Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2012, 5:46 PM EDT for Huron County, Michigan. It was in force for 19 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
- May 3, 2012, 5:46 PM EDT (21:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2012, 6:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Huron County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1476 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 948 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
506
WUUS53 KDTX 032146
SVRDTX
MIC063-032215-
/O.NEW.KDTX.SV.W.0039.120503T2146Z-120503T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
546 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HURON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
WEST OF HARBOR BEACH...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HELENA AND HARBOR BEACH AROUND 555 PM EDT.
WHITE ROCK AROUND 600 PM EDT.
THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS...
UBLY... HARBOR BEACH...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
LAT...LON 4391 8267 4389 8267 4387 8265 4383 8262
4371 8260 4369 8260 4368 8298 4368 8305
4387 8286 4393 8269
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 275DEG 25KT 4381 8276
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
CLARK2 follow-up statements
474
WWUS53 KDTX 032153
SVSDTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
553 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012
MIC063-032215-
/O.CON.KDTX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120503T2215Z/
HURON MI-
553 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
HURON COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM EDT...
AT 550 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF UBLY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HELENA AROUND 600 PM EDT.
HARBOR BEACH AROUND 605 PM EDT.
THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS...
UBLY... HARBOR BEACH...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY OR VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC FACEBOOK
PAGE.
LAT...LON 4391 8267 4390 8267 4388 8267 4383 8262
4382 8262 4381 8262 4369 8260 4368 8305
4383 8285 4393 8269
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 231DEG 38KT 4377 8281
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
MR079
WWUS53 KDTX 032205
SVSDTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
605 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012
MIC063-032214-
/O.CAN.KDTX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120503T2215Z/
HURON MI-
605 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HURON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY OR VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC FACEBOOK
PAGE.
LAT...LON 4391 8267 4390 8267 4388 8267 4383 8262
4382 8262 4381 8262 4369 8260 4368 8305
4383 8285 4393 8269
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 231DEG 38KT 4384 8268
$$
MRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 7:36 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 54 min | |
| May 3, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Bay, Midland | 58 min |
| May 3, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 87 min | |
| May 3, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Huron | 29 min |
| May 3, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Bay, Saginaw, Tuscola | 50 min |
| May 3, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 72 min | |
| May 3, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Tuscola | 64 min |
| May 3, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Shiawassee | 58 min |
| May 3, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee | 51 min |
| May 3, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lapeer | 44 min |
| May 3, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 75 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.