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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Detroit, MI

July 7, 2016Lapeer County, Sanilac County, Tuscola County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2016, 11:14 PM EDT for Lapeer County, Sanilac County, Tuscola County, Michigan. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 7, 2016, 11:14 PM EDT (03:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2016, 12:09 AM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Detroit, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lapeer County, MI, Sanilac County, MI, Tuscola County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:16 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 72 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: 343 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1601 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

243 
WUUS53 KDTX 080314
SVRDTX
MIC087-151-157-080430-
/O.NEW.KDTX.SV.W.0013.160708T0314Z-160708T0430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1114 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LAPEER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN...
  SANILAC COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN...
  TUSCOLA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT

* AT 1113 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR FAIRGROVE TO MAYVILLE TO OTTER LAKE...MOVING
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MAYVILLE AROUND 1120 PM EDT. 
  CLIFFORD AROUND 1140 PM EDT. 
  KINGSTON AROUND 1145 PM EDT. 
  NORTH BRANCH AROUND 1155 PM EDT. 
  CASS CITY AND MARLETTE AROUND 1200 AM EDT. 
  BROWN CITY AROUND 1220 AM EDT. 
  SANDUSKY...ARGYLE AND MELVIN AROUND 1230 AM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
COLUMBIAVILLE...MARLETTE...SANDUSKY...DECKERVILLE...PORT SANILAC...AKRON...
MAYVILLE...MILLINGTON...LEXINGTON AND VASSAR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4316 8249 4317 8255 4314 8346 4322 8346
      4322 8363 4363 8357 4364 8256
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 267DEG 17KT 4352 8348 4335 8337 4323 8344 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BEHNKE

5 follow-up statements

785 
WWUS53 KDTX 080326
SVSDTX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1126 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016

MIC087-151-157-080430-
/O.CON.KDTX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160708T0430Z/
LAPEER MI-SANILAC MI-TUSCOLA MI-
1126 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
FOR NORTHERN LAPEER...SANILAC AND EASTERN TUSCOLA COUNTIES...

AT 1125 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR CARO TO NEAR CLIFFORD TO NEAR NORTH BRANCH...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  KINGSTON AND CLIFFORD AROUND 1130 PM EDT. 
  MARLETTE AND NORTH BRANCH AROUND 1140 PM EDT. 
  BROWN CITY AROUND 1155 PM EDT. 
  ARGYLE AROUND 1205 AM EDT. 
  MELVIN AROUND 1210 AM EDT. 
  PECK AROUND 1215 AM EDT. 
  SANDUSKY AROUND 1220 AM EDT. 
  DECKERVILLE AROUND 1225 AM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
COLUMBIAVILLE...MARLETTE...SANDUSKY...DECKERVILLE...PORT SANILAC...
MAYVILLE...LEXINGTON...CARO...BROWN CITY AND CASS CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
DETROIT/PONTIAC.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4316 8249 4314 8346 4363 8342 4364 8256
TIME...MOT...LOC 0325Z 272DEG 25KT 4351 8333 4334 8323 4322 8330 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BEHNKE

244 
WWUS53 KDTX 080336
SVSDTX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1136 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016

MIC087-151-157-080430-
/O.CON.KDTX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160708T0430Z/
LAPEER MI-SANILAC MI-TUSCOLA MI-
1136 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LAPEER...SANILAC AND EASTERN TUSCOLA COUNTIES...

AT 1136 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF KINGSTON TO CLIFFORD TO NEAR
NORTH BRANCH...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CLIFFORD AROUND 1140 PM EDT. 
  MARLETTE AROUND 1155 PM EDT. 
  BROWN CITY AROUND 1215 AM EDT. 
  PECK AND MELVIN AROUND 1230 AM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
MARLETTE...SANDUSKY...DECKERVILLE...PORT SANILAC...LEXINGTON...BROWN CITY...
CASS CITY...CROSWELL...NORTH BRANCH AND CLIFFORD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
DETROIT/PONTIAC.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4316 8249 4317 8250 4315 8334 4363 8331
      4364 8256
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 272DEG 16KT 4348 8327 4331 8317 4319 8324 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BEHNKE

038 
WWUS53 KDTX 080352
SVSDTX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1152 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016

MIC157-080401-
/O.CAN.KDTX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160708T0430Z/
TUSCOLA MI-
1152 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN TUSCOLA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4316 8309 4356 8311 4356 8257 4326 8250
      4317 8249
TIME...MOT...LOC 0351Z 274DEG 27KT 4347 8308 4330 8301 4318 8308 

$$

MIC087-151-080430-
/O.CON.KDTX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160708T0430Z/
LAPEER MI-SANILAC MI-
1152 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LAPEER AND SANILAC COUNTIES...

