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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Detroit, MI

February 19, 201417 counties in Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this high wind watch at Feb 19, 2014, 4:05 PM EST for 17 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Feb 20, 2014, 11:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 19, 2014, 4:05 PM EST (21:05 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 20, 2014, 11:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 20, 2014, 2:26 PM EST
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 21:08 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 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 Feb 19, 3:55 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 3:55 PM EST, 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 19, 3:54 AM EST, 12 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
354 AM EST WED FEB 19 2014

MIZ047>049-053>055-200930-
MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-
354 AM EST WED FEB 19 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING THROUGH THE WESTERN GREAT
LAKES THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BRING WITH IT A VARIETY OF WEATHER TO
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.

SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY
MORNING...CONTINUING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH
TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. ENOUGH WARM AIR SHOULD WORK INTO
THE AREA LATE IN THE DAY TO CHANGE PRECIPITATION TO RAIN. AS THIS
OCCURS...FOG WILL DEVELOP...BECOMING LOCALLY DENSE...WITH
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALSO DEVELOPING INTO THE EVENING HOURS.
WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING TO 40 DEGREES DURING THE EVENING
HOURS...SNOW MELT WILL OCCUR...WHICH COULD CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS
AS RAINFALL TOTALS EXCEED HALF AN INCH AND APPROACH 1 INCH.
FINALLY...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AFTER
MIDNIGHT...CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR
GREATER EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

MIZ060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-200930-
SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LAPEER-ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-
WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE-
354 AM EST WED FEB 19 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING THROUGH THE WESTERN GREAT
LAKES THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BRING WITH IT A VARIETY OF WEATHER TO
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.

A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY
MORNING...PERHAPS PERSISTING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS NORTH OF
M-59...WHERE A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED. ENOUGH WARM
AIR SHOULD WORK INTO THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON TO CHANGE
PRECIPITATION TO RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. AS THIS OCCURS...FOG
WILL DEVELOP...BECOMING LOCALLY DENSE...WITH SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ALSO DEVELOPING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. HAIL IS
LIKELY WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE 40S
DURING THE EVENING HOURS...SNOW MELT WILL OCCUR...WHICH COULD
CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS AS RAINFALL TOTALS EXCEED HALF AN INCH AND
APPROACH 1 INCH. FINALLY...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP
AFTER MIDNIGHT...CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR
GREATER EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

LCZ422-423-460-LEZ444-LHZ361>363-421-422-441>443-462>464-200930-
ST. CLAIR RIVER-DETROIT RIVER-LAKE ST. CLAIR-
MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI-
LAKE HURON FROM 5NM EAST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LT
BEYOND 5 NM OFF SHORE-
LAKE HURON FROM PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TO STURGEON POINT MI BEYOND 5NM
OFF SHORE-
LAKE HURON FROM STURGEON POINT TO ALABASTER MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE-
OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW
BAY-INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI-
PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI-
PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI-
LAKE HURON FROM PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE-
LAKE HURON FROM HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE-
LAKE HURON FROM PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE-
354 AM EST WED FEB 19 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE
HURON AND LAKE ST CLAIR.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

GALES FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS A
STRONG LOW TRACKS THROUGH THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES THURSDAY NIGHT
AND INTO ONTARIO. A GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SF

YOU CAN OBTAIN YOUR LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS ONLINE
AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT (ALL LOWER CASE).

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 3:42 AM ESTGale WatchDTX12 hr
Feb 19, 3:46 PM ESTGale WarningDTX72 hr
Feb 19, 4:00 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryDTXBay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb and 9 more23 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Michigan, 2014Every high wind watch in 2014

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.