Alert archive / Michigan / High Wind Warnings in 2017
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this high wind warning at Jan 10, 2017, 2:11 PM EST for 17 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jan 10, 2017, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 11 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 10, 2017, 2:11 PM EST (19:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 10, 2017, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2017, 3:17 AM EST
- In force
- 11 hr
- 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 19:13 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 was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 6:24 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Lapeer, MI | REPORTS OF MULTIPLE TREES DOWN CAUSING POWER OUTAGES IN LAPEER AND SURROUNDING CITIES. |
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 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 25 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
- 464 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 672 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1009 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
563 WWUS73 KDTX 101911 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 211 PM EST TUE JAN 10 2017 MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-110900- /O.UPG.KDTX.HW.A.0001.170110T2300Z-170111T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KDTX.HW.W.0001.170110T2100Z-170111T0900Z/ MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE- LAPEER-ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE- LENAWEE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDLAND...BAY CITY...BAD AXE... SAGINAW...CARO...SANDUSKY...OWOSSO...FLINT...LAPEER... PORT HURON...HOWELL...PONTIAC...WARREN...ANN ARBOR...DETROIT... ADRIAN...MONROE 211 PM EST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE MARKEDLY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WIND GUSTS WILL POTENTIALLY APPROACH 60 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN THE DETROIT METROPOLITAN AREA. * THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 4 PM AND 10 PM. * A LOWER POTENTIAL FOR HIGH END WIND GUSTS WILL THEN EXIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. IMPACTS... * TREES AND LARGE LIMBS MAY BE DOWNED WHICH MAY CAUSE DOWNED POWER LINES AND POWER OUTAGES. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DTX/WEATHER_PREPAREDNESS && $$ JVC
1 follow-up statement
355 WWUS73 KDTX 110817 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 317 AM EST WED JAN 11 2017 MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-110930- /O.CAN.KDTX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170111T0900Z/ MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE- LAPEER-ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE- LENAWEE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDLAND...BAY CITY...BAD AXE... SAGINAW...CARO...SANDUSKY...OWOSSO...FLINT...LAPEER... PORT HURON...HOWELL...PONTIAC...WARREN...ANN ARBOR...DETROIT... ADRIAN...MONROE 317 AM EST WED JAN 11 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 3:44 AM EST | High Wind Watch | DTX | Bay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston and 11 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 10, 9:59 AM EST | Storm Warning | DTX | 21 hr | |
| Jan 10, 5:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Bay, Genesee, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb and 8 more | 70 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.