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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2008, 2:06 PM EDT for Shiawassee County, Michigan. It was in force for 54 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 22, 2008, 2:06 PM EDT (18:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2008, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Shiawassee County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 22, 1:49 PM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 1:49 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 3:46 AM EDT, 10 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 346 AM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-230800- MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LAPEER- ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- 346 AM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE STORMS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. A FEW STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. STORMS WILL GENERALLY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE BETWEEN 2 PM AND 7 PM. A SURFACE TROUGH AND COLD AIR ALOFT WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LINGERS OVER THE AREA. THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY AS A WARM...HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS LIFTS INTO THE GREAT LAKES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DISPATCHERS...PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGERS IMMEDIATELY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SPOTTER ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LCZ422-423-460-LEZ444-LHZ361>363-421-422-441>443-462>464-230800- 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- 346 AM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE HURON AND LAKE ST CLAIR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE STORMS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. A FEW STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. STORMS WILL GENERALLY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE BETWEEN 2 PM AND 7 PM. A SURFACE TROUGH AND COLD AIR ALOFT WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LINGERS OVER THE AREA. THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY AS A WARM...HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS LIFTS INTO THE GREAT LAKES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DISPATCHERS...PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGERS IMMEDIATELY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SPOTTER ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SC 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 22, 1:36 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Midland | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Bay | 59 min |
| Jun 22, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saint Clair | 55 min |
| Jun 22, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 117 min | |
| Jun 22, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee | 58 min |
| Jun 22, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lapeer, Tuscola | 85 min |
| Jun 22, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Huron, Tuscola | 97 min |
| Jun 22, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 65 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.