Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2006, 5:16 PM EDT for Saginaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 59 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
- May 31, 2006, 5:16 PM EDT (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2006, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 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), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1194 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 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 312116 TORDTX MIC145-312215- /O.NEW.KDTX.TO.W.0002.060531T2116Z-060531T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 516 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SAGINAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN * UNTIL 615 PM EDT * AT 512 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SAGINAW... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FRANKENMUTH BY 545 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 4348 8394 4339 8398 4330 8370 4347 8370 $$ DRC / SF
4 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KDTX 312123
SVSDTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
522 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006
MIC145-312215-
/O.CON.KDTX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060531T2215Z/
SAGINAW MI-
522 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR SAGINAW
COUNTY...
AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE
TORNADO WAS APPROACHING BRIDGEPORT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD NEAR
SAGINAW AROUND 515 PM.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
GERA BY 540 PM EDT...
FRANKENMUTH BY 545 PM EDT...
BIRCH RUN BY 550 PM EDT...
PEOPLE IN THE PROJECTED PATH OF THE TORNADO SHOULD SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY. MOVE INSIDE A BASEMENT...OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR.
LAT...LON 4348 8394 4339 8398 4323 8387 4323 8370
4337 8370
$$
DRC SF000
WWUS53 KDTX 312142
SVSDTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
540 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006
MIC145-312215-
/O.CON.KDTX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060531T2215Z/
SAGINAW MI-
540 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR SAGINAW
COUNTY...
AT 538 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FRANKENTROST...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF
SAGINAW...MOVING
EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
GERA BY 550 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 4342 8378 4338 8381 4332 8370 4340 8370
4342 8375
$$
DRC SF000
WWUS53 KDTX 312158
SVSDTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
557 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006
MIC145-312215-
/O.CON.KDTX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060531T2215Z/
SAGINAW MI-
557 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR SAGINAW
COUNTY...
THE ORIGINAL STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO
LONGER SEVERE.
HOWEVER...AT 555 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BRANT...OR ABOUT 18 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SAGINAW...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CHESANING BY 610 PM EDT...
LAYTON CORNERS BY 615 PM EDT...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR
BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID
WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4332 8430 4328 8436 4314 8421 4316 8397
4342 8375
$$
DRC SF000
WWUS53 KDTX 312213
SVSDTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
615 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006
MIC145-312221-
/O.EXP.KDTX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060531T2215Z/
SAGINAW MI-
615 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SAGINAW COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. THUS...THE WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN WAS STILL POSSIBLE FROM THIS
THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF ST CHARLES.
LAT...LON 4332 8430 4328 8436 4314 8421 4316 8397
4342 8375
$$
DRC SFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 53 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.