AIR REMAINS OVER SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN AHEAD OF
A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THE COMBINATION OF
THESE TWO FEATURES WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
EVENING... WITH A CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON MONDAY AS A NEW LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE GREAT LAKES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 29, 2:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGenesee58 min
Jun 29, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX53 min
Jun 29, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXOakland27 min
Jun 29, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLenawee38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.