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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 558

June 28, 200668 counties in Michigan

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 28, 2006, 12:12 PM EDT for 68 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 2006, 12:12 PM EDT (16:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2006, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 68 counties

Alcona County, MI, Allegan County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Antrim County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Barry County, MI, Bay County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Berrien County, MI, Branch County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Cass County, MI, Charlevoix County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Clare County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Genesee County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Huron County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Kent County, MI, Lake County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Mason County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Midland County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Osceola County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI, Roscommon County, MI, Saginaw County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Sanilac County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Tuscola County, MI, Van Buren County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI, Wexford County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:11 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.

What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes
10%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
2%
Ten or more severe wind reports
20%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
5%
Ten or more severe hail reports
90%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
20%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 12:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRMecosta44 min
Jun 28, 12:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRBarry50 min
Jun 28, 12:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXHuron74 min
Jun 28, 12:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXSaint Joseph67 min
Jun 28, 12:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXShiawassee35 min
Jun 28, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRROsceola45 min
Jun 28, 1:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMissaukee67 min
Jun 28, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXKalkaska60 min
Jun 28, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOtsego38 min
Jun 28, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSaginaw53 min
Jun 28, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOscoda61 min
Jun 28, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSaint Clair33 min
Jun 28, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXTuscola53 min
Jun 28, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMontmorency67 min
Jun 28, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford35 min
Jun 28, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRJackson42 min
Jun 28, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona65 min
Jun 28, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOscoda62 min
Jun 28, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGenesee59 min
Jun 28, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSanilac, Tuscola76 min
Jun 28, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGrand Traverse65 min
Jun 28, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXArenac60 min
Jun 28, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLenawee33 min
Jun 28, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLapeer68 min
Jun 28, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMonroe31 min
Jun 28, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRGratiot44 min
Jun 28, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie36 min
Jun 28, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Iosco65 min
Jun 28, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXTuscola36 min
Jun 28, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGrand Traverse60 min
Jun 28, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSanilac64 min
Jun 28, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXHuron36 min
Jun 28, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSaint Clair39 min
Jun 28, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIsabella, Mecosta36 min
Jun 28, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXShiawassee61 min
Jun 28, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIonia30 min
Jun 28, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGenesee38 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 9:51 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlcona, Allegan, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Barry and 59 more2 hr
Jun 28, 3:08 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArenac, Bay, Clare, Genesee, Gladwin, Gratiot and 12 more97 min
Jun 28, 6:55 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Bay, Cheboygan and 24 more65 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.