Alert archive / Michigan / High Wind Watches in 2015
High Wind Watch 1, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this high wind watch at Nov 11, 2015, 4:54 AM EST for 11 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Nov 12, 2015, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 11, 2015, 4:54 AM EST (09:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 12, 2015, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 11, 2015, 3:38 PM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
Counties Genesee County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:57 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 491 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Nov 11, 4:33 AM EST, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 11, 4:33 AM EST, 21 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 11, 4:02 AM EST, 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 402 AM EST WED NOV 11 2015 MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-120915- MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LAPEER- ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- 402 AM EST WED NOV 11 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF AND ALONG A STRONG COLD FRONT. THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OR HEAVIER SHOWERS TO BRING STRONGER WINDS TO THE SURFACE...RESULTING IN WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS 45 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING. REFER TO THE LATEST WEATHER MESSAGE OR FORECAST PRODUCTS FOR DETAILS. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY WITH WESTERLY GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. LCZ460-LEZ444-LHZ361>363-421-422-441>443-462>464-120915- 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- 402 AM EST WED NOV 11 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE HURON AND LAKE ST CLAIR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT IN ADVANCE AND ALONG A STRONG COLD FRONT. THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OR HEAVIER SHOWERS TO BRING STRONGER WINDS TO THE SURFACE...RESULTING IN WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS 40 KNOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AND LAKE ST CLAIR. GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF LAKE HURON DURING THIS TIME. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 3:54 AM EST | Gale Warning | DTX | 66 hr | |
| Nov 11, 3:54 AM EST | Storm Watch | DTX | 12 hr | |
| Nov 11, 3:35 PM EST | Lakeshore Flood Warning | DTX | Saint Clair | 24 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:38 PM EST | High Wind Warning | DTX | Genesee, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe and 5 more | 23 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:38 PM EST | Wind Advisory | DTX | Bay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston and 11 more | 28 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:53 PM EST | Gale Watch | DTX | 24 hr | |
| Nov 11, 3:53 PM EST | Low Water Advisory | DTX | 54 hr | |
| Nov 11, 3:53 PM EST | Storm Warning | DTX | 27 hr |
Nearby
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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.