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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Detroit, MI

January 10, 201717 counties in Michigan

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 10, 6:24 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGLapeer, MIREPORTS 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2017-01-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2017-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 672 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 10, 3:44 AM ESTHigh Wind WatchDTXBay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston and 11 more10 hr
Jan 10, 9:59 AM ESTStorm WarningDTX21 hr
Jan 10, 5:35 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementDTXBay, Genesee, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb and 8 more70 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.