Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2005, 4:24 PM EDT for Bay County, Michigan. It was in force for 40 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, 4:24 PM EDT (20:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2005, 5:04 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Bay County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 1:15 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 113 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KDTX 052024
TORDTX
MIC017-052130-
/O.NEW.KDTX.TO.W.0003.050605T2024Z-050605T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
424 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BAY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 421 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTH OF
AUBURN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF SAGINAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BAY CITY AROUND 450 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.
LAT...LON 4358 8416 4350 8372 4360 8370 4388 8392
4383 8416
$$
SF / MANN2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KDTX 052038
SVSDTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
437 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005
MIC017-052130-
/O.CON.KDTX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050605T2130Z/
BAY MI-
437 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR BAY COUNTY...
AT 434 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF
BAY CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ESSEXVILLE AND BAY CITY STATE PARK BY 445 PM EDT
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING...ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE...AND AVOID WINDOWS.
PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS OR PILLOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.
LAT...LON 4354 8408 4351 8370 4360 8370 4375 8393
4364 8411
$$
MANN000
WWUS53 KDTX 052104
SVSDTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
504 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005
MIC017-052114-
/O.CAN.KDTX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050605T2130Z/
BAY MI-
504 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE COUNTY. THUS THE
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.
LAT...LON 4354 8408 4351 8370 4360 8370 4375 8393
4364 8411
$$
MANNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 5, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Bay | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Midland, Saginaw | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Tuscola | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Huron | 73 min |
| Jun 5, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Bay | 19 min |
| Jun 5, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Midland | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 3:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Saginaw | 70 min |
| Jun 5, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Tuscola | 79 min |
| Jun 5, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lapeer | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 94 min | |
| Jun 5, 4:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Huron | 79 min |
| Jun 5, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 90 min | |
| Jun 5, 4:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Tuscola | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Sanilac | 78 min |
| Jun 5, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saint Clair | 23 min |
| Jun 5, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 85 min | |
| Jun 5, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 83 min | |
| Jun 5, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saginaw, Shiawassee | 71 min |
| Jun 5, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Bay | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 97 min | |
| Jun 5, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Tuscola | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Saginaw | 60 min |
| Jun 5, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Sanilac | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 6:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Bay | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 96 min | |
| Jun 5, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Huron | 75 min |
| Jun 5, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Washtenaw | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Tuscola | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 7:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Tuscola | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Oakland | 74 min |
| Jun 5, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lapeer, Sanilac | 64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.