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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Detroit, MI

June 5, 2005Bay County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2005, 6:50 PM EDT for Bay County, Michigan. It was in force for 32 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, 6:50 PM EDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2005, 7:22 PM EDT
In force
32 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), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 
WFUS53 KDTX 052250
TORDTX
MIC017-052345-
/O.NEW.KDTX.TO.W.0007.050605T2250Z-050605T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
650 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 745 PM EDT

* AT 645 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES        
  SOUTH OF BAY CITY...OR 1 NORTHEAST OF SAGINAW...MOVING NORTHEAST   
  AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MUNGER AROUND 700 PM EDT

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.

LAT...LON 4358 8413 4348 8381 4349 8370 4359 8368
      4373 8397

$$

SF / MANN
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KDTX 052303
SVSDTX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
703 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005

MIC017-052345-
/O.CON.KDTX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050605T2345Z/
BAY MI-
703 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR BAY COUNTY...

AT 700 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR 
MUNGER...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF BAY CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 
MPH.

THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OVER 65 MPH AND
HAIL GREATER THAN ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.

LAT...LON 4353 8401 4348 8381 4349 8370 4359 8368
      4367 8390

$$

MANN
000 
WWUS53 KDTX 052322
SVSDTX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
722 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005

MIC017-052332-
/O.CAN.KDTX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050605T2345Z/
BAY MI-
722 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.

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.

LAT...LON 4353 8401 4348 8381 4349 8370 4359 8368
      4367 8390

$$

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, 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, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXTuscola62 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

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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.