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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Detroit, MI

August 29, 2007Shiawassee County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2007, 3:51 PM EDT for Shiawassee County, Michigan. It was in force for 84 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
Aug 29, 2007, 3:51 PM EDT (19:51 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2007, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
84 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Shiawassee County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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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
Aug 29, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 2007-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 227 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 2007-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
227 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-187 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1427 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 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 Aug 29, 3:26 PM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 3:26 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
326 PM EDT WED AUG 29 2007

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT

ATMOSPHERE ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN HAS BEEN PRIMED FOR
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE
NORTHWEST. EXCEPTION IS OVER BAY AND MIDLAND COUNTIES...AND OVER
SAGINAW BAY WHERE THE COLD FRONT HAS ALREADY MOVED THROUGH.
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO DEVELOP JUST AHEAD OF AND ALONG
THE FRONT OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL MICHIGAN. ACTIVITY AND THE FRONT WILL
BOTH TRANSLATE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SEVERE WEATHER
IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE CAP HAS BEEN ERODED AND SB CAPE
VALUES HAVE CLIMBED TO ROUGHLY 2000 J/KG. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS
ALSO POSSIBLE AS SHEAR VALUES SUPPORT A FEW SUPERCELLS. ACTIVITY
WILL ALSO BE ENHANCED BY A COUPLE OF VORT MAXES THIS
EVENING...MAINLY AFFECT THE SOUTHERN-MOST PART OF THE STATE. THE
FIRST IS CURRENTLY MOVING OFF OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND INTO EXTREME
SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND THE SECOND ONE IS BACK OVER NORTHWEST
ILLINOIS.

SHOWERS AND SOME STRATUS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT...AS HAS
ALREADY BEEN OBSERVED FURTHER NORTH.

&&

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE AREA LATE THIS WEEK AND THROUGH
THE WEEKEND...BRINGING QUIET WEATHER. AS THIS HIGH SETTLES TO THE
SOUTHEAST EARLY NEXT WEEK...A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES WILL TRACK ACROSS
SOUTHERN CANADA AND BRUSH THE AREA. THE WEATHER SHOULD REMAIN DRY
FOR THE MOST PART AS MOST OF THE ENERGY. WILL LEAVE THE FORECAST DRY
FOR THE TIME BEING.

WITH CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL MUCH OF THE FORECAST...THE
TEMPERATURES WILL BE RATHER PLEASANT...IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S FOR
HIGHS WITH RELATIVELY LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS.

&&

.MARINE...

SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTH
ACROSS THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY
BE SEVERE FROM SOUTHERN LAKE HURON INTO LAKE ST CLAIR AND LAKE ERIE.
WINDS WILL SHIFT AROUND TO THE NORTH OVERNIGHT WITH BUILDING WAVES
EXPECTED...PARTICULARLY OVER LAKE HURON. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL
BE HOISTED FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY EVENING AS
NORTH TO NORTHEAST FLOW AROUND 15 KNOTS PERSISTS...AND WAVES RANGE
GENERALLY IN THE 3 TO 6 FOOT RANGE...ESPECIALLY ON THURSDAY MORNING.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN RETURN TO THE AREA BY THE END OF THE WEEK
WITH GOOD BOATING CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE WEEKEND.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...ISSUED 146 PM EDT WED AUG 29 2007

AVIATION...

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT DRAPED ACROSS CENTRAL MICHIGAN WILL DROP
SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MICHIGAN DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THIS WILL BRING A QUICK SHOT OF
THUNDERSTORMS TO AREA TERMINALS...PARTICULARLY FNT DET AND DTW.
CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO MVFR...POSSIBLY IFR...IN
THUNDERSTORMS. BEHIND THE FRONT...SHOWERS AND MVFR CEILINGS CAN BE
EXPECTED ALONG WITH A QUICK FLIP TO NORTH WINDS. RESTRICTED
VISIBILITIES AND MVFR CEILINGS WILL LINGER INTO THE MORNING HOURS
AS THE AIRMASS COOLS. &&

&&

.DTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MI...NONE.

LAKE HURON...
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...NEARSHORE WATERS FROM PORT AUSTIN TO PORT
     HURON INCLUDING SAGINAW BAY...FROM 2 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT
     FRIDAY.

LAKE ST CLAIR...NONE.
MI WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...NONE.

&&

SHORT TERM...OROW
LONG TERM....DG
MARINE.......OROW
AVIATION.....OROW

YOU CAN OBTAIN YOUR LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS ONLINE
AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT (ALL LOWER CASE).
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 29, 3:14 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
314 PM EDT WED AUG 29 2007

MIZ049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-301000-
HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LAPEER-ST.
CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE-
314 PM EDT WED AUG 29 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM MID
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS LOWER
MICHIGAN. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH THE MAIN HAZARD WILL BE WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH...AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. MARGINALLY SEVERE
SIZE HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY
THESE THUNDERSTORMS. STORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

DISPATCHERS PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGERS IMMEDIATELY...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

MIZ047-048-301000-
MIDLAND-BAY-
314 PM EDT WED AUG 29 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO EARLY THIS EVENING AS A
COLD FRONT PASSES SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA. SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL
WILL BE SOUTH OF THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

LCZ422-423-460-LEZ444-LHZ421-422-441>443-462>464-301000-
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-
314 PM EDT WED AUG 29 2007

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM MID
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS LOWER
MICHIGAN. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH THE MAIN HAZARD WILL BE WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH...AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. MARGINALLY SEVERE
SIZE HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY
THESE THUNDERSTORMS. STORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

DISPATCHERS PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGERS IMMEDIATELY...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

DG

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSaginaw47 min
Aug 29, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXTuscola91 min
Aug 29, 2:59 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXTuscola26 min
Aug 29, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXHuron, Sanilac53 min
Aug 29, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX85 min
Aug 29, 3:24 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXSanilac29 min
Aug 29, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSaginaw61 min
Aug 29, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGenesee84 min
Aug 29, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXTuscola43 min
Aug 29, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLapeer66 min
Aug 29, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSaint Clair85 min
Aug 29, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX95 min
Aug 29, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLivingston59 min
Aug 29, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX91 min
Aug 29, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWayne61 min
Aug 29, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMonroe38 min
Aug 29, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.