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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2012, 8:47 PM EDT for Tuscola County, Michigan. It was in force for 16 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
- Mar 12, 2012, 8:47 PM EDT (00:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2012, 9:03 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Tuscola County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 7:36 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 434 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 589 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
537
WFUS53 KDTX 130047
TORDTX
MIC157-130115-
/O.NEW.KDTX.TO.W.0002.120313T0047Z-120313T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
847 PM EDT MON MAR 12 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN TUSCOLA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT
* AT 845 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AKRON...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CASS CITY AND GAGETOWN AROUND 900 PM EDT.
THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS...
GAGETOWN... CASS CITY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4351 8311 4351 8344 4361 8350 4367 8343
4367 8313
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 251DEG 46KT 4358 8339
$$
MANN2 follow-up statements
926
WWUS53 KDTX 130055
SVSDTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
855 PM EDT MON MAR 12 2012
MIC157-130115-
/O.CON.KDTX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120313T0115Z/
TUSCOLA MI-
855 PM EDT MON MAR 12 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN TUSCOLA
COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM EDT...
AT 853 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GAGETOWN...OR 7 MILES WEST OF CASS CITY...
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
GAGETOWN AND CASS CITY AROUND 900 PM EDT.
THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS...
GAGETOWN... CASS CITY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4351 8311 4351 8340 4360 8339 4367 8339
4367 8313
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 248DEG 42KT 4362 8329
$$
CB/MANN287
WWUS53 KDTX 130103
SVSDTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
903 PM EDT MON MAR 12 2012
MIC157-130113-
/O.CAN.KDTX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120313T0115Z/
TUSCOLA MI-
903 PM EDT MON MAR 12 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TUSCOLA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TUSCOLA
COUNTY...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT.
LAT...LON 4351 8311 4351 8340 4360 8339 4367 8339
4367 8313
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 248DEG 42KT 4365 8317
$$
CBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Tuscola | 50 min |
| Mar 12, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Huron, Sanilac | 44 min |
| Mar 12, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lenawee | 36 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.