Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2013, 9:06 PM EDT for Genesee County, Michigan. It was in force for 24 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
- May 28, 2013, 9:06 PM EDT (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2013, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Genesee County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 28, 9:09 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Se Clio, MI | POWER OUT ALONG DORT HIGHWAY FROM I-475 TO STANLEY |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 1071 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 431 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 10.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
342
WFUS53 KDTX 290106
TORDTX
MIC049-290130-
/O.NEW.KDTX.TO.W.0003.130529T0106Z-130529T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
906 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN GENESEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 904 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNT MORRIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS
WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
DAVISON AND OTISVILLE AROUND 920 PM EDT.
THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS...
OTISVILLE... MOUNT MORRIS... FLINT...
DAVISON... BURTON...
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 4320 8346 4299 8346 4298 8374 4316 8375
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 261DEG 26KT 4308 8366
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
OROW2 follow-up statements
278
WWUS53 KDTX 290119
SVSDTX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
919 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013
MIC049-290130-
/O.CON.KDTX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130529T0130Z/
GENESEE MI-
919 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL GENESEE
COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM EDT...
AT 917 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR DAVISON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
DAVISON AND OTISVILLE AROUND 930 PM EDT.
THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS...
OTISVILLE... DAVISON... BURTON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4317 8365 4320 8346 4299 8346 4298 8363
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 271DEG 17KT 4307 8359
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
OROW/RBP815 WWUS53 KDTX 290131 SVSDTX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 931 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013 MIC049-290141- /O.EXP.KDTX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130529T0130Z/ GENESEE MI- 931 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GENESEE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... 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. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC. LAT...LON 4317 8365 4320 8346 4299 8346 4298 8363 TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 271DEG 17KT 4307 8359 $$ BT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 8:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Shiawassee | 58 min |
| May 28, 9:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Genesee | 62 min |
| May 28, 10:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Lapeer | 57 min |
| May 28, 10:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Genesee | 66 min |
| May 29, 3:49 AM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | DTX | 36 hr |
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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.