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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Detroit, MI

July 8, 2005Oakland County, Wayne County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2005, 1:35 PM EDT for Oakland County, Wayne County, Michigan. It was in force for 70 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
Jul 8, 2005, 1:35 PM EDT (17:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2005, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
70 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 17:37 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 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 2005-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 378 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 2005-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 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
378 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1104 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 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 Jul 8, 1:15 PM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 1:15 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 9:05 AM EDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
905 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2005

MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-090900-
MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-
LAPEER-ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-
LENAWEE-MONROE-
905 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE ANTICIPATED...PRODUCING HAIL AROUND INCH
IN DIAMETER. OTHERWISE...THE MAJORITY OF STORMS WILL BE
NON-SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
THUNDERSTORMS MOVEMENT WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE. DUE TO THIS SLOW
STORM MOTION... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES
WILL PROVIDE THE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL
MOVE EAST OF THE AREA TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.
THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY IS DUE TO
THE POTENTIAL FOR THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE DENNIS TO TRACK INTO
THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES. THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY
WILL RESULT FROM AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DROPPING INTO
THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY.

LCZ422-423-460-LEZ444-LHZ421-422-441>443-462>464-090900-
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-
905 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE HALF INCH
DIAMETER HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
THUNDERSTORMS MOTION WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE. DUE TO THIS SLOW
STORM MOTION... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES
WILL PROVIDE THE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL
MOVE EAST OF THE AREA TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.
THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY IS DUE TO
THE POTENTIAL FOR THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE DENNIS TO TRACK INTO
THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES. THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY
WILL RESULT FROM AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DROPPING INTO
THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

CONSIDINE/SF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX97 min
Jul 8, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWashtenaw53 min
Jul 8, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLenawee73 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.