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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Detroit, MI

June 8, 2006Saginaw County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2006, 3:43 PM EDT for Saginaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 51 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
Jun 8, 2006, 3:43 PM EDT (19:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2006, 4:34 PM EDT
In force
51 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), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 2006-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-7 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 Jun 8, 3:36 PM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 3:36 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 11:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1100 AM EDT THU JUN 8 2006

MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-091000-
MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LAPEER-
ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE-
1100 AM EDT THU JUN 8 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
THIS EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...AND ASSOCIATED WEAK
COLD FRONT...TRACKS THROUGH THE AREA. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE AS STORMS TRACK TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE MAIN
HAZARD LOOKS TO BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH. HOWEVER...HAIL UP
TO INCH IN DIAMETER CAN NOT BE RULED OUT AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ON
MONDAY AS A WARM FRONT SLOWLY APPROACHES THE AREA. THIS CHANCE OF
STORMS WILL PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY AS THIS FRONT LIFTS NORTH INTO
THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

LCZ422-423-460-LEZ444-LHZ421-422-441>443-462>464-091000-
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-
1100 AM EDT THU JUN 8 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...AND THE ASSOCIATED COLD
FRONT...TRACKS THROUGH THE AREA. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE AS STORMS TRACK TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE MAIN HAZARD
LOOKS TO BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH. HOWEVER...HAIL UP TO INCH
IN DIAMETER CAN NOT BE RULED OUT AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE LAKE HURON
NEARSHORE FRIDAY. IN ADDITION...AN ONSHORE FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN ON
FRIDAY AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY...INCREASING THE CHANCE FOR RIP
CURRENTS.

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ON
MONDAY AS A WARM FRONT SLOWLY APPROACHES THE AREA. THIS CHANCE OF
STORMS WILL PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY AS THIS FRONT LIFTS NORTH INTO
THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

SF

YOU CAN OBTAIN YOUR LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS ONLINE
AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT (ALL LOWER CASE).

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGenesee55 min
Jun 8, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX63 min
Jun 8, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXOakland46 min
Jun 8, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX25 min
Jun 8, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSaint Clair58 min
Jun 8, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX46 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.