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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Detroit, MI

March 15, 2012Lenawee County, Monroe County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2012, 6:58 PM EDT for Lenawee County, Monroe County, Michigan. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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: Mar 15, 2012, 6:58 PM EDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2012, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Detroit, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lenawee County, MI, Monroe County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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
Mar 15, 7:09 PM EDT	HAIL 1	1 N Dundee, MI

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
Mar 15, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 92 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2007 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

244 
WFUS53 KDTX 152258
TORDTX
MIC091-115-152345-
/O.NEW.KDTX.TO.W.0008.120315T2258Z-120315T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
658 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LENAWEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 656 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRITTON...OR 6 MILES        
  SOUTHWEST OF MILAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  AZALIA AND DUNDEE AROUND 705 PM EDT.
  OAKVILLE AROUND 710 PM EDT.
  MAYBEE AROUND 715 PM EDT.
  SCOFIELD AROUND 720 PM EDT.
  CARLETON AND MONROE AROUND 730 PM EDT.
  NEWPORT AROUND 735 PM EDT.

THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS...
  TEMPERANCE...         PETERSBURG...         MONROE...
  MAYBEE...             LUNA PIER...          LAMBERTVILLE...
  IDA...                DUNDEE...             DEERFIELD...
  CARLETON...           BRITTON...

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 4173 8369 4195 8387 4208 8387 4209 8329
      4204 8320 4199 8317 4196 8325 4192 8327
      4193 8331 4188 8333 4186 8338 4180 8341
      4179 8344 4175 8342 4173 8343
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 273DEG 29KT 4202 8373

$$

SC/KURIMSKI

5 follow-up statements

958 
WWUS53 KDTX 152301
SVSDTX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
701 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

MIC091-115-152345-
/O.CON.KDTX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120315T2345Z/
LENAWEE MI-MONROE MI-
701 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONROE AND NORTHEASTERN
LENAWEE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...

AT 656 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 
MILES NORTHEAST OF BRITTON...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILAN...AND 
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  AZALIA AND DUNDEE AROUND 705 PM EDT.
  OAKVILLE AROUND 710 PM EDT.
  MAYBEE AROUND 715 PM EDT.
  SCOFIELD AROUND 720 PM EDT.
  CARLETON AND MONROE AROUND 730 PM EDT.
  NEWPORT AROUND 735 PM EDT.

IN ADDITION...AT 657 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SECOND  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS 
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR IDA...OR 7 MILES WEST OF MONROE...MOVING EAST 
AT 15 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LUNA PIER AROUND 710 PM EDT.
  LA SALLE AROUND 715 PM EDT.
  TOLEDO BEACH AROUND 720 PM EDT.
  MONROE AND BOLLES HARBOR AROUND 730 PM EDT.
  STONY POINT AND NEWPORT AROUND 745 PM EDT.

THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS...
  TEMPERANCE...         PETERSBURG...         MONROE...
  MAYBEE...             LUNA PIER...          LAMBERTVILLE...
  IDA...                DUNDEE...             DEERFIELD...
  CARLETON...           BRITTON...

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 4173 8369 4195 8387 4208 8387 4209 8329
      4204 8320 4199 8317 4196 8325 4192 8327
      4193 8331 4188 8333 4186 8338 4180 8341
      4179 8344 4175 8342 4173 8343
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 260DEG 11KT 4189 8352

$$

KURIMSKI

041 
WWUS53 KDTX 152313
SVSDTX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
713 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

MIC091-152322-
/O.CAN.KDTX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120315T2345Z/
LENAWEE MI-
713 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LENAWEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 4194 8377 4208 8377 4209 8329 4204 8320
      4200 8317 4196 8325 4192 8327 4193 8331
      4188 8333 4185 8339 4180 8341 4179 8344
      4175 8342 4173 8343 4173 8369
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 299DEG 24KT 4197 8367

$$

MIC115-152345-
/O.CON.KDTX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120315T2345Z/
MONROE MI-
713 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONROE COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM
EDT...

AT 709 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DUNDEE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

IN ADDITION...LARGE HAIL OVER 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER IS POSSIBLE WITH 
THIS STORM.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  IDA AND MAYBEE AROUND 725 PM EDT.
  LA SALLE AND MONROE AROUND 740 PM EDT.
  BOLLES HARBOR AND TOLEDO BEACH AROUND 745 PM EDT.

THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS...
  TEMPERANCE...         PETERSBURG...         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 4194 8377 4208 8377 4209 8329 4204 8320
      4200 8317 4196 8325 4192 8327 4193 8331
      4188 8333 4185 8339 4180 8341 4179 8344
      4175 8342 4173 8343 4173 8369
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 299DEG 24KT 4197 8367

$$

KURIMSKI

399 
WWUS53 KDTX 152322
SVSDTX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
722 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

MIC115-152345-
/O.CON.KDTX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120315T2345Z/
MONROE MI-
722 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONROE COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM
EDT...

