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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Detroit, MI

June 19, 2006Wayne County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2006, 4:59 PM EDT for Wayne County, Michigan. It was in force for 38 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 19, 2006, 4:59 PM EDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2006, 5:37 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wayne County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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 19, 12:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 2006-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1144 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 2006-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1144 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
701 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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 19, 4:51 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 4:51 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 12:59 PM EDT, 4 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1259 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006

MIZ049-054-055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-201700-
HURON-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LAPEER-ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-
OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE-
1259 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 510 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
INTO EARLY THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE MAIN HAZARDS BEING
HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE STORMS
WILL MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY...SOME OF WHICH
MAY BE SEVERE...AS A WARM FRONT MOVES THROUGH SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.
THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY AS A COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

DISPATCHERS...PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGER IMMEDIATELY.
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

LCZ422-423-460-LEZ444-LHZ421-422-441>443-462>464-201700-
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-
1259 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 510 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
INTO EARLY THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE MAIN HAZARDS BEING
HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. THE STORMS
WILL MOVE EAST AT NEAR 25 KNOTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY...SOME OF WHICH
MAY BE SEVERE...AS A WARM FRONT MOVES THROUGH SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.
THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY AS A COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

DISPATCHERS...PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGER IMMEDIATELY.
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

MIZ047-048-053-201700-
MIDLAND-BAY-SAGINAW-
1259 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS
EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA...WITH AN ISOLATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE. ANY STORM THAT BECOMES SEVERE WILL
BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO ONE INCH AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH.
THE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY...SOME OF WHICH
MAY BE SEVERE...AS A WARM FRONT MOVES THROUGH SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.
THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY AS A COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

DISPATCHERS...PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGER IMMEDIATELY.
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

DG

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 2:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
203 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0154 PM     HAIL             MONROE                  41.92N 83.39W
06/19/2006  E1.50 INCH       MONROE             MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WINDS ESTIMATED TO 70 MPH ALSO REPORTED.

0154 PM     HAIL             MONROE                  41.92N 83.39W
06/19/2006  M1.00 INCH       MONROE             MI   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORTED AT THE EMERGENCY MANAGERS OFFICE.

&&

HATZOS
Local storm report, Jun 19, 2:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
221 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0145 PM     HAIL             6 NW MONROE             41.98N 83.47W
06/19/2006  M1.00 INCH       MONROE             MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

HATZOS
Local storm report, Jun 19, 2:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
254 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0205 PM     WATER SPOUT      7 E MONROE              41.92N 83.25W
06/19/2006                   LEZ444             MI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SIGHTED BY THE COAST GUARD.

&&

HATZOS
Local storm report, Jun 19, 3:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:05 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
405 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     HAIL             CANTON                  42.31N 83.48W
06/19/2006  E1.00 INCH       WAYNE              MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORTED AT THE CORNER OF FORD AND SHELDON ROADS.

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:58 PM EDT, 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 12:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLenawee91 min
Jun 19, 12:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWayne63 min
Jun 19, 1:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX77 min
Jun 19, 1:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMonroe88 min
Jun 19, 1:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX49 min
Jun 19, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLivingston63 min
Jun 19, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXShiawassee37 min
Jun 19, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWashtenaw59 min
Jun 19, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXTuscola15 min
Jun 19, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX68 min
Jun 19, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXOakland21 min
Jun 19, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLapeer40 min
Jun 19, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSaint Clair60 min
Jun 19, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX59 min
Jun 19, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWayne56 min
Jun 19, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMonroe47 min
Jun 19, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWashtenaw22 min
Jun 19, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX56 min
Jun 19, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX76 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.