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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2008, 7:00 PM EDT for Lenawee County, Michigan. It was in force for 75 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 9, 2008, 7:00 PM EDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2008, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 75 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lenawee County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 998 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 920 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
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 9, 4:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 4:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 4:55 AM EDT, 14 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 455 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-100900- MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LAPEER- ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- 455 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A SURFACE COLD FRONT TRACKS THROUGH THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 60 MPH...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND ISOLATED HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. THE STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AS UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SETTLES INTO LOWER MICHIGAN. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED ON TUESDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS THE NEXT TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ADVANCES INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DISPATCHERS PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGERS IMMEDIATELY... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LCZ422-423-460-LEZ444-LHZ361>363-421-422-441>443-462>464-100900- ST. CLAIR RIVER-DETROIT RIVER-LAKE ST. CLAIR- MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- LAKE HURON FROM 5NM EAST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LT BEYOND 5 NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TO STURGEON POINT MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM STURGEON POINT TO ALABASTER MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY-INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- LAKE HURON FROM PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- 455 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE HURON AND LAKE ST CLAIR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A SURFACE COLD FRONT TRACKS THROUGH THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 60 MPH...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND ISOLATED HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. THE STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AS UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SETTLES INTO LOWER MICHIGAN. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED ON TUESDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS THE NEXT TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ADVANCES INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DISPATCHERS PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGERS IMMEDIATELY... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CB YOU CAN OBTAIN YOUR LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT (ALL LOWER CASE).
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:40 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 640 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 MIZ082-083-100015- LENAWEE-MONROE- 640 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 635 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 41 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUDSON 50 MILES SOUTH OF MORENCI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... MORENCI BY 720 PM EDT... CLAYTON BY 730 PM EDT... ADRIAN AND OTTAWA LAKE BY 740 PM EDT... TEMPERANCE AND BLISSFIELD BY 745 PM EDT... TECUMSEH AND DEERFIELD BY 750 PM EDT... BRITTON AND PETERSBURG BY 755 PM EDT... IDA AND DUNDEE BY 800 PM EDT... GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. MANN /
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 72 min | |
| Jun 9, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Monroe | 63 min |
| Jun 9, 7:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 9, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Washtenaw, Wayne | 66 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.