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Tornado Watch 410

June 5, 200512 counties in Michigan

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 5, 2005, 7:50 PM EDT for 12 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2005, 7:50 PM EDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2005, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Genesee County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Sanilac County, MI, Tuscola County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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.

Warnings issued inside it

5 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Lapeer, Sanilac	64 min
Jun 5, 8:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Wayne	44 min
Jun 5, 8:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Macomb	59 min
Jun 5, 8:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Saint Clair	58 min
Jun 5, 8:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Sanilac	26 min

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 8 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 
WWUS20 KWNS 052353
SEL0  
SPC WW 052353
MIZ000-LEZ000-LHZ000-060200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 410
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
750 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN
       LAKE ERIE
       LAKE HURON

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY EVENING FROM 750 PM UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 90 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT CLEMENS
MICHIGAN TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF DETROIT MICHIGAN.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 404. WATCH NUMBER 404 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 750
PM EDT. CONTINUE...WW 405...WW 406...WW 407...WW 408...WW 409...

DISCUSSION...MCS WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS SHOULD CONTINUE ENE AT
APPROX 35 KTS. MODERATELY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT WITH SUBSTANTIAL
INSTABILITY /MLCAPE TO 1500 J PER KG/ SUGGESTS CONTINUED THREAT FOR
HIGH WIND AND POSSIBLY ONE OR TWO TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...CORFIDI

435,0820 414,0824 414,0841 435,0833

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 8:15 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baraga, Gogebic, Iron, Ontonagon	90 min
Jun 5, 12:55 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barry, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Clinton, Eaton and 18 more	65 min
Jun 5, 1:15 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alcona, Allegan, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Barry and 44 more	7 hr
Jun 5, 1:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Gogebic	6 hr
Jun 5, 3:33 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barry, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Eaton, Hillsdale and 4 more	117 min
Jun 5, 4:21 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Menominee and 1 more	84 min
Jun 5, 4:40 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron, Marquette, Menominee	5 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.