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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2009, 2:24 PM EDT for Lapeer County, Michigan. It was in force for 27 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
- Jun 25, 2009, 2:24 PM EDT (18:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2009, 2:51 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lapeer County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 951 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 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 251824 TORDTX MIC087-251930- /O.NEW.KDTX.TO.W.0003.090625T1824Z-090625T1930Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 224 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN LAPEER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN... * UNTIL 330 PM EDT * AT 224 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HADLEY...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAPEER...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... METAMORA AROUND 240 PM EDT. THORNVILLE AND ATTICA AROUND 250 PM EDT. DRYDEN AND IMLAY CITY AROUND 305 PM EDT. ALMONT AROUND 315 PM EDT. THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS... METAMORA... LAPEER... IMLAY CITY... HADLEY... DRYDEN... ALMONT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE... LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 4289 8299 4288 8345 4307 8346 4305 8299 TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 287DEG 17KT 4297 8337 $$ SF
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDTX 251841 SVSDTX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 241 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009 MIC087-251930- /O.CON.KDTX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090625T1930Z/ LAPEER MI- 242 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAPEER COUNTY... AT 241 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DRYDEN...OR 6 MILES WEST OF ALMONT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... IMLAY CITY AROUND 250 PM EDT. ALMONT AROUND 300 PM EDT. THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS... METAMORA... IMLAY CITY... DRYDEN... ALMONT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE... LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 4289 8337 4302 8324 4305 8299 4289 8299 TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 285DEG 19KT 4295 8316 $$ SF/DRC
000 WWUS53 KDTX 251851 SVSDTX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 251 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009 MIC087-251901- /O.CAN.KDTX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090625T1930Z/ LAPEER MI- 251 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAPEER COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED TO BE SEVERE...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT. LAT...LON 4289 8337 4302 8324 4305 8299 4289 8299 TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 285DEG 19KT 4294 8310 $$ SF/DRC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 8:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 51 min | |
| Jun 24, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Midland | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 10:40 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 54 min | |
| Jun 25, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee, Lapeer | 56 min |
| Jun 25, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Livingston | 64 min |
| Jun 25, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Oakland | 64 min |
| Jun 25, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Macomb | 60 min |
| Jun 25, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Livingston | 65 min |
| Jun 25, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 87 min | |
| Jun 25, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Oakland | 56 min |
| Jun 25, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Washtenaw, Wayne | 71 min |
| Jun 25, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lapeer | 29 min |
| Jun 25, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 72 min | |
| Jun 25, 3:58 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | DTX | Livingston | 3 days |
| Jun 25, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Monroe | 65 min |
| Jun 25, 4:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | DTX | Lapeer, Macomb, Oakland | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 63 min | |
| Jun 25, 4:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Monroe | 29 min |
| Jun 25, 4:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | DTX | Washtenaw | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Washtenaw | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Livingston | 20 min |
| Jun 25, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee, Lapeer, Tuscola | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 28 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.