Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2011, 5:36 PM EDT for Monroe County, Michigan. It was in force for 45 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2011, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2011, 6:21 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Monroe County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 5:41 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Temperance, MI | MULTIPLE 3 INCH BRANCHES DOWN, HEAVY RAIN. |
| May 29, 5:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Ida, MI | MULTIPLE LARGE LIMBS DOWN. |
| May 29, 5:57 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Wnw Samaria, MI | 8 TO 12 INCH DIAMETER TREES DOWN, ROAD CLOSED |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 1:29 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -294 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
854
WFUS53 KDTX 292136
TORDTX
MIC115-292230-
/O.NEW.KDTX.TO.W.0006.110529T2136Z-110529T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
536 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 533 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DEERFIELD...OR NEAR BLISSFIELD...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
DUNDEE AND IDA AROUND 545 PM EDT.
MAYBEE AROUND 550 PM EDT.
SCOFIELD AROUND 555 PM EDT.
CARLETON AROUND 600 PM EDT.
SOUTH ROCKWOOD AND NEWPORT AROUND 605 PM EDT.
THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS...
TEMPERANCE... PETERSBURG... OTTAWA LAKE...
MONROE... MAYBEE... LUNA PIER...
LAMBERTVILLE... IDA... DUNDEE...
CARLETON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4208 8377 4210 8330 4203 8319 4198 8321
4196 8325 4192 8326 4192 8329 4193 8331
4188 8333 4185 8339 4180 8340 4179 8344
4175 8342 4174 8343 4173 8376
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 247DEG 50KT 4191 8379
$$
SF/AD3 follow-up statements
498
WWUS53 KDTX 292151 RRA
SVSDTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
551 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011
MIC115-292230-
/O.CON.KDTX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110529T2230Z/
MONROE MI-
551 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONROE COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM
EDT...
AT 550 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR IDA...OR 5 MILES EAST OF DUNDEE...MOVING EAST
AT 55 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CARLETON AND MONROE AROUND 600 PM EDT.
NEWPORT AND STONY POINT AROUND 605 PM EDT.
SOUTH ROCKWOOD AND ESTRAL BEACH AROUND 610 PM EDT.
THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS...
TEMPERANCE... PETERSBURG... OTTAWA LAKE...
MONROE... MAYBEE... LUNA PIER...
LAMBERTVILLE... IDA... DUNDEE...
CARLETON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4208 8377 4210 8330 4203 8319 4198 8321
4196 8325 4192 8326 4192 8329 4193 8331
4188 8333 4185 8339 4180 8340 4179 8344
4175 8342 4174 8343 4173 8376
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 250DEG 48KT 4196 8352
$$
SF/AD735
WWUS53 KDTX 292207
SVSDTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
607 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011
MIC115-292230-
/O.CON.KDTX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110529T2230Z/
MONROE MI-
607 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN MONROE COUNTY
UNTIL 630 PM EDT...
AT 602 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MONROE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN MONROE
COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4185 8354 4209 8354 4209 8330 4207 8327
4207 8326 4203 8319 4198 8321 4196 8325
4192 8326 4193 8332 4188 8333 4185 8339
4181 8340
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 257DEG 44KT 4199 8328
$$
SF/AD890
WWUS53 KDTX 292221
SVSDTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
621 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011
MIC115-292231-
/O.CAN.KDTX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110529T2230Z/
MONROE MI-
621 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MONROE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4185 8354 4209 8354 4209 8330 4207 8327
4207 8326 4203 8319 4198 8321 4196 8325
4192 8326 4193 8332 4188 8333 4185 8339
4181 8340
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 257DEG 44KT 4203 8305
$$
SF/ADThe office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 11:26 AM EDT | Flood Watch | DTX | Genesee, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe and 5 more | 8 hr |
| May 29, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lenawee | 69 min |
| May 29, 4:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Lenawee | 56 min |
| May 29, 5:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Livingston, Washtenaw | 53 min |
| May 29, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 71 min | |
| May 29, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Monroe | 87 min |
| May 29, 5:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Genesee, Shiawassee | 83 min |
| May 29, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Oakland | 77 min |
| May 29, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 75 min | |
| May 29, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Wayne | 34 min |
| May 29, 5:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Oakland | 42 min |
| May 29, 5:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | DTX | Shiawassee | 2 hr |
| May 29, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lapeer | 78 min |
| May 29, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Macomb, Saint Clair | 36 min |
| May 29, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 66 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.