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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2008, 12:43 PM EDT for Wayne County, Michigan. It was in force for 62 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 23, 2008, 12:43 PM EDT (16:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2008, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wayne County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 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 23, 7:03 AM EDT, 5 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 7:03 AM EDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 413 AM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-240815- MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LAPEER- ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- 413 AM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY...MAINLY BETWEEN 1 PM AND 7 PM. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. THE MAIN HAZARD ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HAIL TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER. THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE RESULT OF RESIDUAL COLD AIR ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THIS COLD AIR ALOFT WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO GENERATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY AS A WARM...HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS LIFTS INTO THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. LCZ422-423-460-LEZ444-LHZ361>363-421-422-441>443-462>464-240815- 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- 413 AM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE HURON AND LAKE ST CLAIR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY...MAINLY BETWEEN 1 PM AND 7 PM. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. THE MAIN HAZARD ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HAIL TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER. THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE RESULT OF RESIDUAL COLD AIR ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THIS COLD AIR ALOFT WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO GENERATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY AS A WARM...HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS LIFTS INTO THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. 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 23, 12:24 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1224 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 MIZ069-070-076-231730- MACOMB-OAKLAND-WAYNE- 1224 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 1223 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TROY TO 5 MILES NORTH OF TAYLOR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... STERLING HEIGHTS BY 1235 PM EDT... TAYLOR AND DEARBORN BY 1245 PM EDT... WARREN AND DETROIT BY 100 PM EDT... WYANDOTTE BY 120 PM EDT... DOWNTOWN DETROIT BY 125 PM EDT... ST. CLAIR SHORES AND GROSSE ILE BY 130 PM EDT... STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. MANN /
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 12:37 PM EDT, 6 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 23, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 57 min | |
| Jun 23, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Monroe | 39 min |
| Jun 23, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 32 min | |
| Jun 23, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lapeer, Sanilac | 27 min |
| Jun 23, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Oakland | 57 min |
| Jun 23, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Wayne | 48 min |
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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.