Alert archive / Michigan / High Wind Watches in 2009
High Wind Watch 2, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this high wind watch at Dec 8, 2009, 3:36 PM EST for 8 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Dec 9, 2009, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 8, 2009, 3:36 PM EST (20:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 9, 2009, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2009, 4:10 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
Counties Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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 nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 844 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Dec 8, 12:58 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 12:58 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 8, 5:00 AM EST, 10 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 500 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 MIZ055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-091000- SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LAPEER-ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND- MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- 500 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AS SNOW AND SLEET SPREAD INTO THE AREA. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY /WSWDTX/ FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR BEHIND A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY. WINDS GUSTS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REACH 45 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT...HOWEVER REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN ONE INCH WOULD BE APPRECIATED. MIZ049-053-054-091000- HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA- 500 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AS SNOW SPREADS INTO THE AREA. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY /WSWDTX/ FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR BEHIND A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY. WINDS GUSTS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REACH 45 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT...HOWEVER REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN ONE INCH WOULD BE APPRECIATED. MIZ047-048-091000- MIDLAND-BAY- 500 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT BAY AND MIDLAND COUNTIES. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY /WSWDTX/ FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR BEHIND A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY. WINDS GUSTS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REACH 45 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT...HOWEVER SNOW REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. LCZ422-LHZ361>363-441>443-462>464-091000- ST. CLAIR RIVER- 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- 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- 500 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE HURON AND LAKE ST CLAIR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT GALE WARNINGS GO INTO EFFECT TONIGHT FOR LAKE HURON...INCLUDING THE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM PORT AUSTIN TO PORT HURON. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FORECASTS /NSHDTX/ AND /GLFLH/ OR MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE /MWWDTX/ FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE HURON...AND THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE OPEN WATERS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. LCZ423-460-LEZ444-LHZ421-422-091000- DETROIT RIVER-LAKE ST. CLAIR- MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- 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- 500 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE HURON AND LAKE ST CLAIR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR LAKE ERIE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES GO INTO EFFECT TONIGHT FOR SAGINAW BAY AND LAKE ST CLAIR. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE /MWWDTX/ OR MARINE FORECASTS /NSHDTX/ AND /GLFSC/ FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A COMBINATION OF SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES AND GALE WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. HLO YOU CAN OBTAIN YOUR LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT (ALL LOWER CASE).
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 4:21 AM EST | Gale Warning | DTX | 6 hr | |
| Dec 8, 4:21 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | DTX | 23 hr | |
| Dec 8, 4:41 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | DTX | Bay, Midland | 29 hr |
| Dec 8, 4:41 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | DTX | Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb and 9 more | 29 hr |
| Dec 8, 10:39 AM EST | Gale Warning | DTX | 3 days | |
| Dec 8, 10:39 AM EST | Storm Warning | DTX | 36 hr |
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High Wind Watches in Michigan, 2009Every high wind watch in 2009
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.