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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2010, 3:44 PM EDT for Wayne 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
- May 5, 2010, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2010, 4:12 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Wayne County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1931 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 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 May 5, 3:30 PM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 5, 3:30 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 440 AM EDT WED MAY 5 2010 MIZ063-069-070-075-076-082-083-060845- ST. CLAIR-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- 440 AM EDT WED MAY 5 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ANN ARBOR TO PORT HURON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST LIKELY BETWEEN 2 PM AND 7 PM WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH AND HAIL TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER. THUNDERSTORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS ON FRIDAY AS ANOTHER STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE METRO DETROIT AREA SOUTH TO THE OHIO BORDER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DISPATCHERS PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGERS IMMEDIATELY. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. MIZ047>049-053>055-060>062-068-060845- MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LAPEER- LIVINGSTON- 440 AM EDT WED MAY 5 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM HOWELL TO SANDUSKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE SAGINAW VALLEY TODAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED ALTHOUGH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY AS ANOTHER STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. LCZ422-423-460-LEZ444-LHZ361>363-421-422-441>443-462>464-060845- 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- 440 AM EDT WED MAY 5 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE HURON AND LAKE ST CLAIR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON FROM EXTREME SOUTHERN LAKE HURON TO LAKE ERIE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST LIKELY BETWEEN 2 PM AND 7 PM WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH AND HAIL TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER. THUNDERSTORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS ON FRIDAY AS ANOTHER STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THUNDERSTORMS FROM LAKE ST CLAIR SOUTH TO LAKE ERIE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DISPATCHERS PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGERS IMMEDIATELY. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. KEC YOU CAN OBTAIN YOUR LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT (ALL LOWER CASE).
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 5, 3:11 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
311 PM EDT WED MAY 05 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0305 PM HAIL MARYSVILLE 42.91N 82.48W
05/05/2010 M0.50 INCH ST. CLAIR MI TRAINED SPOTTER
INTERSECTION OF RANGE RD AND RAVENSWOOD RD
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ADODSONLocal storm report, May 5, 3:20 PM EDT, 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 55 min | |
| May 5, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 91 min | |
| May 5, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 20 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.