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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Detroit, MI

June 8, 2009Saginaw County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2009, 6:37 PM EDT for Saginaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 28 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 8, 2009, 6:37 PM EDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2009, 7:05 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Saginaw County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 8, 4:02 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 85 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2009-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2009-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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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 8, 4:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 4:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 4:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
415 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2009

MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-090930-
MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LAPEER-
ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE-
415 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LENAWEE AND MONROE COUNTIES.
SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO TRACK THROUGH
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THESE
STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL UP TO ONE
AND HALF INCHES. A TORNADO OR TWO IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH ANY
SUPERCELL WHICH INTERACTS WITH THE WARM FRONT...WHICH WILL LIKELY
BE IN THE VICINITY OF THE I-69 CORRIDOR.
STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE EAST AT 30 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF M-59.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

LCZ422-423-460-LEZ444-LHZ361>363-421-422-441>443-462>464-090930-
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-
415 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE
HURON AND LAKE ST CLAIR.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. SCATTERED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO TRACK THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND
GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS AND LARGE HAIL UP TO ONE AND HALF INCHES. A
WATERSPOUT OR TWO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE EAST AT
30 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY...MAINLY OVER LAKE ST CLAIR AND LAKE ERIE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

SF

YOU CAN OBTAIN YOUR LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS ONLINE
AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT (ALL LOWER CASE).

In the hours before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 4:37 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryDTX12 hr
Jun 8, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLivingston71 min
Jun 8, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXShiawassee40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning 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.