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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2008, 6:06 PM EDT for Genesee County, Saginaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 2008, 6:06 PM EDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2008, 6:36 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Genesee County, MI, Saginaw County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 12:58 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 462 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 448 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 382 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KDTX 112207
TORDTX
MIC049-145-112300-
/O.NEW.KDTX.TO.W.0003.080411T2206Z-080411T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
606 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN GENESEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN SAGINAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 602 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES WEST OF
FLUSHING..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MONTROSE BY 615 PM EDT...
CLIO BY 620 PM EDT...
BIRCH RUN BY 625 PM EDT...
THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS...
MONTROSE... FLUSHING... CLIO...
BIRCH RUN...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. STRONG
WINDS TO 60 MPH...HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING...ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE...AND AVOID WINDOWS.
PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS OR PILLOWS.
LAT...LON 4315 8369 4299 8392 4304 8392 4304 8394
4314 8394 4313 8413 4321 8402 4335 8369
$$
/2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KDTX 112216
SVSDTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
615 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2008
MIC049-145-112300-
/O.CON.KDTX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080411T2300Z/
SAGINAW MI-GENESEE MI-
615 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN GENESEE AND SOUTHERN SAGINAW COUNTIES...
AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF FLUSHING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MONTROSE BY 620 PM EDT...
BURT BY 625 PM EDT...
BIRCH RUN BY 630 PM EDT...
THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS...
MONTROSE... FLUSHING... CLIO...
BIRCH RUN...
AT 612 PM...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD AND
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 3 MILES WEST OF NEW LOTHRUP.
SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING...ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE...AND AVOID WINDOWS.
PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS OR PILLOWS.
THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OVER 65 MPH AND
HAIL TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.
LAT...LON 4315 8369 4307 8381 4304 8394 4314 8394
4313 8409 4321 8402 4335 8369 4326 8370
$$000
WWUS53 KDTX 112236
SVSDTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
636 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2008
MIC049-145-112246-
/O.CAN.KDTX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080411T2300Z/
SAGINAW MI-GENESEE MI-
636 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GENESEE AND SOUTHERN SAGINAW
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.
LAT...LON 4315 8369 4307 8381 4304 8394 4314 8394
4313 8409 4321 8402 4335 8369 4326 8370
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saginaw, Shiawassee | 68 min |
| Apr 11, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee, Saginaw, Tuscola | 65 min |
| Apr 11, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saginaw, Shiawassee | 38 min |
| Apr 11, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 115 min | |
| Apr 11, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Huron, Sanilac, Tuscola | 62 min |
| Apr 11, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Bay, Saginaw | 32 min |
| Apr 11, 5:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Sanilac | 29 min |
| Apr 11, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Shiawassee | 70 min |
| Apr 11, 5:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Shiawassee | 30 min |
| Apr 11, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee, Shiawassee | 64 min |
| Apr 11, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lapeer | 62 min |
| Apr 11, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Livingston | 39 min |
| Apr 11, 6:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Genesee | 35 min |
| Apr 11, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Oakland | 63 min |
| Apr 11, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Tuscola | 30 min |
| Apr 11, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lapeer, Saint Clair, Sanilac | 75 min |
| Apr 11, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 93 min | |
| Apr 11, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Macomb | 56 min |
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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.