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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Detroit, MI

October 31, 201317 counties in Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this high wind watch at Oct 31, 2013, 9:32 AM EDT for 17 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Oct 31, 2013, 10:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 31, 2013, 9:32 AM EDT (13:32 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 31, 2013, 10:00 PM EDT
Expired
Oct 31, 2013, 2:58 PM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI

Counties Bay County, MI, Genesee County, MI, Huron County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Midland County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Saginaw County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Sanilac County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Tuscola County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Oct 31, 7:04 AM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 7:04 AM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 31, 3:59 AM EDTGale WarningDTX38 hr
Oct 31, 7:04 AM EDTStorm WarningDTX21 hr
Oct 31, 10:40 AM EDTLow Water AdvisoryDTX31 hr
Oct 31, 2:58 PM EDTHigh Wind WarningDTXBay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Midland, Saginaw and 3 more13 hr
Oct 31, 2:58 PM EDTWind AdvisoryDTXBay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston and 11 more23 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Michigan, 2013Every high wind watch in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.