AT 717 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS 
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DUNDEE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. RECENT 
RADAR TRENDS SHOW ROTATION STRENGTHENING WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO 
COULD DEVELOP AT ANY TIME.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SCOFIELD AROUND 730 PM EDT.
  MONROE AND LA SALLE AROUND 740 PM EDT.
  BOLLES HARBOR AND TOLEDO BEACH AROUND 745 PM EDT.

THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS...
  TEMPERANCE...         PETERSBURG...         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 4194 8377 4208 8377 4209 8329 4204 8320
      4200 8317 4196 8325 4192 8327 4193 8331
      4188 8333 4185 8339 4180 8341 4179 8344
      4175 8342 4173 8343 4173 8369
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 294DEG 24KT 4195 8359

$$

KURIMSKI

905 
WWUS53 KDTX 152329
SVSDTX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
729 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

MIC115-152345-
/O.CON.KDTX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120315T2345Z/
MONROE MI-
729 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONROE COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM
EDT...

AT 726 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR IDA...OR 6 MILES EAST OF DUNDEE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

IN ADDITION...HAIL OVER 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS 
STORM.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LA SALLE AROUND 740 PM EDT.
  BOLLES HARBOR AND MONROE AROUND 745 PM EDT.

THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS...
  TEMPERANCE...         PETERSBURG...         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 4194 8377 4208 8361 4209 8329 4203 8319
      4200 8317 4196 8325 4192 8327 4193 8332
      4188 8333 4185 8338 4180 8341 4179 8344
      4175 8342 4173 8343 4173 8369
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 294DEG 24KT 4193 8352

$$

KURIMSKI

862 
WWUS53 KDTX 152336
SVSDTX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
736 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

MIC115-152345-
/O.CON.KDTX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120315T2345Z/
MONROE MI-
736 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONROE COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM
EDT...

AT 734 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 WEST OF MONROE...MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. RECENT RADAR TRENDS SHOW ROTATION STRENGTHENING 
WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO COULD DEVELOP AT ANY TIME.

IN ADDITION...HAIL OVER 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS 
STORM.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BOLLES HARBOR AND TOLEDO BEACH AROUND 745 PM EDT.

THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS...
  TEMPERANCE...         MONROE...             MAYBEE...
  LUNA PIER...          LAMBERTVILLE...       IDA...
  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 4192 8367 4209 8356 4209 8329 4203 8319
      4200 8317 4196 8325 4192 8327 4193 8332
      4188 8334 4185 8339 4180 8341 4179 8344
      4175 8342 4173 8343 4173 8369
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 294DEG 24KT 4191 8347

$$

KURIMSKI

The office that day

Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 15, 10:35 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		55 min
Mar 15, 10:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Macomb, Wayne	30 min
Mar 15, 12:56 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		94 min
Mar 15, 1:56 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		64 min
Mar 15, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Huron	72 min
Mar 15, 3:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		105 min
Mar 15, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		2 hr
Mar 15, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		92 min
Mar 15, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Bay	59 min
Mar 15, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Huron	48 min
Mar 15, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Livingston	81 min
Mar 15, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Genesee, Saginaw	30 min
Mar 15, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Bay	77 min
Mar 15, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Lenawee	84 min
Mar 15, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Genesee, Tuscola	95 min
Mar 15, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Shiawassee	55 min
Mar 15, 4:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		97 min
Mar 15, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Washtenaw	93 min
Mar 15, 5:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	DTX	Livingston, Washtenaw	53 min
Mar 15, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		92 min
Mar 15, 5:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	DTX	Washtenaw	62 min
Mar 15, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Monroe	87 min
Mar 15, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Lapeer, Tuscola	83 min
Mar 15, 5:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	DTX	Monroe	16 min
Mar 15, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Genesee, Tuscola	29 min
Mar 15, 6:22 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		113 min
Mar 15, 6:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	DTX	Washtenaw	47 min
Mar 15, 6:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Lenawee	42 min
Mar 15, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Tuscola	56 min
Mar 15, 6:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	DTX	Lapeer	34 min
Mar 15, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Oakland	29 min
Mar 15, 6:51 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	DTX	Washtenaw	3 hr
Mar 15, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		93 min
Mar 15, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Wayne	25 min
Mar 15, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Huron, Sanilac	54 min
Mar 15, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		2 hr
Mar 15, 7:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Lapeer	73 min
Mar 15, 7:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	DTX	Genesee, Lapeer, Tuscola	5 hr
Mar 15, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Bay	16 min
Mar 15, 7:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Monroe	52 min
Mar 15, 7:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Lapeer	47 min
Mar 15, 7:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Lenawee	44 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.