AT 1151 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF KINGSTON TO NEAR MARLETTE TO NEAR
BROWN CITY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BROWN CITY AROUND 1200 AM EDT. 
  PECK AND MELVIN AROUND 1210 AM EDT. 
  SANDUSKY AROUND 1220 AM EDT. 
  DECKERVILLE AROUND 1225 AM EDT. 
  CROSWELL...LEXINGTON...CARSONVILLE AND APPLEGATE AROUND 1230 AM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
MARLETTE...LEXINGTON...SANDUSKY...DECKERVILLE...BROWN CITY...PORT SANILAC...
CROSWELL...APPLEGATE...CARSONVILLE AND PECK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
DETROIT/PONTIAC.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4316 8309 4356 8311 4356 8257 4326 8250
      4317 8249
TIME...MOT...LOC 0351Z 274DEG 27KT 4347 8308 4330 8301 4318 8308 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BEHNKE

595 
WWUS53 KDTX 080403
SVSDTX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1203 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

MIC087-080412-
/O.CAN.KDTX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160708T0430Z/
LAPEER MI-
1203 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LAPEER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4317 8249 4316 8299 4328 8300 4328 8309
      4352 8310 4353 8257 4326 8250
TIME...MOT...LOC 0402Z 266DEG 17KT 4347 8302 4330 8295 4318 8297 

$$

MIC151-080430-
/O.CON.KDTX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160708T0430Z/
SANILAC MI-
1203 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
FOR SANILAC COUNTY...

AT 1202 AM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARGYLE TO 6 MILES EAST OF
MARLETTE TO NEAR BROWN CITY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MELVIN AROUND 1220 AM EDT. 
  PECK AROUND 1225 AM EDT. 
  SANDUSKY AND DECKERVILLE AROUND 1230 AM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
MARLETTE...LEXINGTON...SANDUSKY...DECKERVILLE...BROWN CITY...PORT SANILAC...
CROSWELL...APPLEGATE...CARSONVILLE AND PECK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
DETROIT/PONTIAC.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4317 8249 4316 8299 4328 8300 4328 8309
      4352 8310 4353 8257 4326 8250
TIME...MOT...LOC 0402Z 266DEG 17KT 4347 8302 4330 8295 4318 8297 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BEHNKE

339 
WWUS53 KDTX 080409
SVSDTX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1209 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

MIC151-080419-
/O.CAN.KDTX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160708T0430Z/
SANILAC MI-
1209 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SANILAC COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
            
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN IS
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 4317 8249 4316 8299 4328 8300 4328 8309
      4352 8310 4353 8257 4326 8250
TIME...MOT...LOC 0409Z 267DEG 17KT 4347 8297 4330 8291 4318 8293 

$$

BEHNKE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 9:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	DTX	Midland, Saginaw	56 min
Jul 7, 9:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	DTX	Saginaw	62 min
Jul 7, 10:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Bay, Saginaw, Tuscola	60 min
Jul 7, 10:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	DTX	Lenawee	39 min
Jul 7, 10:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	DTX	Lenawee, Monroe	92 min
Jul 7, 11:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	DTX	Genesee, Lapeer	43 min
Jul 7, 11:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DTX	Lenawee	3 hr
Jul 7, 11:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	DTX	Genesee, Lapeer, Macomb, Oakland, Saint Clair	66 min
Jul 8, 12:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	DTX	Oakland	61 min
Jul 8, 12:16 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DTX	Oakland	3 hr
Jul 8, 12:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DTX	Monroe	3 hr
Jul 8, 12:32 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DTX	Lapeer, Saint Clair	3 hr
Jul 8, 1:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DTX	Livingston, Oakland, Washtenaw	3 hr
Jul 8, 1:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DTX	Macomb, Saint Clair	3 hr
Jul 8, 5:49 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	DTX	Macomb, Wayne	6 hr
Jul 8, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Bay	61 min
Jul 8, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		117 min
Jul 8, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	DTX	Midland	77 min
Jul 8, 2:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	DTX	Bay	44 min
Jul 8, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Midland	58 min
Jul 8, 3:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	DTX	Bay	30 min
Jul 8, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Huron, Tuscola	53 min
Jul 8, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	DTX	Bay	77 min
Jul 8, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		97 min
Jul 8, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Bay, Saginaw, Tuscola	54 min
Jul 8, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		114 min
Jul 8, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Huron, Sanilac	67 min
Jul 8, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Livingston, Shiawassee	57 min
Jul 8, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Sanilac	52 min
Jul 8, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		93 min
Jul 8, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Lapeer, Tuscola	47 min
Jul 8, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Genesee	16 min
Jul 8, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	DTX	Lapeer	62 min
Jul 8, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	DTX	Lapeer, Saint Clair	63 min
Jul 8, 6:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	DTX	Lenawee	56 min
Jul 8, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Oakland, Washtenaw, Wayne	60 min
Jul 8, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Lenawee, Monroe, Washtenaw, Wayne	81 min
Jul 8, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		93 min
Jul 8, 7:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	DTX	Macomb	48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.