Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2005, 5:38 PM EDT for Saginaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2005, 5:38 PM EDT (21:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2005, 6:24 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Saginaw County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 5:59 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Saginaw, MI | 3 FOOT DIAMETER TREE DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 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 052141
TORDTX
MIC145-052245-
/O.NEW.KDTX.TO.W.0009.050705T2138Z-050705T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
538 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SAGINAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 534 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SAGINAW...
OR ABOUT OVER SAGINAW...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
FOSTERS AROUND 550 PM EDT
BIRCH RUN AROUND 555 PM EDT
PEOPLE IN THE PROJECTED PATH OF THE TORNADO SHOULD SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY. MOVE INSIDE A BASEMENT...OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR.
IF A TORNADO THREATENS WHILE YOU ARE IN YOUR CAR...LEAVE THE CAR
IMMEDIATELY. SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SHELTER IS
NEARBY...GO TO A DITCH OR LOW SPOT...AND COVER YOUR HEAD. DO NOT SEEK
SHELTER UNDER AN OVERPASS.
LAT...LON 4323 8375 4323 8392 4318 8394 4314 8409
4349 8413 4354 8405 4352 8404 4352 8384
4342 8370 4325 8369
$$
KEK /3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KDTX 052152
SVSDTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
552 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2005
MIC145-052245-
/O.CON.KDTX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050705T2245Z/
SAGINAW MI-
552 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR SAGINAW COUNTY...
AT 551 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR
BRIDGEPORT...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAGINAW...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BURT BY 605 PM EDT
BIRCH RUN BY 610 PM EDT
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR
BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID
WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4323 8370 4323 8396 4339 8399 4345 8386
4342 8370
$$
MANN000
WWUS53 KDTX 052206
SVSDTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
605 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2005
MIC145-052245-
/O.CON.KDTX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050705T2245Z/
SAGINAW MI-
605 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR SAGINAW COUNTY...
AT 604 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED 1 MILE
NORTHWEST OF BIRCH RUN...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SAGINAW...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BURT AND BIRCH RUN AROUND 610 PM EDT
PEOPLE IN THE PROJECTED PATH OF THE TORNADO SHOULD SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY. MOVE INSIDE A BASEMENT...OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR.
LAT...LON 4323 8370 4322 8394 4336 8394 4340 8385
4339 8375
$$
MANN000
WWUS53 KDTX 052224
SVSDTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
624 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2005
MIC145-052234-
/O.CAN.KDTX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050705T2245Z/
SAGINAW MI-
624 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SAGINAW COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE COUNTY. THUS THE
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
LAT...LON 4323 8370 4322 8394 4336 8394 4340 8385
4339 8375
$$
MANNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee | 37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.